Mesothelioma Treatment Options - Treatment Centers

There are a number of medical centers in the U.S. and elsewhere that specialize in one or more types of mesothelioma treatment. Some of the experts at these medical centers include:

• 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

• Robert Cameron, M.D., Director of Thoracic Oncology at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine.
  http://www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/thoracic/doctors_Cameron.shtml
• Philippe A. Chihanian, M.D., Mount Sinai Hospital,     New York City.
  http://www.mountsinai.org/
• Mark Cullen, M.D., Directory of the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
  http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/occmed/pages/cullen.html

• Jack A. Elias, M.D., Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
  http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/pulmonary/faculty/elias.html

• Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut.
  http://info.med.yale.edu/ycc

• Graeme L. Hammond, M.D., Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
  http://info.med.yale.edu/yfp/referral/surg/car.html

• David Jablons, M.D., Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center.
  http://www.ucsf.edu/thoracic/bio.html

• Theirry Jahan, M.D., 2356 Sutter Street, 7th floor, San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 567-5581.

• Larry Kaiser, M.D., Chief of the Thoracic Oncology Research Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia.
  http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/fac/lrk.html

• Heddy Lee Kindler, M.D., University of Chicago Hospitals, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue MC 2115, Chicago, IL 60637. (773) 702-0360
  www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/hedy-kindler.php

• Mark Lischner, M.D., 2 Medical Plaza, Suite 100, Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 786-7498.

• Harvey I. Pass, M.D., Chief of Thoracic Oncology at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. (This Institute is associated with Wayne State University.)
  http://www.karmanos.org/

• Carrie A. Redlich, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
  http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/occmed/
  redlich/redlichcv.html#Address

• Lary Robinson, M.D., Director of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the principal Thoracic Surgical Oncologist at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.
  http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/physician/details.asp?staffcode=1912

• 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

• David J. Sugarbaker, M.D., Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
  http://www.chestsurg.org/about/staff/
  http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/providers/ccj/v4n4/article4.html

• Paul Sugarbaker, M.D., at the Washington Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C.

This is by no means a complete list of mesothelioma surgeons or doctors. There may well be other specialists closer to where you live, and you should always speak with your doctor about referrals.

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