by Shannon Flaherty
Sixteen City of Hope physicians are listed in the new book “America’s Top Doctors for Cancer.”
A guide to national cancer specialists, the book includes profiles of more than 2,000 doctors throughout the United States within 49 commonly consulted cancer specialties and subspecialties.
Selection to the book was based on nationwide surveys of more than 5,000 physicians, as well as executives and administrators at major medical centers, specialty hospitals and teaching hospitals, and association and group members.
These City of Hope physicians were represented:
Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
• Stephen J. Forman, M.D., Francis and Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and department chair
• David Snyder, M.D., department associate director
Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research
• Robert A. Figlin, M.D., Arthur and Rosalie Kaplan Professor of Medical Oncology and department chair
• Kim A. Margolin, M.D., department associate director for clinical research
• Jeffrey N. Weitzel, chief of the Division of Clinical Cancer Genetics
• Yun Yen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Molecular & Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Pathology
• Lawrence M. Weiss, M.D., department chair
Department of Radiation Oncology
• Richard D. Pezner, M.D., department associate chair
• Jeffrey Wong, M.D., department chair
Department of Surgery
• James S. Anderson, M.D., chief of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
• Behnam Badie, M.D., chief of the Division of Neurosurgery
• Joshua Ellenhorn, M.D., physician
• Mark H. Kawachi, M.D., director of the Prostate Cancer Center
• Kemp H. Kernstine, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery
• Lawrence D. Wagman, M.D., director of the Liver Tumor Program
• Timothy G. Wilson, M.D., Pauline and Martin Collins Family Chair in Urology and chief of the Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology
“Every day I am impressed by the talent and commitment of our physicians, researchers and support staff who are focused on treating and curing patients,” said Theodore Krontiris, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president of medical and scientific affairs. “City of Hope is pleased to have our physicians continue to rank among the nation’s best in cancer care.”
“America’s Top Doctors for Cancer” is available at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and through publisher Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. at www.castleconnolly.com.
