Twenty-six City of Hope physicians are featured in the recently published edition of “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 profiles 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.
In addition, another 14 City of Hope physicians are also included in the “America’s Top Doctors” online database.
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.
Among City of Hope’s many well-known physicians, those appearing in the book include these specialists:
Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Stephen J. Forman, M.D., the Francis and Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and department chair
Margaret R. O’Donnell, M.D., associate clinical director
David S. Snyder, M.D., associate director
Department 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 department 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 Oncology Program
Jeffrey N. Weitzel, M.D., chief of the Division of Clinical Cancer Genetics
Yun Yen, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology
Department of Radiation Oncology
Richard D. Pezner, M.D., associate chair
Jeffrey Wong, M.D., department chair
Department of Surgery
James S. Andersen, M.D., chief of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Behnam Badie, M.D., chief of the Division 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., chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and director of the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology 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., chair of the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Joseph Rosenthal, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics
Neal E. Slatkin, M.D., chief of the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care Medicine
Lawrence M. Weiss, M.D., chair of the Department of Pathology
Sharon Wilczynski, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Division 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.
“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 officer. “All of our physicians and staff provide extraordinary care, and their knowledge, experiences and practices are routinely shared with hospitals around the nation.”
“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.