E-Newsletter - March 2016

Chicago's 'Top Doctors' Feature Alliance Researchers

Alliance researchers have been named among Chicago's “Top Doctors” in a listing by Chicago magazine. A total of 34 researchers from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology are among the 355 "most recommended physicians" named in the January 2016 issue. The list includes physicians from 57 specialties and Alliance researchers are highly represented in medical oncology, hematology, urology, colon and rectal surgery, and thoracic and cardiac surgery specialty areas.

Nominated by physicians nationwide, the physicians were selected based on factors such as hospital appointment, bedside manner, board certification and education. Chicago magazine worked to create the list with the health care and information research firm Castle Connolly Medical. The list also appears in the 14th edition of America's Top Doctors.

Alliance researchers have been recognized numerous times by the magazine, namely Gini F. Fleming, MD, who is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Alliance Central Protocol Operations Program. An expert in breast and gynecological cancers, Dr. Fleming is also Professor of Medicine, Director, Medical Oncology Breast Program and Medical Oncology Director, Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Chicago. Her recent research examines novel therapeutics in breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancers. She has authored and co-authored more than 100 articles for a variety of medical journals, in addition to a number of textbook chapters.

Other recognized Alliance researchers include:

SPECIALITY: Medical Oncology
Kathy S. Albain, MD
Professor of Hematology/Oncology, Loyola University Health System
(breast and lung cancer; cancer survivors (late effects of therapy); mesothelioma)

Michael R. Bishop, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program, University of Chicago Medicine
(leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma; multiple myeloma; stem cell transplant)

Philip David Bonomi, MD
Professor, Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine, Rush University Cancer Center
(lung and thymic cancer; mesothelioma)

Bruce E. Brockstein, MD
Medical Director, Kellogg Cancer Center and Division Head, Hematology/Oncology, NorthShore University HealthSystem
(head and neck cancer; melanoma; sarcoma)

Joseph I. Clark, MD, FACP
Professor of Hematology/Oncology, and Fellowship Program Director, Hematology/Oncology, Loyola University Health System
(head, kidney, and neck cancer; melanoma)

Suzanne D. Conzen, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
(breast cancer)

Philip C. Hoffman, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
(lung and breast cancer)

Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Director, Myeloma Program, University of Chicago Medicin
(multiple myeloma; bone marrow transplant)

Hedy Lee Kindler, MD
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology and Director, Mesothelioma Program, University of Chicago Medicine
(gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancer; mesothelioma)

Timothy M. Kuzel, MD
Professor in Medicine-Hematology/Oncology and Dermatology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
(kidney and urologic cancer; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; melanoma)

Richard A. Larson, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director, Hematologic Malignancies Program, University of Chicago Medicine
(leukemia; lymphoma; bone marrow transplant; myelodysplastic syndromes)

Chadi Nabhan, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Cancer Clinics, University of Chicago Medicine
(hematologic malignancies; leukemia and lymphoma; prostate cancer)

Howard Ozer, MD, PhD
Heidrick Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
(leukemia and lymphoma)

Mark J. Ratain, MD
Leon O. Jacobson Professor of Medicine; Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics and Associate Director for Clinical Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago Medicine
(solid tumors and drug development)

Sonali M. Smith, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Lymphoma Program, University of Chicago Medicine
(Hodgkin lymphoma; lymphoma; non-Hodgkin; clinical trials; stem cell transplant)

Walter M. Stadler, MD
Fred C. Buffett Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Chief, Section of Hematology/Oncology and Director, Genitourinary Program, University of Chicago Medicine
(bladder, kidney, prostate, and testicular cancer)

Wendy Stock, MD
Anjuli Seth Nayak Professor in Leukemia, University of Chicago Medicine
(leukemia; myelodysplastic syndromes; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; chronic myeloid leukemia)

Everett E. Vokes, MD
John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology; Physician-in-Chief, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
(esophageal, head, lung, and neck cancer; gene therapy)


SPECIALITY: Hematology
Leo I. Gordon, MD
Abby and John Friend Professor of Oncology Research and Professor in Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
(lymphoma, non-Hodgkin, Hodgkin lymphoma; stem cell transplant; mantle cell lymphoma)

Sucha Nand, MD
Professor of Hematology/Oncology, Loyola University Health System
(myelodysplastic syndromes; myeloproliferative disorders; leukemia; lymphoma; non-Hodgkin)

Damiano Rondelli, MD
Michael Reese Professor of Hematology; Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology; Director of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Director, Stem Cell Transplantation Program, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
(stem cell transplant; transplant immunology; hematologic malignancies; sickle cell disease)

Patrick Joseph Stiff, MD
Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Pathology; Director, Cancer Center; Division Director, Hematology/Oncology and Medical Director, Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center
(bone marrow transplant; leukemia; ovarian cancer; vaccine therapy)

Jane Norma Winter, MD
Professor, Medicine, Hematology Oncology Division; , Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
(lymphoma; non-Hodgkin; Hodgkin lymphoma; bone marrow transplant; LCH)

Specialty: Colon and Rectal Surgery

Bruce A. Orkin, MD
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of General Surgery and Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
(colon and rectal cancer; laparoscopic and robotic surgery; diverticulitis)

Scott A. Strong, MD
James R. Hines, MD, Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Surgery-Surgical Oncology and
Chief, Division of Surgery-Gastrointestinal and Endocrine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
(IBD; colon and rectal cancer and surgery)


SPECIALITY: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Malcolm M. DeCamp Jr, MD
Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
(lung and esophageal surgery; emphysema (lung volume reduction); lung cancer)

Mark K. Ferguson, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
(lung and esophageal cancer; Barrett’s esophagus; minimally invasive surgery)

John A. Howington, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor and Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
(lung, esophageal, thymoma, and thymic cancer; minimally invasive thoracic surgery(

Wickii Vigneswaran, MD
Professor in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
(lung transplant; thoracic cancers; mesothelioma; palmar hyperhidrosis)


SPECIALTY: Urology
Robert C. Flanigan, MD
Professor and Albert J. Speh, Jr. and Claire R. Speh Chairman in Urology, Loyola University Health System
(urologic, prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer)

Arieh L. Shalhav, MD
Professor of Surgery; Chief, Section of Urology and Director, Minimally Invasive Urology, University of Chicago Medicine
(kidney and prostate cancer; minimally invasive and reconstructive surgery)

Gary D. Steinberg, MD
(bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer; virtual colonoscopy)

 

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