Michel Velez, M.D., is a board-certified hematologist and oncologist at the Michael and Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center at Holy Cross Health. Dr. Velez was previously a hematologist and oncologist at Florida Cancer Specialists at the UCF Cancer Center in Orlando. He served as principal investigator with the Sarah Cannon Research Institute Phase I Drug Development Unit. He was also assistant professor of internal medicine at the UCF College of Medicine. Previously he was medical director of quality initiatives and co-chair of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee at Memorial Cancer Institute in Hollywood, Florida and served as medical director of quality initiatives and co-chair of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee at Memorial Cancer Institute in Hollywood. He is an affiliate assistant professor of clinical biomedical science at Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Integrated Medical Science and an assistant professor at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Dr. Velez earned his Doctor of Medicine from Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. He completed his internal medicine residency at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at JFK Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center Regional Campus in West Palm Beach, followed by his hematology-oncology fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he was Chief Fellow his final year.