Doctors
Alabama
Robert J. Cerfolio, MD
Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama Medical Center with a specialty in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama Medical Center with a specialty in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
James Mountz, MD
Practices Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. James Mountz, graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Practices Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. James Mountz, graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
California
Mark W. Lischner, M.D.
Located at the Sutter Roseville Medical Center, specialties include critical care medicine, pulmonary disease and sleep medicine. Special interests include sarcoidosis
Located at the Sutter Roseville Medical Center, specialties include critical care medicine, pulmonary disease and sleep medicine. Special interests include sarcoidosis
Francisco Robert-Vizcarrondo, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Drug development - early phase; lung cancer; and mesothelioma.
University of Alabama Health System, Professor, Hematology & Oncology
(205) 934-9999
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Drug development - early phase; lung cancer; and mesothelioma.
University of Alabama Health System, Professor, Hematology & Oncology
(205) 934-9999
Robert Cameron, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Esophageal Lung Lung Transplant Mesothelioma Thoracic Thoracic Cancer Thymus Trachea
UCLA School of Medicine - Thoracics, Los Angeles, California
(310) 794-7788
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Esophageal Lung Lung Transplant Mesothelioma Thoracic Thoracic Cancer Thymus Trachea
UCLA School of Medicine - Thoracics, Los Angeles, California
(310) 794-7788
Jay Lee, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Oncology - Chest Wall Tumor, Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Tumor, Mesothelioma, and Sarcoma Thoracoscopic Surgery/ VATS Lobectomy Esophageal Surgery
UCLA School of Medicine - Thoracics, Los Angeles, California
(310) 794-7788
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Oncology - Chest Wall Tumor, Esophageal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Tumor, Mesothelioma, and Sarcoma Thoracoscopic Surgery/ VATS Lobectomy Esophageal Surgery
UCLA School of Medicine - Thoracics, Los Angeles, California
(310) 794-7788
Mary Maish, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Esophageal Lung Mesothelioma Thoracic Thoracic Cancer
UCLA School of Medicine - Thoracics, Los Angeles, California
(310) 794-7788
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Esophageal Lung Mesothelioma Thoracic Thoracic Cancer
UCLA School of Medicine - Thoracics, Los Angeles, California
(310) 794-7788
Saeed Sadeghi, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Antiphospholipid Biliary Breast Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Esophageal Gastric Cancer Gastrointestinal General Hematology General Oncology Genitourinary Hematologic Malignancies Hepatobiliary Larynx Leukemia Liver Lung Lung Cancer & Chest Malignancies Lymphoma Mesothelioma Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplasia Ovarian Cancer Pancreas Phase 1 Clinical Trials Prostate Cancer Renal Sarcoma Sickle Cell Anemia Testicular Cancer Waldenstrom's Disease
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
UCLA Medical Center
(310) 829-5471
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Antiphospholipid Biliary Breast Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Esophageal Gastric Cancer Gastrointestinal General Hematology General Oncology Genitourinary Hematologic Malignancies Hepatobiliary Larynx Leukemia Liver Lung Lung Cancer & Chest Malignancies Lymphoma Mesothelioma Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplasia Ovarian Cancer Pancreas Phase 1 Clinical Trials Prostate Cancer Renal Sarcoma Sickle Cell Anemia Testicular Cancer Waldenstrom's Disease
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
UCLA Medical Center
(310) 829-5471
Parkash S. Gill, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Medical Oncology AIDS Growth Factors Kaposi's Sarcoma Clinical Trials in Treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma
USC Ambulatory Health Center, Los Angeles, California
1-800-USC-CARE (872-2273)
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Medical Oncology AIDS Growth Factors Kaposi's Sarcoma Clinical Trials in Treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma
USC Ambulatory Health Center, Los Angeles, California
1-800-USC-CARE (872-2273)
David Jablons, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Surgery Oncology Mesothelioma Lung Cancer
Chief-Section of Thoracic Surgery
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California
(415)885-3882
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Surgery Oncology Mesothelioma Lung Cancer
Chief-Section of Thoracic Surgery
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California
(415)885-3882
Thierry Jahan, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: lung cancer, mesothelioma, sarcomas, endocrine tumors
Cancer Specialist
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California
415-885-3882
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: lung cancer, mesothelioma, sarcomas, endocrine tumors
Cancer Specialist
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California
415-885-3882
Connecticut
Jack A. Elias, MD
Specialties include, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, interstitial lung disease, acute lung injury. Yale School of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
Specialties include, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, interstitial lung disease, acute lung injury. Yale School of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
Carrie A. Redlich, MD, M.P.H
Located at Yale Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Clinical Interests are occupational and environmental medicine; occupational and environmental lung diseases; occupational and environmental asthma. Research Interests are work-related asthma; health effects of isocyanate
Located at Yale Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Clinical Interests are occupational and environmental medicine; occupational and environmental lung diseases; occupational and environmental asthma. Research Interests are work-related asthma; health effects of isocyanate
Mark R. Cullen , MD
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Isocyanate asthma, chronic beryllium disease, asbestos and cancer, work organization and occupational injury and diseases. Occupational and environmental diseases.
Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
(203) 785-6434
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Isocyanate asthma, chronic beryllium disease, asbestos and cancer, work organization and occupational injury and diseases. Occupational and environmental diseases.
Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
(203) 785-6434
Frank C. Detterbeck, MD, FACS
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: thoracic oncology including: lung cancer, lung metastases; esophageal cancer, thymoma, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, pancoast tumors, mesothelioma, sarcoma; chest surgery including benign conditions; minimally invasive surgery for thoracic procedures
Professor and Section Chief; Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology; Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, Yale Cancer Center
Thoracic Oncology Program Clinic Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut 06512
Office: (203) 785-4931
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: thoracic oncology including: lung cancer, lung metastases; esophageal cancer, thymoma, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, pancoast tumors, mesothelioma, sarcoma; chest surgery including benign conditions; minimally invasive surgery for thoracic procedures
Professor and Section Chief; Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology; Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, Yale Cancer Center
Thoracic Oncology Program Clinic Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut 06512
Office: (203) 785-4931
Florida
Lary A. Robinson, MD
Director, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Principal Thoracic Surgical Oncologist at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Director, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Principal Thoracic Surgical Oncologist at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Craig W. Stevens, MD, PhD
Division Chief, Radiation Oncology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Division Chief, Radiation Oncology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Georgia
Dong M. Shin, M.D.
Professor of Hematology, Oncology, and Otolaryngology, Emory Winship Cancer Institute
Professor of Hematology, Oncology, and Otolaryngology, Emory Winship Cancer Institute
Illinois
Hedy Kindler, MD
Internationally known cancer expert who specializes in the medical treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer that is primarily caused by overexposure to asbestos. Medical Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at University of Chicago Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
Internationally known cancer expert who specializes in the medical treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer that is primarily caused by overexposure to asbestos. Medical Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at University of Chicago Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
MA
David J. Sugarbaker, MD
Dr. Sugarbaker believes in aggressive treatment of pleural mesothelioma. He is a proponent of tri-modal therapy; extrapleural pneumonectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Chief, Department of Surgical Services/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 732-6824
Maryland
Stephen C. Yang, MD
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Surgical Director Lung Transplantation Program, Surgical Directorof the Thoracic Oncology Program
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Surgical Director Lung Transplantation Program, Surgical Directorof the Thoracic Oncology Program
Mark J. Krasna, MD
Well known leader in the development of thoracic surgery. He is the author of the first textbook on thoracoscopic surgery and has instructed surgeons worldwide on his techniques. Medical Director of the Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center/Towson, MD Phone: (410) 427-2220
Well known leader in the development of thoracic surgery. He is the author of the first textbook on thoracoscopic surgery and has instructed surgeons worldwide on his techniques. Medical Director of the Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center/Towson, MD Phone: (410) 427-2220
Massachussetts
Lambros Zellos, MD, MPH
Attending Thoracic Surgeon; Clinical Co-Director of the International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Attending Thoracic Surgeon; Clinical Co-Director of the International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Elizabeth Healy Baldini, MD
Thoracic surgeon at Carole M. & Philip L. Lowe Thoracic Oncology Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School.
Thoracic surgeon at Carole M. & Philip L. Lowe Thoracic Oncology Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School.
Jeanne M. Lukanich, MD
Thoracic surgeon and the Clinical Director of Lung Transplant Service at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, as well as an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Thoracic surgeon and the Clinical Director of Lung Transplant Service at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, as well as an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Arthur T. Skarin, MD
Associate Physician at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Associate Physician at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Michigan
Gregory P. Kalemkerian, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Co-Director of Thoracic Oncology, specialty includes Medical and Thoracic Oncology. Clinical interestes include Lung cancer, thymoma, mesothelioma
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Co-Director of Thoracic Oncology, specialty includes Medical and Thoracic Oncology. Clinical interestes include Lung cancer, thymoma, mesothelioma
Nebraska
Brian W. Loggie, MD
Creighton University Medical School; Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology. Director of Cancer Center at Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Creighton University Medical School; Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology. Director of Cancer Center at Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Nevada
Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD
Director, Nevada Cancer Institute, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Director, Nevada Cancer Institute, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
New Jersey
Bruce G. Haffty, M.D
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chief, Division of Radiology Oncology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chief, Division of Radiology Oncology
New Mexico
Claire F. Verschraegen, MD
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Specialties include Hematology, Hematology/Oncology and Oncology
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Specialties include Hematology, Hematology/Oncology and Oncology
New York
Roman Perez-Soler, MD
New York University Medical Center, Associate Director of Clinical Oncology and a member of the Executive Advisory Committee of the GCRC. Heads up the Phase II L-NDDP as well as the Platar trial for pleural mesothelioma.
New York University Medical Center, Associate Director of Clinical Oncology and a member of the Executive Advisory Committee of the GCRC. Heads up the Phase II L-NDDP as well as the Platar trial for pleural mesothelioma.
Mary Louise L. Keohan, MD
Oncologist specializing in the treatment of mesothelioma and sarcoma at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is conducting multimodality studies of patients with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma and other connective tissue oncology studies. The Center is located at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Oncologist specializing in the treatment of mesothelioma and sarcoma at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is conducting multimodality studies of patients with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma and other connective tissue oncology studies. The Center is located at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Harvey I. Pass, M.D.,
In 2005, Dr. Pass was recruited to be the first Director of the NYU Division of Thoracic Surgery. His laboratory at Bellevue Hospital is the home of the NCI-funded Early Detection Research Network Biomarker Discovery Laboratory for Mesothelioma, and the Clinical CORE for the NCI’s recently funded Mesothelioma Pathogenesis Program Project.
In 2005, Dr. Pass was recruited to be the first Director of the NYU Division of Thoracic Surgery. His laboratory at Bellevue Hospital is the home of the NCI-funded Early Detection Research Network Biomarker Discovery Laboratory for Mesothelioma, and the Clinical CORE for the NCI’s recently funded Mesothelioma Pathogenesis Program Project.
Valerie W. Rusch, FACS
Attending Thoracic Surgeon at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Attending Thoracic Surgeon at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Raja M. Flores, MD
Attending Thoracic Surgeon at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Attending Thoracic Surgeon at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Robert N. Taub, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Manjit S. Bains, MD, FACS
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Surgical Oncology; Lung Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Mediastinal Tumors; Mesothelioma; Pulmonary Metastases; Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery; Pulmonary and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, including Laser Endoscopy; Tracheobronchial and Esophageal Stents
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
(212) 639-7450
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Surgical Oncology; Lung Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Mediastinal Tumors; Mesothelioma; Pulmonary Metastases; Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery; Pulmonary and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, including Laser Endoscopy; Tracheobronchial and Esophageal Stents
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
(212) 639-7450
North Carolina
David H. Harpole Jr., MD
Thoracic oncology, general thoracic surgery, benign and malignant disease of the lung, esophagus, and mediastinum; advanced airway and thoracoscopic surgery, hyperhidrosis palmaris, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer
David H. Harpole Jr., MD
Speciailties are thoracic oncology, general thoracic surgery, benign and malignant disease of the lung, esophagus, and mediastinum; advanced airway and thoracoscopic surgery, hyperhidrosis palmaris, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer
Speciailties are thoracic oncology, general thoracic surgery, benign and malignant disease of the lung, esophagus, and mediastinum; advanced airway and thoracoscopic surgery, hyperhidrosis palmaris, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer
Ohio
David P. Mason, MD
Staff Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Staff Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Pennsylvania
David L. Bartlett, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Sterman, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph S. Friedberg, MD
Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania at Presbyterian, Philadelphia, PA
Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania at Presbyterian, Philadelphia, PA
Larry Kaiser, MD
John Rhea Barton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. His area of interest and expertise is Thoracic Oncology, specifically lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma and mediastinal tumors.
John Rhea Barton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. His area of interest and expertise is Thoracic Oncology, specifically lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma and mediastinal tumors.
Rhode Island
David Ettensohn, MD
Brown Medical School, Practices Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pulmonary
Brown Medical School, Practices Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pulmonary
John Pella, MD
Affiliated with the Miriam Hospital, Specialty is Pulmonary, primary office is located at 1150 Reservoir Ave Ste 305, Cranston , RI 02920
Affiliated with the Miriam Hospital, Specialty is Pulmonary, primary office is located at 1150 Reservoir Ave Ste 305, Cranston , RI 02920
Tennessee
Spencer McCachren, MD
Leading cancer specialist in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology at the Thompson Cancer Survival Center
Leading cancer specialist in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology at the Thompson Cancer Survival Center
Texas
W. Roy Smythe, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and Professor of Surgery. Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer
Chairman, Department of Surgery at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and Professor of Surgery. Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer
David Rice, M.D.
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Surgery Mesothelioma
Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Program
Director, Multidisciplinary Mesothelioma Program
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
(713) 745-4530
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: Thoracic Surgery Mesothelioma
Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Program
Director, Multidisciplinary Mesothelioma Program
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
(713) 745-4530
Washington
Eric Vallieres, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of General Thoracic Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of General Thoracic Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Washington DC
Paul H. Sugarbaker, MD, FACS, FRCS
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: gastrointestinal cancers, hepatobiliary (primary and metastatic liver) cancers as well as primary peritoneal surface cancers (peritoneal mesothelioma and abdominopelvic sarcoma)
Washington Hospital Center, Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, D.C.
202-877-3908
Diseases Treated/Clinical Interests: gastrointestinal cancers, hepatobiliary (primary and metastatic liver) cancers as well as primary peritoneal surface cancers (peritoneal mesothelioma and abdominopelvic sarcoma)
Washington Hospital Center, Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, D.C.
202-877-3908
