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Introducing New Staff We are pleased to welcome the newest members of our growing cancer care team. Diana Saravia, MD Medical Onocology Diana Saravia, MD, joined the Maroone Cancer Center team in July 2020 as a medical oncologist, specializing in thoracic cancers and breast cancer. “It’s been a great experience and very gratifying,” she says. “There are so many patients of all ages who can be affected by cancer, and being able to help them through it is a great part of my job.” Dr. Saravia earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami and a master’s degree from Barry University. She completed her medical training at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr, Saravia is a native of Peru and a longtime south Florida resident. In her spare time, she enjoys staying physically active with Pilates and other forms of exercise.
Trisha Plastini, DO Hematology/Oncology Trisha Plastini, DO, joined the Maroone Cancer Center team in July 2021 as a general hematologist/oncologist at the Tomsich Health and Medical Center of West Palm Beach. Dr. Plastini completed her residency in internal medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the Penn Medicine Health System, and then a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Plastini says she chose Maroone Cancer Center because it “checked all the boxes. I wanted to have access to good support and resources ... all the things that are important to oncology patients.”
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Tiffany George, MD Medical Onocology Tiffany George, MD, joined the Maroone Cancer Center team in 2020. She specializes in genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. George completed her undergraduate education at the University of Central Florida and her medical training at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, in Nashville, in 2014. Later, she trained in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, in Cleveland, and then completed a fellowship at the Ohio State University Medical Center, in Columbus.
Chebli Mrad, MD Hematology/Oncology Chebli Mrad, MD joined the Maroone Cancer Center team in July 2021. He specializes in brain cancers, sarcoma, head and neck, melanoma and rare tumors. Dr. Mrad attended medical school at the Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences, in Lebanon. He completed an internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, in New York City, and a fellowship at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Buffalo, NY.
Anatoly (Tony) Nikolaev, MD PhD Radiation Oncology Anatoly (Tony) Nikolaev, MD PhD joined the Maroone Cancer Center team in July 2021. He specializes in head and neck cancer and central nervous system (CNS) disease sites. He has a research lab at the Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC), focusing on the molecular mechanisms of resistance to radiation, chemotherapy and immunotherapy in the high-risk HPV-negative head and neck cancers and pediatric brainstem gliomas (DIPG). Dr. Tony Nikolaev attended Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton and did his sub-internships and medical school research projects at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston. He completed an internal medicine internship at Boca Raton Regional Hospital and radiation oncology residency program at University of Alabama, in Birmingham (UAB), as well as PhD thesis in Cancer Biology at Columbia University, in New York City.
