Clinical Faculty

At the Georgia Cancer Center, we want to reduce the burden of cancer in the State of Georgia and across the globe through superior care, innovation, and education.

While each clinician, researcher, nurse, administrative assistant, and support staff member took a different path, we all find ourselves committed to the Georgia Cancer Center’s strategy for inspiring collaboration and supporting innovation and achievement.

Medical Hematology/Oncology

Dr. Germame Ajebo

Medical Oncologist, Blood Cancers and Disorders

(706) 721-2505

gajebo@augusta.edu

Dr. Locke Bryan

Medical Oncologist, Blood Cancers and Disorders

(706) 721-2505

lbryan@augusta.edu

Dr. Jorge Cortes

Medical Oncologist, Blood Cancers and Disorders

(706) 446-5732

jorge.cortes@augusta.edu

Dr. Paul Dainer

Medical Oncologist, Blood Cancers and Disorders

(706) 721-2505

pdainer@augusta.edu

Dr. Achuta Guddati

Medical Oncologist, Head and Neck Cancers

(706) 721-2505

aguddati@augusta.edu

Dr. Anand Jillella

Medical Oncologist, Blood Cancers and Disorders

(706) 721-2505

ajillella@augusta.edu

Dr. Nagla Abdel Karim

Medical Oncologist, Lung Cancer

(706) 721-6744

nkarim@augusta.edu

Dr. Vamsi Kota

Medical Oncologist, Blood Cancers and Disorders

(706) 721-2505

vkota@augusta.edu

Dr. Allan Krutchik

Medical Oncologist, Breast Cancer and Neuro-Oncology

(706) 721-2505

akrutchik@augusta.edu

Dr. Abdullah Kutlar

Sickle Cell Disease

(706) 721-2171

akutlar@augusta.edu

Dr. Asha Nayak-Kapoor

Medical Oncologist, Gastrointestinal Cancers

(706) 721-2505

anayak@augusta.edu

Dr. Jigarkumar Parikh

Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Cancers

(706) 721-2505

jparikh@augusta.edu

Dr. Priyanka Raval

Medical Oncologist, Breast Cancer

(706) 721-3052

praval@augusta.edu

Gynecologic Oncology

Dr. Sharad Ghamande

Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology

(706) 721-3992

sghamande@augusta.edu

Dr. Robert Higgins

Professor of Gynecologic Oncology

(706) 721-3992

rhiggins@augusta.edu

Dr. Bunja Rungruang

Associate Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology

(706) 721-3992

brungruang@augusta.edu

Orthopedic Oncology/Sarcoma

Kelly Homlar, MD

Adult and Pediatric Orthopaedic Oncology

(706) 721-2741

khomlar@augusta.edu

David Cearley, MD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Oncology

(706) 721-2741

dcearley@augusta.edu

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Dr. Afshin Ameri

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 721-3626

aameri@augusta.edu

Dr. Nnenna Badamosi

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 721-3626

nbadamosi@augusta.edu

Dr. Theodore Johnson

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 721-4962

thjohnson@augusta.edu

Dr. Colleen McDonough

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 721-3626

cmcdonough@augusta.edu

Dr. David Munn

Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 721-7141

dmunn@augusta.edu

Dr. Betty Pace

Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 721-6893

bpace@augusta.edu

Dr. Eric Ring

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

(706) 723-0010

ering@augusta.edu

Psycho-Social Oncology

Dr. Lauren Bigham

Director, Psycho-Social Oncology Program

(706) 721-2509

lbigham@augusta.edu

Radiation Oncology

Dr. Ahmed Al-Basheer

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

(706) 721-2971

aalbasheer@augusta.edu

Dr. John T. Barrett

Professor of Radiation Oncology & Interim Chair

(706) 446-5314

jbarrett@augusta.edu

Dr. Catherine Ferguson

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

(706) 721-2971

cferguson@augusta.edu

Dr. William Grubb

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

(706) 721-2971

wigrubb@augusta.edu

Dr. Chulhaeng Huh

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

(706) 446-5347

chuh@augusta.edu

Surgical Oncology

Dr. Tania Arora

Surgical Oncologist, General Cancer Care

(706) 721-4726

tarora@augusta.edu

Dr. Edward Kruse

Surgical Oncologist, Gastrointestinal Cancers

(706) 721-4726

ekruse@augusta.edu

Dr. Alicia Vinyard

Surgical Oncologist, Breast Cancer

(706) 721-2503

avinyard@augusta.edu

Urologic Oncology

Dr. Zachary Klaassen

Surgical Oncologist, Urologic Cancers

(706) 721-9977

zklaassen@augusta.edu

Dr. Martha Terris

Surgical Oncologist, Urologic Cancers

(706) 721-9977

mterris@augusta.edu

Reducing the Burden

The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is dedicated to reducing the burden of cancer in Georgia and across the globe through superior care, innovation, and education. Through unprecedented expansion, the Georgia Cancer Center is providing access to more first-in-the-nation clinical trials, world-renowned experts and life-saving options.