MESOTHELIOMA SPECIALISTS AND TREATMENT CENTERS

SPECIALISTS

Due to mesothelioma's relative rarity among the general population, it is highly recommended that patients seek experienced mesothelioma specialists for development of their treatment plans. These specialists will be aware of the latest research and clinical trials involving each of the treatment options.  The specialists will be able to develop a more informed treatment plan than would a physician who does not specialize in the disease.
In many cases, the mesothelioma specialist will develop the protocol and will supervise its implementation, while the patient continues treatment with his or her personal doctor.

Manjit S. Bains, M.D., F.A.C.S., Thoracic Surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/48.cfm

Linda Garland, M.D., Director, Arizona Cancer Center Clinical Lung Program
Phone: (520) 626-3434
http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/fap/garland.asp

David H. Harpole, Jr., M.D., Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
(919) 668-8413
http://www.dukehealth.org/physicians/B8134966804F269585256DFD006A938B

David Jablons, M.D., Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center.
(415) 353-4145
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/cgi-bin/prd.cgi?action=DISPLAYDOCTOR&doctorid=584

Mary Louise L. Keohan, M.D., Medical Oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Phone: (212) 305-4076
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/861.cfm

Roman Perez-Soler, M.D., Associate Director of Clinical Oncology/New York University Kaplan Cancer Center, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 263-7300
http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/R.PerezSoler.html

Larry Robinson, M.D., Director, Div of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.
http://www.moffitt.org/Site.aspx?spid=3265A3B99C534A77A67B0561A5EBD3A4&SearchType=Physician

Valerie Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S., Alfred P. Sloan Chair at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/51.cfm

Dong M. Shin, M.D., Director of the Clinical and Translational Cancer Prevention Program, and Deputy Director of the Translational Aerodigestive Track Malignancies Program, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Phone: (404) 778-3033
http://www.wcigtccne.org/investigatorsdetail.php?id=6

Paul Sugarbaker, M.D., Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program, Washington Cancer Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202)877-3908
http://www.surgicaloncology.com/

Eric Vallieres, M.D., Thoracic Surgery/Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 215-6800
http://www.swedishphysicians.org/body.cfm?id=6&action=detail&ref=1535&HC1=%2D%20blank%20%2D&HC2=%2D%20blank%20%2D&HC3=Vallieres