Mesothelioma Doctors / Physicians
Now, you can finding the right medical professional to guide your treatment plan and proactively manage your medical care is your strongest weapon in the fight against mesothelioma. Your doctor should be well experienced with the diagnosis of mesothelioma, available treatments, and current clinical trials. It never hurts to obtain a second opinion, and while you may be most comfortable with your primary care physician, forming a doctor-patient relationship with an experienced mesothelioma physician is of the utmost importance.
- Doctors by State
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Massachusetts
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington (WA)
California
- Robert Cameron, M.D.
P. O. Box 951741
Los Angeles, California 90095–1741
Phone: (310) 794–7333
email: rcameron@mednet.ucla.eduDr. Cameron is Assistant Professor of Surgery and the Director of Thoracic Oncology at UCLA Medical Center. He is board-certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. His research interests include lung cancer, esophageal cancer and mesothelioma.
- David Jablons, M.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
Box 0128, UCSF
San Francisco, California 94143-0128
Phone: (800) 888-8664 or (415) 885-7777
Dr. Jablons is the Program Leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a Program Member of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. Current research initiatives include the molecular biology of non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma with emphasis on gene discovery through differential display and subtraction hybridization techniques in primary tumors, metastases, and cell lines.
- Theirry Jahan, M.D.
2356 Sutter, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 567–5581Dr. Jahan is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and the Director of Clinical Services for the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Mount Zion campus of the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
- Dr. Mark Lischner
2 Medical Plaza, Suite 100
Roseville, CA 95661
(916) 786-7498Dr. Lischner is a physician with the Sutter Physician Alliance and is affiliated with the Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, CA. His professional interests include asthma, interstitial fibrosis, asbestosis, sarcoidosis and mesothelioma.
Connecticut
- Mark Cullen, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
Division of Internal Medicine
135 College Street, Room 366
New Haven, CT 06510-2283
(203) 785-6434 or 203-785-4197(Clinical Appointments)
Dr. Cullen is Professor of Medicine and the Public Health Director for Occupational and Environmental Medicine. His research interests include isocyanate asthma, chronic beryllium disease, asbestos and cancer and work organization and occupational injury and diseases.
- Jack A. Elias, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine,
300 Cedar Street
TAC-441 South
New Haven, CT 06510-8057
(203) 785-4119
Dr. Elias Chairman of Department of Internal Medicine. His research interests include cellular and molecular pathogenesis of Asthma and COPD; cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung injury, repair and remodeling; transgenic modeling of pulmonary diseases and disorders; effector mechanisms of IL-13, VEGF, and TGF-beta type cytokines in the lung; and effector mechanisms of Th2 and Th1 cytokines in the lung.
- Graeme L. Hammond, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
330 Cedar Street
FMB 102
New Haven, CT 06510-8062
(203) 785-2704
Dr. Hammond is a professor with the Department of Surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He is board-certified in surgery and thoracic surgery.
- Carrie A. Redlich, M.D., M.P.H.
Yale University School of Medicine
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program
135 College St, 3rd floor
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 785-5885
Dr. Redlich is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine. Her research includes occupational lung disease, biomarker / molecular epidemiology environmental health research integrating clinical research with cellular and molecular approaches, clinical immunologic studies on the pathogenesis of isocyanate asthma, the protective role of retinoids/vitamin A in the lung, occupational liver disease, solvent-induced liver injury and clinical occupational medicine.
Florida
- Larry A. Robinson, M.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
At The University of South Florida
12902 Magnolia Dr.
Tampa, FL 33612
(813) 745-8412Dr. Robinson is the Director of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. He is a member of the multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology group, which evaluates and treats all stages of mesothelioma. Clinical and research interests include aggressive surgical management of mesothelioma and advanced lung cancer.
Georgia
- Dong M. Shin, M.D.
Winship Cancer Institute
1365C Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
(404) 778-1900Dr. Shin is an award-winning physician with the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. He specializes in medicine related to aerodigestive biology, as well as the head, neck and lung.
Massachusetts
- Raphael Bueno, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Thoracic Surgery
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 732-6824
Dr. Bueno is the Associate Chief of Division of Thoracic Surgery for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. His clinical interests include tracheal surgery, lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, benign esophageal disorders, thymomas and minimally invasive surgery.
- Pasi A. Janne, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Dana 1234
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 632-6049
Dr. Jänne received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He completed postgraduate training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in medical oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 2001. He currently works in the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His main research interests include the study of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in non-small cell lung cancer and their impact on the efficacy of EGFR-targeted therapeutic agents.
- David J. Sugarbaker, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Thoracic Surgery
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 732-6824
Dr. Sugarbaker is Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a pioneer in mesothelioma research and one of the most cited physicians in the literature describing the treatment of mesothelioma.
New Jersey
- Bruce G. Haffty, M.D.
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
(732) 253-3939Dr. Haffty is the Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
New York
- Manjit Bains, M.D., F.A.C.S
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 639-7450Dr. Bains is a thoracic surgeon at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His clinical expertise includes the following: thoracic surgical oncology, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, mesothelioma, pulmonary metastases, video-assisted thoracic surgery, pulmonary and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, including laser endoscopy, and tracheobronchial and esophageal stents.
- A. Philippe Chahanian, M.D.
Mt. Sinai Hospital
5 East 98 St.
New York, NY 10029
(212) 241–6368Dr. Chahinian specializes in internal medicine and medical oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. His clinical expertise includes lung cancer, mesothelioma, thoracic oncology and thymoma.
- David Ilson, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 639-8306 or (646) 497-9053 (New Patients)Dr. Ilson specializes in gastrointestinal oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His clinical expertise includes colorectal, esophageal, pancreatic, gastric, and other gastrointestinal cancers, as well as mesothelioma.
- Lee M. Krug, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 639-8420Dr. Krug is a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of thoracic cancers. He is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. His research is focused primarily on small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma.
- Stephen M. Levin, M.D.
Mt. Sinai Hospital
1200 Fifth Avenue, 1B
New York, NY 10029
212–241-9059Dr. Levin is an Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is board-certified in occupational medicine. His clinical interests include asbestos-related diseases, occupational asthma, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.
- Valerie Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S
Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 639–5873Dr. Rusch specializes in treating patients with cancers of the lung, esophagus, mediastinum, and chest wall, including those with mesothelioma. Her research interests include the genetics of lung cancer and mesothelioma and predicting how a patient will respond to a particular treatment. She is also involved in developing methods for early detection of thoracic cancers.
- Harvey I. Pass, M.D.
New York University Medical center
530 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016Dr. Harvey Pass is the director of the New York University Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery and is Chief of Thoracic Oncology. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on mesothelioma.
- Roman Perez–Soler, M.D.
NW York University Kaplan Cancer Center
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016Dr. Perez-Soler is the Associate Director of Clinical Oncology at New York University Kaplan Cancer Center in New York, NY. He specializes in medical oncology and is the principal investigator of the Phase II L-NDDP/Platar trial for pleural mesothelioma.
- Scott J. Swanson
Mt. Sinai Hospital
1190 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
(212) 659-6815Dr. Swanson is a surgeon at Mount Sinai Thoracic Surgery Center. He specializes in thoracic surgery and has a sub-specialty in cardiothoracic surgery. His clinical interests include lung cancer, esophageal surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery, lung transplantation and thoracic oncology.
- Robert N. Taub, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Program Director
Columbia–Presbyterian Hospital
Atchley Pavilion Room 907
161 Fort Washington Ave.
New York, NY
(212) 659-6815Dr. Taub is the Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and a medical oncologist who directs the Connective Tissue Oncology Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, where there are several ongoing multimodality studies of patients with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma.
North Carolina
- David H. Harpole, Jr., M.D.
Duke University Health System
DUMC 3627
Durham, NC 27710
(919) 668-8413Dr. Harpole is Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and a member of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery of the Duke University Health System. His clinical interests include thoracic oncology, general thoracic surgery, benign and malignant disease of the lung, esophagus, and mediastinum, as well as advanced airway and thoracoscopic surgery, hyperhidrosis palmaris, mesothelioma and esophageal cancer.
Pennsylvania
- Larry Kaiser, M.D.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
4 Silverstein Pavilion
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 662-7538Dr. Kaiser is The John Rhea Barton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery and the Surgeon-in-Chief for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. His area of interest and expertise is thoracic oncology, specifically lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma and mediastinal tumors.
- Daniel Sterman, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
833 West Gates Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
(215) 614-0984Dr. Sterman is currently Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine in Surgery, and the Director of the PENN Interventional Pulmonology Program and Clinical Director of the Thoracic Oncology Gene Therapy Program of the Center for Lung Cancer and Related Disorders of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
Washington, D.C.
- Paul H. Sugarbaker, M.D.
Washington Cancer Institute
106 Irving St.
N-3900
Washington DC 20010
(202) 877-DOCS (202-877-3627)Dr. Sugarbaker is Director of Surgical Oncology at the Washington Cancer Institute. His clinical interests include congenital chest wall deformities, esophageal cancer and motility disorders, as well as general thoracic surgery, lung and pleural cancer, volume reduction emphysema surgery and mesothelioma.
Washington State
- Eric Vallieres
Swedish Medical Center
1101 Madison St., Suite 850
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 215-6800Dr. Vallieres is a thoracic surgeon with the Swedish Medical Center. He is board-certified in general surgery and in thoracic surgery. His areas of interest and expertise include esophageal Cancer, hyperhidrosis, lung cancer, lungs & esophagus, mediastinal pathology, mesothelioma and pleural diseases.