Meetings with Featured Speakers

Dr. Osama Mohamad, an honors graduate of the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon in 2006,  earned his MD PhD at Emory University in Atlanta. He continued training and research at the University of Hawaii, the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center, in Dallas, and as a research fellow at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Japan studying carbon ion radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Over his years in training, he received many awards including the resident of the year award and the RSNA Roentgen research award during his chief resident year at UTSW. He presented his research at multiple national and international meetings and has published over 45 publications.

Dr. Daniel Su is a urologist and urologic oncology surgeon. He joined Orange County Urology Associates from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD, where he served as a Senior Surgeon for the Urology Oncology Branch.

Dr. Su attended medical school and performed his internship and residency at Rutgers Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. He earned dual majors in computer science, molecular biology/biochemisty, with a minor in cognitive science at Rutgers University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Dr. Su completed a two-year Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, where his research and clinical efforts focused on the areas of fusion targeted prostate biopsy, focal treatment of prostate cancer, and salvage treatment of prostate cancer.

Dr. Su has experience in clinical research and conducting clinical trials. His research included advanced imaging for prostate malignancy, detection and screening for prostate cancer, treatment of multifocal kidney cancer, and neoadjuvant treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. Dr. Su is published in peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of Urology, European Urology, and British Journal of Urology.

Sandy Liu, M.D., has made it her mission to improve the lives of cancer patients by taking care of people in a meaningful way and advancing the field of medical oncology as a clinical researcher. She makes sure to treat all of her patients as though they were members of her own family.

Dr. Liu earned her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine. During her final year, she participated in a medical mission to rural China, where she performed cardiovascular screening and distributed medications. She completed an internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. Dr. Liu’s fellowship training in oncology/hematology was completed at UCLA, where she served as chief fellow during her final year and transitioned to roles as clinical instructor and, more recently, assistant clinical professor.

At City of Hope Orange County, her specialties include cancers of the kidney, prostate, bladder, testicles and urethra. Her research interests include immunotherapy and drug development.