Executive Team

Ayad Hamdan, MD

Physician-in-Chief

Professor of Medicine

Bassel El-Rayes, MD

Deputy Director

Hala Madanat, PhD

Deputy Director

Distinguished Professor

School of Public Health, San Diego State University

Pandurangan Vijayanand, MD, PhD

Deputy Director

William K. Bowes Distinguished Professor

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Matthew Jenusaitis, MBA

Chief Administrative Officer, Oncology and Radiation Therapy Services

William Gentz, MBA, MSF

Associate Director, Administration

J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD

Associate Director, Basic Science

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology

Gene Yeo, PhD, MBA

Associate Director, Translational Research

Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Rana McKay, MD

Associate Director, Clinical Science

Professor of Medicine

Elena Martinez, PhD, MPH

Associate Director, Population Science

Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health

Sam M. Walton Endowed Chair for Cancer Research

Dwayne Stupack, PhD

Associate Director, Shared Resources

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences & Pathology

Jesse Nodora, DrPH

Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences

Jim Murphy, MD, MS

Associate Director, Research Education and Training

Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences