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Choosing a doctor
that is right for you can make all the difference in your treatment
experience. Below
are doctors with national and international reputations for their work
with mesothelioma patients. The American Cancer Society has provided
a checklist of topics to consider and questions to ask your doctor
which may be helpful in choosing a doctor as your treating physician
or to get a second opinion. |
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Alabama |
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Dr. Robert J. Cerfolio |
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UAB Medical Center, The Kirklin Clinic |
619 19th Street South
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Birmingham, AL 35249 |
(205) 934-9999 |
Dr. Cerfolio is Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama Medical Center with a specialty in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. |
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California |
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Dr. David M. Jablons
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Box 1674, UCSF |
San Francisco, CA 94143-1674 |
Contact: (415)
885-3882 |
E-mail: jablonsd@surgery.ucsf.edu |
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Dr. Jablons is Chief
of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of California, San
Francisco-Mount Zion Medical
Center; a Program Leader of Thoracic Oncology at the UCSF Comprehensive
Cancer Center; an Associate Professor of Surgery and UCSF- Mount Zion
Medical Center, and holds the ADA endowed chair in Thoracic Oncology.
Dr. Jablons' treatment and research specialties includes the treatment
of pleural mesothelioma with pleurectomy/decortication. |
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Dr. Thierry Jahan |
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UCSF, Box 1705, Cancer Center 7th Fl. |
San Francisco, CA 94143 |
Contact: (415)
353-9888 |
E-mail: thierry.jahan@ucsfmedctr.org |
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Dr. Jahan is a Clinical
Assistant Professor at UCSF Medical Center and a Thoracic Cancer
Specialist. |
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Dr. Mark Lischner |
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2 Medical Plaza, Suite 100 |
Roseville, CA 95661 |
Contact: (916)
786-7498 |
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Dr. Robert Cameron |
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Dept. of Surgery, UCLA Medical School |
Center for the Health Sciences, Rm 62-215 |
Box 951741 |
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1741 |
Contact: (310)
794-7333 |
E-mail: rcameron@surgery.medsch.ucla.edu |
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Dr. Cameron is the
Director of Thoracic Oncology, Department of Surgery, at the UCLA
Medical Center; Chief
of General Thoracic Surgery at the Wadsworth Veterans Administration
Hospital; and an Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and
Surgical Oncology at UCLA. Dr. Cameron has extensive experience treating
mesothelioma patients. |
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Connecticut |
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Dr. Mark Cullen |
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135 College Street, Rm. 366 |
New Haven, CT 06510 |
Contact: (203) 785-6434 |
E-mail: markcullen@yale.edu |
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Dr. Cullen is the
Director of Yale's Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
and a Professor of
Medicine and Public Health at Yale University School of Medicine. |
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Washington, D.C. |
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Dr. Paul Sugarbaker |
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Sugarbaker Oncology Associates |
Washington Cancer Institute CG-175 |
100 Irving Street, N.W |
Washington, D.C. 20010 |
Contact: (202)
877-3908 |
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Dr. Sugarbaker is
the Director of Surgical Oncology at the Washington Cancer Institute.
He specializes
in treatment of peritoneal mesotheliomas. |
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Florida |
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Dr. Lary Robinson |
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute |
12902 Magnolia Drive |
Tampa, FL 33612 |
Contact: (813)
972-8412 |
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Dr. Robinson is the
Director of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at H. Lee Moffitt
Cancer Center & Research Institute.
He offers a Multi-Disciplinary method of treatment for malignant mesothelioma. |
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Illinois |
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Hedy Kindler, MD |
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5841 S. Maryland Ave. |
MC 2115 |
Chicago, IL 60637 |
Contact: (773) 702-6149 |
E-mail:hkindler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu |
Dr. Kindler is the
Medical Director of GI Oncology at University of Chicago Medical
Center and an Assistant
Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. |
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Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD |
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Director, Nevada Cancer Institute |
10000 W. Charleston Boulevard, Suite 260 |
Las Vegas, NV 89135 |
Contact: (702)
821-2000 |
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Nicholas J. Vogelzang was appointed Director of Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) in January of 2004. As Director, Dr. Vogelzang is responsible for setting the direction for NVCI's research programs in clinical, basic and population science. In addition, he recruits the medical researchers and leaders for NVCI. He has authored more than 275 peer-reviewed papers, 16 internet publications, 71 reviews, 62 book chapters, 10 books/journal issues, and 381 abstracts & letters. Prior to joining NVCI, Dr. Vogelzang served as the Director of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center. |
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Maryland |
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Dr. Stephen C. Yang |
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
601 North Caroline Street |
Baltimore, Maryland 21287 |
Phone: (410) 614-3891 |
E-mail: syang@jhmi.edu |
Stephen C. Yang, M.D. is Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an attending surgeon at both The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Yang graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Chemistry and received his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and finished his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia. He also completed a 3 year thoracic surgical oncology research fellowship at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. |
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Massachusetts |
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Dr. Elizabeth Healy Baldini |
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Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
Radiation Oncology |
75 Francis Street, ASB1-L2 |
Boston, MA 02115 |
Contact: (617) 732-6313 |
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Dr. Baldini is a 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. |
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Dr. Jeanne M. Lukanich |
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Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
Department of Surgery, Thoracic Surgery |
75 Francis Street |
Boston, MA 02115 |
Contact: (617) 732-5922 |
E-mail: jmlukanich@bics.bwh.harvard.edu |
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Dr. Lukanich is a
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. |
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Dr. Arthur T. Skarin |
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
44 Binney Street, D1234 |
Boston, MA 02115 |
Contact: (617) 632-3468 |
E-mail: arthur_skarin@dfci.harvard.edu |
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Dr. Skarin is an Associate
Physician at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor
of Medicine
at Harvard Medical School. |
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Dr. David J. Sugarbaker |
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Brigham & Women's Hospital |
pision of Thoracic Surgery |
75 Francis Street |
Boston, MA 02115 |
Contact: (617)
732-6824 |
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An oncologist and
thoracic surgeon, Dr. Sugarbaker is Chief of the pision of Thoracic
Surgery at Brigham & Women's
Hospital. Dr. Sugarbaker is also the Chief of Surgical Services at
the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and an Associate Professor of Surgery
at Harvard Medical School. His Tri-Modal Therapy has met with much
success, and is described in more detail in the Articles
and Resources section. |
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Michigan |
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Dr. Harvey Pass |
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Harper University Hospital |
Wayne State University |
3990 John Road, Suite 2102 |
Detroit, MI 48201 |
Contact: (313)
745-8746 |
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Dr. Pass is Chief
of Thoracic Oncology and the Thoracic Oncology Program Leader at
Karmanos Cancer Institute;
Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Detroit VA Hospital, and a Professor of
Surgery and Oncology at Wayne State University. His Photo-Dynamic therapy
is an aggressive new treatment for malignant mesothelioma. |
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Nebraska |
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Dr. Brian Loggie |
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Creighton University Medical Center |
pision of Surgical Oncology, Suite 3700 |
601 North 30th Street |
Omaha, NE 68131 |
Contact: (402)
280-5009 |
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Dr. Loggie is Chief
of Surgical Oncology and Director of the Cancer Center at Creighton
University Medical Center,
as well as a Professor of Surgery at Creighton University Medical School.
He specializes in treating peritoneal mesothelioma. |
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New Mexico |
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Dr. Claire F. Verschraegen |
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University of New Mexico |
900 Camino de Salud NE |
Albuquerque NM 87131 |
Contact: (505)
272-5837 |
E-mail: cverschraegen@salud.unm.edu |
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Dr. Verschraegen is
an oncologist and the Director of Experimental Therapeutics at the
University of
New Mexico. She is an expert in the treatment of peritoneal mesothelioma. |
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New York |
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Dr. Valerie W. Rusch |
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Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
1275 York Ave |
New York, NY 10021 |
Contact: (212)
639-5873 |
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Dr. Rusch is the Chief
of Thoracic Service at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center. She specializes in the treatment of pleural
mesothelioma. Her work is primarily focused on pleural decortication
to extrapleural pneumonectomy. |
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Dr. Mary Louise L. Keohan |
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161 Fort Washington Ave., Suite 910 |
New York, NY 10032 |
Contact: 212-305-0592 or 212-326-5511 |
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Dr. Mary Louise Keohan
is an 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. |
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Dr. Roman Perez-Soler |
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New York University |
Kaplan Cancer Center |
New York, NY 10019 |
Contact: (212)
263-8043 |
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Dr. Perez-Soler heads
up the Phase II L-NDDP as well as the Platar trial for pleural mesothelioma.
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Dr. Robert Taub |
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161 Fort Washington Avenue |
Herbert Irving 9-907 |
New York, NY 10032 |
Contact: (212)
305-6921 |
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Dr. Taub practices
in New York City, and offers a Tri-Modal therapy for treatment of
malignant mesothelioma. |
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North Carolina |
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Dr. David H. Harpole, Jr. |
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DUMC Box 3617 |
3582 Duke Hospital South |
Durham, NC 27710 |
Contact: (919)
668-8413 |
E-mail: harpo002@mc.duke.edu |
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Dr. Harpole is an
Associate Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center
and Chief of Cardiothoracic
Surgery at Durham VAMC. |
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Ohio |
Dr. David Mason |
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The Cleveland Clinic |
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9500 Euclid Avenue |
Cleveland, OH 44195 |
Phone: (216) 444-4053 |
9500 Euclid Avenue |
Dr. Mason is an Associate Staff member of the Cleveland Clinic with special interests in general thoracic surgery; minimally invasive thoracoscopic and laparaoscopic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, malignant mesothelioma, lung transplantation, imunosuppression |
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Pennsylvania |
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Dr. Daniel Sterman |
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3600 Spruce St. |
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Contact: (215)
614-0984 |
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Dr. Sterman is the Director of Interventional Pulmonary
and an Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
He co-authored of several informative articles on treatment and clinical
trials for pleural mesothelioma. |
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Dr. Larry Kaiser |
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University of Pennsylvania |
4th Floor |
Philadephia, PA 19104 |
Contact: (215)
662-7538 |
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Dr. Kaiser is Chair
of the Department of Surgery, Director of General Thoracic Surgery,
Director of the Thoracic
Oncology Program & Center for Lung Cancer and Related Disorders, and
a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. |
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Tennesse |
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Dr. Spencer McCachren |
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Thompson Cancer Survival Center |
1915 White Ave., 1st Floor |
Knoxville, TN 37916 |
Contact: (865)
541-1720 |
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Texas |
Dr. David Rice |
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
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The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 445 |
Houston, Texas 77030 |
Phone: (713) 745-4530 |
E-mail: drice@mdanderson.org |
Dr. Rice was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He received his medical degree (M.B., B.Ch.) at the School of Medicine, Trinity College, the University of Dublin in 1991 and then completed his internship at St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland in 1992. He left Ireland in 1992 to obtain his general surgery residency training at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN in 1999. During this time Dr. Rice took 18 months to complete a research fellowship in tumor immunology, examining ways of stimulating T-cells of the immune system to better fight cancer. |
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W. Roy Smythe, MD |
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Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery |
The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center |
Scott and White Clinic |
2401 South 31st Street |
Temple, Texas 76508 |
E-mail: wrsmythe@swmail.sw.org
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Dr. W. Roy is a thoracic
surgeon and a Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He
has extensive experience with treating
mesothelioma patients and is a leading researcher in the field of gene
therapy. |
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Washington |
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Dr. Eric Vallieres |
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1959 NE Pacific Street |
Seattle, WA 98195 |
(206) 548-4477 |
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Dr. Vallieres is a thoracic surgeon who
practices in Seattle at the University of Washington, and offers Multi-Modal
therapy for treatment
Medical Center of malignant mesothelioma. |
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