Medical and Research Teams
Our medical and research teams at the Nghiem Lab are committed to finding the innovations that will fight MCC.
Clinic Team
Amy Alering, RN - Clinic Nurse
Amy works with Dr. Nghiem at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Skin Oncology Clinic caring for patients with Merkel cell carcinoma.
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Loveleen James - Patient Care Coordinator
Please contact Loveleen James if you would like to make an appointment for consultation with Dr. Nghiem at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Phone: phone: 206-288-1062
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Research Team
Masaoki Kawasumi, MD, PhD - Acting Assistant Professor
Masaoki joined our team in April, 2004. He focuses on more general mechanisms of cancer, but he provides great experience and guidance to others in the lab.
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Tomoko Akaike, MD - Clinical Research Fellow
Allene Fonseca, MD - Clinical Research Fellow
Jung Hyun Lee, PhD - Research Fellow
Shira Tabachnick-Cherny, PhD - Research Fellow
Rashmi Bhakuni, PhD - Research Fellow
Pete Goff, MD, PhD - Research Fellow
Rima Kulikauskas - Senior Research Scientist
Thomas Pulliam - MD PhD Student
Naomi Yamamoto - MD PhD Student
Candice Church, PhD - Research Scientist
Carina Morningstar - Research Scientist
Alex Fu - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Marika Bierma - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Nikhil Harikrishnan - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Emily Huynh - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Song Park, MD - Dermatologist
Krista Lachance - Research Manager
Lauren Zawacki - Research Coordinator
