Specialties:
Oncology, Medical Oncology
Address:
Ruttenberg Treatment Center
1190 5Th Ave, New York 10029
(212) 241-6756 (Phone)
New York Office
1468 Madison Ave, New York 10029
(212) 659-6815 (Phone)
Procedures:
Chemotherapy, Eosinophilic Granuloma, Hemangioma, Neurofibromatosis, Paraganglioma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Sarcoma, Schwannoma, Spinal Tumors
Conditions:
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, Angiomyolipoma, Angiosarcoma Of The Breast, Angiosarcoma Of The Liver, Angiosarcoma Of The Scalp, Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors, Bone Cancer, Bone Conditions, Bone Disease, Carney Syndrome, Cartilaginous Neoplasms, Chemotherapy, Chordoma, Chrondrosarcoma, Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans, Desmoid Disease, Hereditary, Desmoid Tumor, Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma, Eosinophilic Granuloma, Erdheim-Chester Disease, Erdheim-Chester Syndrome, Ewing's Sarcoma, Fibroma, Fibromatosis, Fibrosarcoma, Fibrosis, Fibrous Dysplasia, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Giant Cell Tumor, Glomus Vagale Tumors, Hemangioblastoma, Hemangioendothelioma, Hemangioma, Hemangiopericytoma, Histiocytoma, Angiomatoid Fibrous, Histiocytosis, Histiocytosis X, Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell, Infantile Fibrosarcoma, Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors, Juvenile Angiofibroma, Kaposi Sarcoma, Classical Indolent Form, Kaposiform Hemangio-Endothelioma, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Langerhans Cell Sarcoma, Leiomyoma, Hereditary Multiple, Of Skin, Leiomyomatosis Familial, Leiomyosarcoma, Liposarcoma, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Lymphangiomas, Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma Of Bone, Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor, Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, Myxoid Liposarcoma, Nerve Sheath Neoplasm, Neurofibromatosis, Neurofibromatosis Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (Nf-1), Neurofibromatosis-1, Neurofibrosarcoma, Ollier Disease, Osteosarcoma, Osteosarcoma Of The Breast, Paraganglioma, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Tumors, Phyllodes Tumor, Phyllodes Tumor Of The Prostate, Pulmonary Cystic Lymphangiectasis, Rhabdoid Tumor, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma Of The Orbit, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Botryoid Type, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal 1, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal 2, Rosai-Dorfman Disease, Sarcoma, Sarcoma Botryoides, Sarcoma Of The Skin, Schwannoma, Schwannoma, Malignant, Schwannomatosis, Soft Tissue Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Spinal Tumors, Synovial Cancer, Synovial Sarcoma, Synovitis, Uterine Sarcoma, Wilms' Tumor, Wilms Tumor 2, Wilms Tumor 3, Wilms Tumor 4
Certifications:
Internal Medicine, 1995, Medical Oncology, 1997
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll, NCI-ASCO Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award, 2009-2011
Hospitals:
Ruttenberg Treatment Center
1190 5Th Ave, New York 10029
New York Office
1468 Madison Ave, New York 10029
Mount Sinai Hospital
1 Gustave L Levy Pl, New York 10029
Philosophy:
Since sarcomas and other connective tissue tumors such as desmoid tumors represent more than 70 diseases, my goal in treating adults and children with these diagnoses (that is, connective tissue cancers of bone, cartilage, muscle, fat and other soft tissue) is to find the right drug for the diagnosis at hand. I also have an interest in the biology that leads to different types of sarcomas.
My efforts at Mount Sinai are directed towards integrative sarcoma biology and treatment of sarcomas. My group conducts clinical trials in adults with sarcomas, and translational studies in sarcoma biology to identify the next possible targets for new drugs to treat sarcomas.
I also lead the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology program at Mount Sinai, continuing my 25+ year interest in sarcomas in the care of adolescents, while expanding the role of our pediatric hematology-oncology program in the treatment and research of pediatric cancers such as ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) and other cancers.
Education:
Medical School
Joan Sanford I Weill Medical College Of Cornell University
Graduated: 1992
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Graduated: 1993
Graduated: 1995
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Graduated: 1998