Who We Are

Thoracic Oncology staff and faculty

Thoracic Surgery

  • Jason M. Long, MD, MPH
  • Benjamin Haithcock, MD
  • Gita Mody, MD, MPH

Medical Oncology

Chad Pecot

MD
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill

Jared Weiss

MD
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill

Pulmonary Medicine

Jason Akulian

MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
UNC-Chapel Hill
Clinical Research

Radiation Oncology

Thoracic Radiology

  • Paul Molina, MD
  • Jorge Oldan, MD
  • Katherine Birchard, MD

Surgical Pathology

  • William Funkhouser, Jr., MD
  • Susan Maygarden, MD

Clinical Trials Coordinators

  • Dmitriy Usenko
  • Dale Flowers, RN

Program Assistant

  • Vickie Dowdy 919-966-8128

Nurse Navigators

  • Tammy Allred, RN, OCN 919-966-1669
  • Julie Fly, RN 919-843-8631

Patient Counselors

  • Liz Sherwood, RN
  • Mimi Alvarez

Nutritionist

  • Jennifer Spring, RD, LD

Fertility Preservation

  • Jennifer E. Mersereau, MD