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Philadelphia Magazine Selects 27 Fox Chase Physicians for Its Annual List of "Top Doctors"
PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2008) — Philadelphia Magazine's annual list of "Top Doctors," a gold standard for those seeking excellent medical care in the Philadelphia area, included 27 Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians. The doctors, from a variety of specialties, were selected as one of the region's best by a national survey.
The survey, conducted by America's Top Doctors (Castle Connolly), involves peer nomination, extensive research and careful review and screening by a doctor-directed research team. The process asks other doctors whom they would "choose to tend to their family members."
This year's "Top Doctors" list includes the following Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians:
Dermatology
Stuart Lessin, M.D. - Skin CancerDepartment of Medicine
Oleh Haluszka, M.D. - Gastrointestinal DisordersEarl D. King, M.D. - Pulmonology
Michael Unger, M.D. - Pulmonology
Medical Oncology
Roger B. Cohen, M.D. - Lung Cancer, Head and Neck Cancers, Phase I TrialsMary B. Daly, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P. - Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention
Lori J Goldstein, M.D. - Breast Cancer
Gary R. Hudes, M.D. - Genitourinary Cancers
Michael Levy, M.D. Ph.D. - Supportive Care, Pain Management, Hospice-Palliative Care
Neal J. Meropol, M.D. - Gastrointestinal Cancer
Michael M. Millenson, M.D. - Lymphoma, Leukemia
Russell J. Schilder, M.D. - Hematologic Malignancies, Ovarian, Endometrial and Cervical Cancers
Mitchell R. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. - Hematologic Cancer
Margaret von Mehren, M.D. - Sarcoma, Melanoma, Immunotherapy
Pathology
Hormoz Ehya, M.D. - Cytopathology of Breast and LungArthur S. Patchefsky, M.D. - Breast and Pulmonary Cancers
Radiation Oncology
Eric M. Horwitz, M.D. - Prostate CancerAndre A Konski, M.D., M.B.A., M.A. - Gastrointestinal and Prostate Cancers
Alan Pollack, M.D., Ph.D. - Prostate Cancer
Radiology
Kathryn Evers, M.D. - Breast CancerSurgical Oncology
Richard E. Greenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Urologic CancersJohn P. Hoffman, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Liver, Pancreatic, Gastrointestinal and Breast Cancers
Mark A. Morgan, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S. - Gynecologic Cancers
John A. Ridge, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. - Head and Neck Cancers
Walter J. Scott, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Lung Cancer
Elin R. Sigurdson, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. - Colorectal Cancer, Liver Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma
Robert G. Uzzo, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Urologic Cancers
Fox Chase Cancer Center is one of the leading freestanding cancer research and treatments centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as the nation's first cancer hospital, Fox Chase became one of the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and community outreach. For more information, call 1-888-FOX-CHASE or 1-888-369-2427. Other 2008 releases
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