We are a committed group, extremely dedicated to our mission. GRACE is honored to work with distinguished faculty from all over the world.

Matt Hiznay is a five-year survivor of metastatic, ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and grew up in the small town of Poland, Ohio. Matt graduated from Poland Seminary High School in 2006 and from John Carroll University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude.

In August 2011, then 24-year-old Matt was eager to begin his second year of...

Dr. Melissa Johnson is Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

Dr. Melissa Johnson is an Assistant Professor now at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She trained at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, followed by her residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...

Dr. Milind Javle is a medical oncologist on the faculty of the Pancreatic Cancer division of GRACE. He is an Associate Professor of Gastroinstestinal (GI) Medical Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.

Dr. Javle received his medical degree at Grant Medical College, University of Bombay, in Bombay, India. He then pursued postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the State...

Cesar A. De Las Casas, MD, MPH, board-certified hematologist and oncologist. He earned his medical degree from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima in 1994. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in 1999, serving as Chief Medical Resident at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston and at Ben Taub Hospital in 1999 and 2000.

Dr. Marco Ruiz is a Medical Oncologist in Hematologic Cancers specializing in leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibrosis, HIV related malignancies, stem cell transplants, geriatric oncology, and palliative medicine at the Miami Cancer Institute in Miami, Florida.  He is also an experienced bone marrow transplant specialist and is active in cancer research. Growing up the son of a...

After graduating from Oregon Health & Science University with her medical degree, Dr. Rachel Sanborn completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Then she returned to Portland for her Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Oregon Health & Science University. She is board-certified in medical oncology and internal medicine.

Dr. Sanborn is the Co...

Dr. Doebele joined the faculty at University of Colorado Denver in July of 2008 as a member of the Thoracic Malignancies Program.

Sara was diagnosed with stage IV RET+ lung cancer in 2010. Traditional chemo and radiation followed with great success. In the years since Sara has been on and off treatment several times. She is currently taking nivolumab and doing very well. Sara lives in Dayton, OH with her husband, JD, and two daughters Katie and Elena. Katie just headed off to college at Washington University in St. Louis...

Dr. Shirish Gadgeel is Co-Leader of the Thoracic Oncology Team in the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan as of May 2017. He also has been appointed Associate Director for Cancer Care (ADCC) at Networking and Affiliated Centers.

Prior to joining Michigan Medicine Dr. Gadgeel was the co-leader of the Molecular Therapeutics Program of the Karmanos Cancer...