She is a member of the Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma and Stem Cell Transplant Multidisciplinary team and serves as the faculty lead for the MDS Foundation Center of Excellence designation at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Arana Yi holds a doctor of medicine from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru. She completed her residency, with a specialization in Internal Medicine, at State University of New York. She completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Penn., and a fellowship in leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She practices at UNM Cancer Center and speaks fluent Spanish.