Willis H. Navarro, MD

Dr. Navarro joined the University of Arizona faculty in November 2025. His other academic appointments include as an assistant attending physician at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, and medical instructor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York (1993-95); an associate professor in the Adult Leukemia & Bone Marrow Transplant Program at UCSF (1999-2019); and adjunct professor, Division of Hematology & Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2020-25). Other positions he has held include: vice president, clinical development, Aadi Bioscience, Inc., Pacific Palisades, California (2021-25); vice president, clinical science global research and development, Atara Biotherapeutics, Thousand Oaks, California (2014-21); vice president and medical director, transplant medical services, National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis (2008-14); scientific director, resource for clinical investigations in blood and marrow transplantation, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Minneapolis and Milwaukee (2008-14); and assistant medical director, bio-oncology development, Genentech Inc., San Francisco (2005-08).