Dr. Melissa Alsina is Professor of Medicine in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Moffitt Cancer Center and Head of the Multiple Myeloma Transplant Program. A specialist in multiple myeloma and bone marrow transplantation, Dr. Alsina focuses much of her clinical research on novel therapies in myeloma, including immunotherapies. A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Dr. Alsina completed her residency in Medicine at San Juan Veterans Administration Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Hematology at San Juan City Hospital in Puerto Rico and Medical Oncology/Hematology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas. Before coming to Moffitt in 2000, Dr. Alsina was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio. She was also co-director of the Myeloma Bone Disease Program Clinic at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, where she served on the faculty from 1995-1999. Dr. Alsina is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Myeloma Society and The American Society of Hematology, and has been a member of the NCCN myeloma panel and the NCI Myeloma Steering Committee. She is also very active in organizing educational programs for myeloma patients and their families.