Program Members
Irwin Braverman
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Dermatology
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL); psoriasis; paraneoplastic disorders; Kaposi's sarcoma; connective tissue (collagen vascular) disorders; blistering diseases; diagnostic puzzles
- Office:(203) 785-4092
- Appt:(203) 789-1249
Charles Cha
Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology and Gastrointestinal)
Clinical Interests:Surgery for benign and malignant disease of the liver, bile duct and pancreas; surgery for gastric and esophageal cancer and sarcoma; minimally invasive surgery (robotic and laparoscopic) for cancer
- Appt:(203) 785-2380
Jose Costa
Professor of Pathology and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Director, Translational Diagnostics
Director, Musculoskeletal Tumor Program
Clinical Interests:Molecular biology of tumors; oncologic pathology; molecular diagnostics; functional imaging; orthopaedic pathology; soft-tissue tumors; bone cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; sarcoma; head and neck tumors.
- Office:(203) 785-5803
- Appt:(203) 785-5803
Frank Detterbeck
Professor of Surgery (Section of Thoracic Surgery)
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology
Clinical Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Thoracic oncology including: lung cancer, lung metastases, esophageal cancer, thymoma, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, Pancoast tumors, mesothelioma, sarcoma; chest surgery including benign conditions; minimally invasive surgery for thoracic procedures
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Gary Friedlaender
Wayne O. Southwick Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Professor of Pathology
Chair, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Clinical Program Leader, Sarcoma Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Tumors and pathological fractures; metastatic disease to bone; fracture nonunions; infections; sarcoma; multiple myeloma; bone cancer; pediatric cancer; limb-sparing tumor resections.
- Office:(203) 737-5660
- Appt:(203) 737-5660
Jill Lacy
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Interests:Colorectal cancer; pancreatic cancer; esophageal cancer; gastric cancer; gall bladder cancer; anal cancer; biliary cancer; liver cancer; neuroendocrine tumors; brain tumors; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL); Hodgkin's disease; Kaposi's sarcoma
- Appt:(203) 200-4422
Dieter Lindskog
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Clinical Research Program Director, Sarcoma Program, Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:Adult and pediatric orthopaedic oncology; bone tumors - benign and malignant; soft-tissue tumors; sarcoma; bone cancer; metastatic cancer; radiofrequency ablation of bone tumors; limb salvage surgery; limb sparing surgery; rotationplasty; tumor reconstruction; spine tumors; orthopaedic trauma; fractures; hip fractures.
- Office:(203) 785-2579
- Appt:(203) 737-5656
Ronald Salem
Lampman Professor of Surgery (Oncology) and Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Section Chief, Surgical Oncology
Clinical Interests:Malignant and pre-malignant diseases of the pancreas; liver and biliary system; esophagus; colon and rectum; laparoscopic staging of malignancies; laparoscopic splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy; gall bladder cancer; lymphoma; melanoma; sarcoma; multimodality management of pancreas and esophageal tumors; liver tumors in pregnancy; retroperitoneal sarcomas
- Appt:(203) 785-3577
Yung Son
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Interests:General radiation therapy; head and neck cancer; definitive or intra-operative brachytherapy; esophageal cancer; colon cancer; lung cancer; soft-tissue sarcoma; skin cancer; pediatric cancer; unknown primary cancer; all invasive low- or high-dose-rate interventional brachytherapy and remote after-loading gamma-Med brachytherapy, particularly in otolaryngology, broncho-pulmonary, abdominal, retro-peritoneal, and colorectal malignancies
- Office:(203) 785-2961
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
