NEW YORK Mesothelioma Doctors / Physicians

• Manjit Bains, M.D., F.A.C.S
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  1275 York Avenue
  New York, NY 10021
  (212) 639-7450

  Dr. Bains is a thoracic surgeon at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His clinical expertise includes the following: thoracic surgical oncology, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, mesothelioma, pulmonary metastases, video-assisted thoracic surgery, pulmonary and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, including laser endoscopy, and tracheobronchial and esophageal stents.

• A. Philippe Chahanian, M.D.
  Mt. Sinai Hospital
  5 East 98 St.
  New York, NY 10029
  (212) 241–6368

  Dr. Chahinian specializes in internal medicine and medical oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. His clinical expertise includes lung cancer, mesothelioma, thoracic oncology and thymoma.

• David Ilson, M.D.
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  1275 York Avenue
  New York, NY 10021
  (212) 639-8306 or (646) 497-9053 (New Patients)

  Dr. Ilson specializes in gastrointestinal oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His clinical expertise includes colorectal, esophageal, pancreatic, gastric, and other gastrointestinal cancers, as well as mesothelioma.

• Lee M. Krug, M.D.
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  1275 York Avenue
  New York, NY 10021
  (212) 639-8420

  Dr. Krug is a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of thoracic cancers. He is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.  His research is focused primarily on small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma.

• Stephen M. Levin, M.D.
  Mt. Sinai Hospital
  1200 Fifth Avenue, 1B 
  New York, NY 10029
  212–241-9059

  Dr. Levin is an Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is board-certified in occupational medicine. His clinical interests include asbestos-related diseases, occupational asthma, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.

• Valerie Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S
  Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center
  1275 York Avenue
  New York, NY 10021
  Phone: (212) 639–5873

  Dr. Rusch specializes in treating patients with cancers of the lung, esophagus, mediastinum, and chest wall, including those with mesothelioma. Her research interests include the genetics of lung cancer and mesothelioma and predicting how a patient will respond to a particular treatment. She is also involved in developing methods for early detection of thoracic cancers.

• Harvey I. Pass, M.D.
  New York University Medical center
  530 First Avenue
  New York, NY 10016

  Dr. Harvey Pass is the director of the New York University Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery and is Chief of Thoracic Oncology. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on mesothelioma. 

• Roman Perez–Soler, M.D.
  NW York University Kaplan Cancer Center
  550 First Avenue
  New York, NY 10016

  Dr. Perez-Soler is the Associate Director of Clinical Oncology at New York University Kaplan Cancer Center in New York, NY. He specializes in medical oncology and is the principal investigator of the Phase II L-NDDP/Platar trial for pleural mesothelioma.

• Scott J. Swanson
  Mt. Sinai Hospital
  1190 Fifth Avenue 
  New York, NY 10029
  (212) 659-6815

  Dr. Swanson is a surgeon at Mount Sinai Thoracic Surgery Center. He specializes in thoracic surgery and has a sub-specialty in cardiothoracic surgery. His clinical interests include lung cancer, esophageal surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery,  lung transplantation and thoracic oncology.

• Robert N. Taub, M.D.
  Professor of Clinical Medicine, Program Director
  Columbia–Presbyterian Hospital
  Atchley Pavilion Room 907
  161 Fort Washington Ave.
  New York, NY
  (212) 659-6815

  Dr. Taub is the Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and a medical oncologist who directs the Connective Tissue Oncology Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, where there are several ongoing multimodality studies of patients with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma.

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