Tara E. Seery, MD

Chaitali Nangia, M.D., attended Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India followed by a residency at Rush/Resurrection Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, Illinois. She completed her fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Nangia then joined University of California Irvine as an associate professor in the Hematology/Oncology Division and associate program director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship program. Before joining Hoag, Dr. Nangia last spent her time as medical director at the Chan Soon Shiong Institute for Medicine where she ran several phase 1 clinical trials. Dr. Nangia is board certified in Hematology/Oncology and Internal Medicine.Dr. Nangia has a particular interest in breast cancer, as well as head and neck cancers.She has received several awards and honors throughout her career including being named Teacher of the Year for three years consecutively for the UCI Hematology/Oncology Division. Dr. Nangia has held professorships at University of California at Irvine, Michigan State University and Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Warren, Michigan among others.She has more than two decades of research experience, serving as the primary investigator on several clinical research trials. Dr. Nangia has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and abstracts and given clinical presentations throughout the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Nangia has joined Hoag to initiate a cellular therapy program, bringing solid tumor NK cell therapy to Orange County patients.She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPIO).

Dr. Benjamin enjoys working alongside a team of experts in the cancer field to provide high-quality, personal care to patients as a board-certified medical oncologist at Hoag Family Cancer Center. His practice focuses on genitourinary cancers, including prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancer. Dr. Benjamin provides a caring environment for his patients, where he works alongside patients on their cancer journey to determine the best treatment plans for their individual diagnoses. Through his involvement in cancer research, Dr. Benjamin is actively working to identify therapies that improve the lives of patients with genitourinary cancers through clinical trials at Hoag. Dr. Benjamin has co-authored numerous publications in leading medical journals, including JAMA Oncology, The Lancet Oncology and Nature Reviews Urology. He has presented his research at several national and international conferences. He received the 2022 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Merit Award from Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, and received the 2022 UCI School of Medicine Outstanding Fellow/Resident Research Award for excellence in clinical/translational research. Dr. Benjamin is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Dr. Benjamin attended Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, followed by an internal medicine internship and residency at University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. He completed his fellowship training in hematology/ oncology at University of California, Irvine Medical Center, where he also served as chief fellow. In his spare time, Dr. Benjamin enjoys running, watching sports (basketball and football) and traveling.

Dr. Javier Longoria is a triple board-certified interventional pulmonologist at Hoag Family Cancer Institute. He works alongside a team of experts who specialize in oncology and thoracic surgery to provide highly skilled interventional pulmonary care management to cancer patients. Dr. Longoria’s expertise in robotic and minimally-invasive approaches to lung biopsy, malignant and benign central airway disorders and pleural disease further expands Hoag Family Cancer Institute’s comprehensive cancer treatment options for patients. Dr. Longoria attended medical school at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship training in both interventional pulmonology and pulmonary and critical care medicine at University of California, Irvine. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. Prior to joining Hoag, Dr. Longoria was the director of interventional pulmonology and was an Associate Professor of Medicine within the University of California, Irvine’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a published researcher and presenter and a member of several professional organizations including the American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. Originally from South Texas, Dr. Longoria now calls San Clemente home. In his free time, he enjoys watching college football and professional soccer and spending time with his two young daughters.