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Information about Mercy Medical Center’s Transition to Baystate Health

Mercy Medical Center and its affiliated medical group practices joined Baystate Health on November 1, 2026.

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Hematology Oncology Faculty

Program Director

Joseph Gabriel, MD

Associate Program Director

Prarthna Bhardwaj, MD

Other Faculty

  • Rawad Elias, MD
    Vice President & Medical Director, Cancer Services
    Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
  • Richard H. Steingart, MD
    Medical Director of Hematology  
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
  • Chandravathi Loke, MD
    Associate Medical Director, Hematology
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
  • John McCann, MD
    Associate Medical Director, Oncology
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
  • Armen Asik, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
  • Sudeep K. Siddappa Malleshappa, MD
    Medical Director, Franklin Medical Oncology Program
    Assistant Professor of Medicine UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
  • Bryan E. Lee, DO
  • Grace Makari-Judson, MD
    Professor Emeritus of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
    Co-Director, The Rays of Hope Center for Breast Cancer Research
    Chair, Baystate Health Breast Network
  • Bachir Sakr, MD
  • Leena Rahmat, MD
  • Suriya Jeyapalan, MD
    Medical Director of Neuro-Oncology

Ancillary Faculty

  • Cancer Pharmacology
  • Pain Management and Palliative Care
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Blood Bank
  • Hematopathology
  • Cytogenetics

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