The following treatment team members specialize in multiple myeloma at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. To make an appointment, please call The James Line at (614) 293-5066 or toll-free 1-800-293-5066. The James Line is a free, 24-hour, confidential telephone service staffed by oncology nurses to provide callers with cancer information and physician referrals throughout central Ohio. For further information about a physician listed below, click on the name:
Craig Hofmeister, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Degree: The Ohio State University
Specialty Training: Loyola Cardinal Bernadin Cancer Center
Research Interests: Experimental Therapeutics, Stem cell transplantation
Clinical Interests: Multiple Myeloma, Blood and Marrow Transplant
Don Benson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Degree: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Specialty Training: The Ohio State University
Research Interests: Experimental Therapeutics
Clinical Interests: Lymphoid malignancies, Blood and Marrow Transplant
Megan Smith, RN, MS, CNP, OCN
Nurse Practitioner
BSN: The Ohio State University
MS: The Ohio State University
Ehud Mendel, MD, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Medical Degree: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Specialty Training: University of Florida at Gainesville
Clinical Interests: Surgical management of spinal tumors
Joel Mayerson, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Medical Degree: The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Specialty Training: The University of Washington Medical Center
and Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Research Interests: Orthopaedic tumors and oncology
Clinical Interests: Orthopaedic tumors and oncology
Steven Severyn, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Medical Degree: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Specialty Training: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Pain management
Other Caregivers
Michelle Johnson, RN, BSN
Patient Care Coordinator, BMT Program
