Physicians Named in "America's Top Doctors for Cancer"

Twenty-eight California Cancer Specialist physicians have been named in the fifth edition of the book “America’s Top Doctors for Cancer” making this the fourth consecutive year our doctors have been named in the publication.                

A patient guide to the nation’s top cancer specialists, “America's Top Doctors for Cancer" is based on a survey of nationwide physicians, hospital administration executives, hospital chiefs of services and medical association members.

Following are the California Cancer Specialists physicians who appear in the fifth edition of “America’s Top Doctors for Cancer”:

  • James S. Andersen, M.D., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Behnam Badie, M.D., Neurosurgery
  • Warren A. Chow, M.D., Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Joshua D.I. Ellenhorn, M.D., General Oncologic Surgery
  • Robert A. Figlin, M.D., Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Stephen J. Forman, M.D., Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  • Frederic Grannis, M.D., Thoracic Surgery
  • Fouad R. Kandeel, M.D., Ph.D., Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Mark H. Kawachi, M.D., Urology and Urologic Oncology
  • Kemp H. Kernstine, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Thoracic Surgery
  • Marianna Koczywas, M.D., Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Dean W. Lim, M.D., Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Joanne Mortimer, M.D.,  Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Auayporn P. Nademanee, M.D., Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  • Margaret R. O’Donnell, M.D., Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  • Benjamin Paz, M.D., General Oncologic Surgery
  • Richard D. Pezner, M.D., Radiation Oncology
  • Joseph Rosenthal, M.D., Pediatrics
  • Stephen I. Shibata, M.D., Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • David S. Snyder, M.D., Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  • Vijay Trisal, M.D., General Oncologic Surgery
  • Przemyslaw Twardowski, M.D., Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
  • Lawrence M. Weiss, M.D., Pathology
  • Jeffrey N. Weitzel, M.D., Clinical Cancer Genetics
  • Sharon Wilczynski, M.D., Pathology/Cytology
  • Timothy G. Wilson, M.D., Urology and Urologic Oncology
  • Jeffrey Y.C. Wong, M.D., Radiation Oncology
  • Yun Yen, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research 

The book is available at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and via publisher Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. at www.castleconnolly.com.