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Current Residents

Post Graduate Year 5/Chief Residents

Salah Dajani, MD

Salah Dajani, MD

Medical School: The Chicago Medical School at RFUMS

Email: salah.dajani@northwestern.edu
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Intern Year Program: St. Joseph Hospital Chicago, Preliminary Medicine
Academic Interests: Clinical Trial Design, CNS Malignancies, Quality of Life Outcomes, Innovation in Radiotherapy, Immuno-Oncology Drug Development
Outside Interests: Family and friends, fitness, sports, fine dining, cooking, reading, traveling
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James Randall, MD

James Randall, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas Medical Branch

Email: james.randall@northwestern.edu
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Intern Year Program: AMITA St. Francis, Transitional Year
Academic Interests: Molecular Cancer Biology, Personalized Medicine, Medical Imaging, Central Nervous System and Genitourinary Malignancies, Palliative Care
Outside Interests: Recreational Sports, Long Distance running, Pottery, Cooking
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Post Graduate Year 4

George Naoum, MD, MMSCI

George Naoum, MD, MMSCI

Medical School: Alexandria Medical School, Egypt

Email: george.naoum@nm.org
Hometown: Alexandria, Egypt
Intern Year Program: New York Medical College (Westchester Medical Center)
Academic Interests: Breast Cancer, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy and Oligometastatic Cancers
Outside Interests: Traveling, Hiking and Cooking
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Amulya Yalamanchili, MD

Amulya Yalamanchili, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Email: amulya.yalamanchili@nm.org
Hometown: Bridgewater, New Jersey
Intern Year Program: Loyola Universtiy Medical Center
Academic Interests: Gynecologic Malignancies and Women's Health, Head and Neck, Palliative Care, Quality of Life Outcomes, Medical Education
Outside Interests: Painting, Reading, Classical Music and Trombone, Eating Dessert
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Post Graduate Year 3

Yirong Liu, MD, PhD

Yirong Liu, MD, PhD

Medical School: Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, China

Email: Yirong.Liu@nm.org
Hometown: Nanping, China
Intern Year Program: Rochester Regional Health Unity Hospital
Academic Interests: CNS, Proton Therapy, Breast Cancer, Geriatric Oncology
Outside Interests: Outdoor Activities, Traveling, Friends and Family
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Qian Zhang, MD, PhD

Qian Zhang, MD, PhD

Medical School: University of Washington in Seattle

Email: qian.zhang@nm.org
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Intern Year Program: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Internal Medicine Preliminary Year
Academic Interests: Biostatistics (the field I earned my Ph.D. in, especially as it applies to oncology research and often involving computer programming), Genetic Epidemiology, Medical and Statistical Education
Outside Interests: Time with Family and Friends, Jogging, Modest Weightlifting
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Shuhua (Steve) Zheng, DO, PhD

Shuhua (Steve) Zheng, DO, PhD

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University

Email: shuhua.zheng@northwestern.edu
Hometown: China
Intern Year Program: San Joaquin General Hospital
Academic Interests: Brain Tumor, Artificial Intelligence, Cancer Biology
Outside Interests: Road Trips, Hiking, National Parks, Finding Good Restaurants
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Post Graduate Year 2

Alexander Ho, MD

Alexander Ho, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Email: alexander.ho@nm.org
Hometown: Gahanna, OH
Intern Year Program: University of Louisville (Internal Medicine Preliminary Year)
Academic Interests: CNS, breast, GU
Outside Interests: Running, Hiking
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