Ramses Ribot, MD

Dr Pereira is an Associate Professor of Medicine who joined the University of Miami in 2003 and became the Director for Clinical Operations for the Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program in 2016. She is the immediate past president of the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics Medical Staff and her clinical and research interest are centered on stem cell transplant and cellular therapy for Plasma Cell Disorders, Germ Cell Tumors and benign diseases.

After completing her undergraduate degree in biology and cognitive science at the University of Virginia, Dr Maria Hadjikyriakou pursued a medical degree at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine/Medical College of Virginia. She subsequently completed her general psychiatry residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Health System, followed by a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry. She is now an assistant professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and is a board-certified psychiatrist as part of the Psycho-oncology and Cancer Support Services team at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr Spiegel is an Assistant Professor who joined the University of Miami in 2021 with a clinical focus on cellular therapy for hematologic malignancies. He is a translational researcher working to improve CAR-T cell outcomes for B cell malignancies and has led first in human trials of novel CAR-T therapies as well as investigator-initiated trials testing CAR-T in combination with targeted therapies.