I serve as a leader for a national research organization (US
Oncology) where I direct the CLL/NHL efforts of our group. That bring
me into contact with a ton of docs throughout the US that I think rise
above the normal level of expertise for CLL/NHL both in community
practice, academic institutions, and non-US Oncology related practices.
I
wanted to compile a list of docs that I endorse. The criteria for
getting on the list include 1) I've personally met or worked with them
on a research project 2) They have to have a specific disease interest
in CLL/NHL beyond just the occasional patient that comes into their
clinic. 3) I could feel comfortable telling a friend that if they lived
close to this doc - I would endorse them for their care. In a few
cases that left me with some areas where I didn't have a good doc to
recommend. In such cases, I allowed academic reputation alone serve as
one last benchmark for making it onto the list.
That
criteria means the list isn't a complete list. Some of the big names
out there don't need me to vouch for them - so if they are not here - it
is just because I tried to focus on docs I know first hand. One other
limitation was that I had not idea how long this would take to compile.
I sort of ran out of steam and could not pull up every academic medical
center faculty list to see who I was forgetting.
Don't
use this as a mandate to change from your current situation if you are
happy with who is taking care of you - in some cases this is more about
finding some hidden gems. The level of expertise ranges from private
practice docs who try to carve out CLL/NHL as a subspecialty within a
general oncology practice to the world thought leaders for the
diseases. No matter what though - everyone here has a specific disease
interest that rises above the background.
Hopefully
this can serve as a good guide for patients looking for a doc in their
local area. Some of these are "hidden gems" others need no
introduction. Feel free to cross check with a list put out by the "Lymphomation" group which I think does a great job for NHL and ACOR list for CLL
Finally,
it is worth noting that many of the university affiliated docs may only
see CLL OR NHL but not both. Check before you book an appointment with
them.
Alabama
Huntsville - Marshall Schreeder
Arizona
Tucson / Nogales - Michael Boxer
Phoenix - Mayo group always good
California
San Diego - Tom Kipps (CLL)
San Fernando - Peter Rosen
UCLA - Sven De Vos
Santa Barbara - Dan Greenwald
Irvine - Susan O'Brien
UC Davis - Joe Tuscano
Stanford - Ranjana Advani (NHL)
Stanford - Steve Coutre (CLL)
Stanford - Ron Levy (NHL)
Stanford - Ash Alizadeh (NHL)
Stanford - Tait Shanafelt
UCSF - Wei Ai
UCSF - Andreadis Charalambos
Colorado
Boulder - David Andorsky
Boulder - Les Busby
Aurora - John Burke
Aurora - Nick DiBella
Denver - Robert Rifkin
Florida
Orange Park - Mehdi Moezi
Miami - Izidore Lossos
Jacksonville - Asher Chanan-Khan
Georgia
Atlanta - Christopher Flowers
Illinois
Niles - Leonard Klein
Chicago - Sonali Smith
Chicago - Stephanie Gregory
Chicago - Steven Rosen
Evanston - David Grinblat
Indiana
Indianapolis - Larry Cripe
Kansas
Wichita - Christopher Dakhil
Maryland
Baltimore - Richard Ambinder
Bethesda - Wyndham Wilson
Massachusetts
Boston - Jennifer Brown (CLL)
Boston - Matthew Davids (CLL)
Boston - Arnold Freedman
Boston - Anne LaCasse
Boston - Margaret Shipp
Boston - Jeremy Abramson (MGH/NHL)
Michigan
Ann Arbor - Harry Erba
Ann Arbor - Mark Kaminski
Minnesota
Minneapolis - Patrick Flynn
Minneapolis - Michaella Tsai
Rochester - Neil Kay
Missouri
St. Louis - Nancy Bartlett
St. Louis - Brad Kahl
Nebraska
Omaha - Julie Vose
Omaha - James Armitage
Nevada
Las Vegas - Ed Kingsley
Las Vegas - John Sweetenham
New Jersey
Morristown - Charles Farber
Morristown - Steven Papish
Hackensack - Andre Goy
New York
Albany - Ira Zackon
Albany - Larry Garbo
Buffalo - Myron Czuczman
MSK - Steven Horwitz (NHL)
MSK - Andrew Zelnetz
MSK - Anthony Mato
Columbia - Nicole Lamana (CLL)
Cornell - Richard Furman
Cornell - John Leonard
New Hyde Park - Kanti Rai (The godfather of CLL)
New Hyde Park - Jacqueline Barrientos
Rochester - Jonathan Friedberg
North Carolina
Duke - Danielle Brander (CLL)
Charlotte - Ryan Jacobs
Ohio
Columbus - John Byrd
Columbus - Joseph Flynn
Columbus - Michael Grever
Oregon
Eugene - Me
Eugene - Christopher Yasenchak
OHSU - Steven Spurgeon (CLL)
OHSU - Andy Chen (NHL)
OHSU - Alexy Danilov
Vancouver - Kate Kolibaba
Pennsylvania
Hershey - Elliot Epner
Philadephia - Mark Weiss
South Carolina
Greenville - Suzanne Fanning
Tennessee
Nashville - Ian Flinn
Texas
Amarillo - Lim Seah
Austin - Beth Hellerstedt
Austin - Jason Melear
Dallas - Yair Levy
Dallas - Chris Maisel
Dallas - Kristi McIntyre
Dallas - Alan Miller
Dallas - Dilip Solanki
Ft. Worth - Robert Ruxer
Medical City - Barry Brooks
Medical City - Steve Perkins
MDA - William Wierda
MDA - Michael Keating
MDA - Jan Burger
MDA - Nathan Fowler
MDA - Anas Younes
Midland - Ashutosh Rastogi
San Antonio - Roger Lyons
San Antonio - David Gordon
Tyler - Habte Yimer
Utah
Salt Lake City - Martha Glenn
Vermont
Burlington - Barbara Grant
Virginia
Christianberg - Jerome Goldschmidt
Fairfax - Dipti Patel-Donnelly
Roanoke - Lowell Inhorn
D.C. - Bruce Chesson
Washington
Spokane - Hakan Kaya
Spokane - Ndegwa Njugana
Seattle - John Pagel
Seattle - David Malone
Seattle - Fred Applebaum
Vancouver - Kate Kolibaba
