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Faculty
Eleanor H Abel, PA
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315 361-1041
Education & Fellowships
- Certificate of Advanced Study: Syracuse University, 2010, Disabilities Studies
- MS: Syracuse University, 2008, Rehabilitation Counseling
- BS: SUNY Stony Brook, 1988, Physician Assistant Education
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Chemotherapy; Infusional TherapiesResearch Interests
Cancer and management of the disease and associated impact on daily living, disabling effects and maintaining or restoring maximal function. Interest also in physical medicine and rehabilitation
Education Interests
Promoting advocacy, self advocacy and education for all including patients, staff and the public regarding impact of chronic disease, chronic pain and living with disability
Clinical Interests
Management of cancer and non-cancer related disease and pain syndromes. Also physical medicine and rehabilitation
Patient Advocacy and Resource Referral- education and disabilities related issues
Alicia K Bair, MD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2004, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2001, Internal Medicine
- MD: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1998
- BS: Russell Sage College, 1992, Biology/Biochemistry
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Hematology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Breast Cancer; Sickle Cell Disease; more
Sam Benjamin, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University of Manitoba, Canada, 2011, Medical Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2009, Internal Medicine
- MD: Masaryk's University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2002
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Advanced Prostate Cancer; Bladder Cancer; Breast Cancer; Kidney Cancer; Prostate Cancer; more
Anthony F Cerminaro, NP
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315 464-2934
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Chemotherapy; Infusional Therapies
Thomas E Coyle, MD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, NYC, 1985
- Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, NYC, 1983
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1982
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Oncology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Bleeding Disorders; Neuro-Oncology Cancers; moreResearch Interests
- Cell biological approaches to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying the development and treatment of malignant brain tumors.
Clinical Interests
- Brain tumors
Dipak K Dube, PhD
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315 464-5440
Education & Fellowships
- ScD: Calcutta University, India, 1981
- PhD: Calcutta University, India, 1971
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanism of cardiac myofibrillogenesis in vertebrates.
David B Duggan, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1985, Hematology-Oncology
- Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1982, Internal Medicine
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1979
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Oncology; Adult Leukemia; Adult Lymphoma; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; moreResearch Interests
- Clinical trials in cancer; Breast Cancer; Hodgkin's Disease, Lymphoma and Leukemia.
Associations/Memberships
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
Ajeet Gajra, MD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2001, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1998, Internal Medicine
- MD: University of Delhi, India, 1996, Internal Medicine
- MBBS: University of Delhi, India, 1993
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Hematology; Advanced Prostate Cancer; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Esophageal Cancer; moreResearch Interests
- Clinical trials- phase II; Outcomes research in cancer; Prognostic factors in cancer
Clinical Interests
- Aerodigestive Epithelial Malignancies including Non-small cell lung cancer, Small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, head and Neck Cancers, esophageal cancer; Clinical trials; Geriatric Oncology
Jerrie Gavalchin, PhD
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315 464-5440
Education & Fellowships
- Postdoctoral Fellow: Tufts University School of Medicine
- PhD: Rutgers University, 1983
Research Interests
- Regulation of pathogenic antibody production in autoimmune glomerulonephritis; Cell-surface receptors for retroviruses
Teresa C Gentile, MD, PhD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1993
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1989
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Medical Oncology; Adult Leukemia; Adult Lymphoma; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; moreResearch Interests
- Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant, Hematologic Malignancies
Diana M Gilligan, MD/PhD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, 1994, Clinical Fellow, Hematology/Oncology
- Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, 1993, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Fellowship: University of North Carolina Hospitals - Chapel Hill, 1989, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Residency: North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1989, Internal Medicine
- MD/PhD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1985, Anatomy and Structural Biology
- BA: Radcliffe College, Harvard University, 1976, Biology
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Adult Leukemia; Adult Lymphoma; Anemia; Bleeding Disorders; moreAssociations/Memberships
- American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Leonard Gitter, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Winthrop University Hospital, 2012, Geriatrics
- Residency: Winthrop University Hospital, 2011, Internal Medicine
- BA: Cornell University, 2002, Biology
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal MedicineAssociations/Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
Stephen L Graziano, MD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1985
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1982
- Internship: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1980
- MD: University of Minnesota Medical School, 1979
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Oncology; Hematology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Lung Cancer; Mesothelioma; moreResearch Interests
- Participation in Cancer and Leukemia Group B with J. Bogart, L. Kohman, S. Lemke, J. Wright, B. Poiesz, K. Zamkoff, S. Grethlein and T. Coyle.
Clinical Interests
- Prognostic Factors in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; lung cancer clinical trials; participation in Cancer and Leukemia Group B studies.
Tami S Harpster, PA
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315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Chemotherapy; Infusional Therapies
Haider A Khadim, MBBS
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2011, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2008, Internal Medicine
- MBBS: King Edward Med Coll, Univ Of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2002
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Adult Leukemia; Adult Lymphoma; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Anal Cancer; Anemia; moreAssociations/Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
Laura J Kilburg, NP
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315 464-8214
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT)
Sheila M Lemke, MD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1989
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1987
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1986
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Hematology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Breast Cancer; Blood Transfusion; moreResearch Interests
Clinical trials in Breast Cancer
Clinical Interests
All aspects of Breast Cancer treatment, Survivorship
Associations/Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
Karen E Litwak, RN ANP, APRN, AOCN
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315 361-1041
Education & Fellowships
- MSN: SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, 1996
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Chemotherapy; Infusional Therapies
Dorothy C Pan, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2001, Medical Oncology and Hematology
- Residency: Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center, 1998, Internal Medicine
- MD: Cornell University Medical College, 1995
- BA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Medical Oncology; Hematology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Chemotherapy; Immunotherapy
Deborah M Pelkey, NP
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315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Chemotherapy; Infusional Therapies
Bernard J Poiesz, MD
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315 464-8231
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1977
- MD: University of Pennsylvania, 1974
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1974
- BA: LaSalle University, 1970
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Oncology; Adult Lymphoma; Advanced Prostate Cancer; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL); moreResearch Interests
- Detection, quantification, and characterization of human retro-viruses, testing of antiviral compounds; understanding the biology of sarcomeric protiens.
Clinical Interests
- Oncology, Uro-Oncology; general Hematology
Michael J Poiesz, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: New York University Medical Center, 2011, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, 2008, Internal Medicine
- MD: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2005
- BA: Cornell University, 2001, Molecular and Cell Biology
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Adult Leukemia; Adult Lymphoma; Advanced Prostate Cancer; Anemia; Ascites, Malignant; more
Kristin L Rutherford, RN, MS, FNP-C
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315 361-1041
Education & Fellowships
- Additional Training: University Hospital, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 2010, Family Nurse Practitioner
- BS: Syracuse University, 2006, Nursing- Utica College of Syracuse University
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Family Planning Counseling; Gynecologic Exams; Immunization; Mental Health Screening; Newborn Care; Pregnancy Testing and Counseling; moreResearch Interests
-Identification of Post Partum Depression Risk in the Antenatal Period
-Mutlidisciplinary Medical Student Education
Education Interests
-Precepting Nurse Practioner and Medical Students
-Multidisciplinary Medical Student Education
Clinical Interests
-Full Scope Family Medicine
-Womens Health
Associations/Memberships
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
Rahul Seth, DO
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Stony Brook, 2005, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Stony Brook, 2002, Internal Medicine
- DO: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Advanced Prostate Cancer; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Colon and Rectal Cancer; Melanoma; more
Ibrahim A Thabet, NP
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315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Bleeding Disorders; Chemotherapy; Infusional Therapies
Roger W Tinsley, MD
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315 464-2640
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1979, Medical Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1977
- Internship: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1975
- MD: Medical College of Georgia, 1974
- MS: Georgia Institute of Technology, 1971
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Medical OncologyAssociations/Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
- Upstate New York Society for Medical Oncology/Hematology
- Cayuga County Medical Society
- United Way of Cayuga County, Chairman, Board Of Directors
- Medical Society of The State of New York
- Hospice of the Finger Lakes, Medical Director
Jonathan Wright, MD
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315 464-4353
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Boston City Hospital, 1985, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 1981, Internal Medicine
- MD: University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1978
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Hematology; Oncology; All Cancers and Hematological Conditions; Colon and Rectal Cancer; Stomach Cancer; moreResearch Interests
- Gastrointestinal malignancies
Clinical Interests
- Clinical research in gastrointestinal malignancies