More City of Hope physicians named as “America’s Top Doctors for Cancer”
The book is the third edition of a consumer guide to the nation’s top cancer specialists and includes profi les of more than 2,200 doctors throughout the United States within 48 cancer specialties and subspecialties. Numerous City of Hope physicians have appeared in the first two editions of the book.
Another 14 City of Hope physicians also are included in “America’s Top Doctors” searchable online database, available through www.americastopdoctors.com.
Doctors on the list were selected through nationwide surveys of more than 30,000 physicians and hospital leaders at major medical centers, specialty hospitals and teaching hospitals, as well as professional association and group members.
“City of Hope is pleased that our physicians rank among the best in cancer care, and that their excellence and reputation are recognized across the country,” said Alexandra Levine, M.D., chief medical offi cer. “All of our physicians and staff provide extraordinary care, and their knowledge, experiences and practices are routinely shared with hospitals around the nation.”
Among City of Hope’s many well-known physicians, those appearing in the book include these specialists:
Division of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
- Stephen J. Forman, M.D., the Francis and Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
- Margaret R. O’Donnell, M.D., associate clinical director
- David S. Snyder, M.D., associate director
Division of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
- Warren Chow, M.D., associate professor Robert A. Figlin, M.D., the Arthur and Rosalie Kaplan Professor of Medical Oncology and division chair
- Marianna Koczywas, M.D., assistant professor
- Kim A. Margolin, M.D., associate director for clinical research
- Joanne Mortimer, M.D., professor and administrative director of phase I programs
- Stephen I. Shibata, M.D., director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
- Jeffrey N. Weitzel, M.D., director of the Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics
- Yun Yen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology
Division of Radiation Oncology
- Richard D. Pezner, M.D., associate chair
- Jeffrey Wong, M.D., division chair
Division of Surgery
- James S. Andersen, M.D., director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Behnam Badie, M.D., director of the Department of Neurosurgery
- Joshua D.I. Ellenhorn, M.D., physician
- Mark H. Kawachi, M.D., director of the Prostate Cancer Center
- Kemp H. Kernstine, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and the Thoracic/Lung Cancer Program
- Lawrence D. Wagman, M.D., director of the Liver Tumor Program
- Timothy G. Wilson, M.D., the Pauline and Martin Collins Family Chair in Urology
Other divisions and departments
- Alexandra Levine, M.D., chief medical officer
- Fouad R. Kandeel, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Joseph Rosenthal, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatrics
- Neal E. Slatkin, M.D., director of the Department of Supportive Care, Pain & Palliative Medicine
- Lawrence M. Weiss, M.D., chair of the Division of Pathology
- Sharon Wilczynski, M.D., Ph.D., director of Anatomic Pathology
Physicians in the online database include Harlan Bixby, M.D., David Zhong Jian Chu, M.D., Frederic Grannis, M.D., James Ito, M.D., Lucille Leong, M.D., Dean Lim, M.D., Robert Morgan, M.D., Auayporn Nademanee, M.D., I. Benjamin Paz, M.D., Arnold Rotter, M.D., Melani Pertcheck Shaum, M.D., Craig Smith, M.D., George Somlo, M.D., and Vijay Trisal, M.D.
“America’s Top Doctors for Cancer” is available online at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and via publisher Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. at www.castleconnolly.com and www.americastopdoctors.com.