GIST Clinics and Doctors
GIST Support International does not endorse specific physicians or rate their expertise about GIST. One way of locating experts is to identify doctors who have written about GIST in the medical literature. Of course, there are many fine physicians who have not written about GIST. Writing about GIST is no guarantee that a physician actually is an expert. Likewise, participation in administering a clinical trial does not guarantee expertise. Therefore, this list is just a starting point. It is always a good idea to ask other patients about their experiences with physicians at particular facilities.
The following list, sorted by country, includes contributors to one or more of the following documents: AUSTRALIA | | | Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute | Jayesh Desai, MD
John R. Zalcberg, MD | BELGIUM | | University Hospital Gasthuisberg of the
Catholic University
Leuven
| Patrick Schöffski, MD
Maria Debiec-Rychter
Raf Sciot, MD
Sigrid Stroobants | CANADA | | Tom Baker Cancer Center
Calgary, Alberta | Donald Morris, MD, PhD
| Cross Cancer Institute
Edmunton, Alberta | Karen Mulder, MD | British Columbia Cancer Agency/
Vancouver Cancer Clinic
Vancouver, BC
| Margaret Knowling, MD | Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, BC
| David Owen, MD | St. Boniface General Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba | Ralph Wong, MD | Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre
St. John's, Newfoundland | Stewart Rorke, MD | Juravinski Cancer Clinic
Hamilton, Ontario | Alvaro Figueredo, MD | London Regional Cancer Centre
London, Ontario | Jawaid Younus, MD | University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
| David Driman, MBChb | Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Center
Ottawa, Ontario | Shailendra Verma, MD | Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario | Martin E. Blackstein, MD, PhD
Robert Riddell, MD
Carol J. Swallow, MD, PhD
Aaron Pollett, MD | Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario | Massom Haider, MD
Korosh Kahlili, MD | Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Center
Toronto, Ontario | Calvin Law, MD | Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec | Denis Soulieres, MD
Pierre Dube, MD | Hopital du Sacre-Couer de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec | Louis R. Begin, MD
Bernard L'Esperance, MD | DENMARK | | University Hospital Herlev
Copenhagen | Anders Krarup-Hansen, MD, PhD | Odense University Hospital
Odense | Ole Nielsen, MD | FINLAND | | Helsinki University Central Hospital
Helsinki
| Heikki Joensuu, MD, PhD | FRANCE | | Hopital Edouard-Herriot
Lyon
| Pierre Meeus, MD | Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux | Binh Bui, MD | Ambroise Pare Hospital
Boulogne | Jean-Francois Emile, MD | Centre Leon Berard
Lyon | Isabelle Ray-Coquard, MD
Jean-Yves Blay, MD
Axel Le Cesne, MD | Comite Sarcome /
Institute Gustave-Roussy
Villejuif
| Sylvie Bonvalot, MD | GERMANY | | Universitätsklinikum Charite Campus Buch
Berlin
| Peter Reichart, MD | University of Bonn Medical School
Bonn | Peter Hohenberger, MD | GREECE | | 1st Department of Medical Oncology /
Hygeia Hospital
Athens
| Jim Janinis, MD | University General Hospital
Heraklion | Ianis Boukovinas, MD | ITALY | | Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio
e la Cura dei Tumori
Milan | Alessandro Gronchi, MD
Antonella Messina, MD
Elena Tamborini
Maurizio Colecchia, MD
Paolo G. Casali, MD
Rosella Bertulli, MD | Hospital of Treviso
Treviso | A. P. Dei Tos, MD | JAPAN | | Hyogo College of Medicine
Nishinomiya | Seiichi Hirota, MD | Graduate School of Medicine /
Osaka University
Suita
| Toshirou Nishida, MD | NETHERLANDS | | Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden
| Frits van Coevorden, MD, PhD
Pancras Hogendoorn, MD | Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center
Rotterdam | Jaap Verweij, MD | Dutch Soft Tissue Sarcoma Group
Utrecht | Bert Van Geel, MD | NORWAY | | Norwegian Radium Hospital
Oslo
| Kirsten Sundby-Hall, MD | POLAND | | M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center
Warsaw | Piotr Rutkowski, MD | SPAIN | | Institut Catala d'Oncologia
Barcelona
| Andres Poveda, MD | Universitario de Son Dureta
Palma de Mallorca | Javier Martin, MD
Joan Maurel, MD
Rafael Ramos, MD | SWEDEN | | The Jubileum Institute /
Lund University
Lund
| Thor Alvegard, MD | SWITZERLAND | | University of Berne
Berne | Louis Guillou, MD | Fondation du Centre pluri-
disciplinaire d'oncologie
Lausanne | Serge Leyvraz, MD
| UNITED KINGDOM | | Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, England | Ian Geh, MD | Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre
Birmingham, England | John Buckels, MD | Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, England
| Nicholas Carroll, MD
Ramesh Bulusu, MD
Richard Hardwick, MD | St James' Hospital
Leeds, England | Michael Leahy, MD | Royal Marsden Hospital
London, England | Ian Judson, MD | Christie Hospital
Manchester, England
| Sarah O'Dwyer, MD | John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, England | Bryan Warren, MD | Queen Alexandra Hospital
Portsmouth, England | Simon Toh, MD | Western Park Hospital
Sheffield, England
| Martin Robinson, MD | Belfast City Hospital
Belfast, Ireland | Martin Eatock, MD | Western Infirmary
Glasgow, Scotland | Paddy O'Dwyer, MD
Robin Reid, MD | University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff, Wales
| Ashley Roberts, MD | UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA | | Univ of Alabama at Birmingham
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Birmingham, AL | Martin J. Heslin, MD | City of Hope Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
| I. Benjamin Paz, MD | Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Stanford, CA | Charlotte D. Jacobs, MD | UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA | Richard J. O'Donnell, MD | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
| Gina D'Amato, MD
G. Douglas Letson, MD | Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
of Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
| Jeffrey D. Wayne, MD
Krystyna Kiel, MD | Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
| Karen Antman, MD | Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA | Christopher Fletcher, MD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
| Jayesh Desai, MD
George D. Demetri, MD
Annick D. Van den Abbeele, MD
Thomas F. DeLaney, MD
Karen Albritton, MD | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD | David S. Ettinger, MD | University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, MI | Ray J. Hutchinson, MD
Laurence H. Baker, MD | Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Durham, NC | Douglas S. Tyler, MD | UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
at Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE | Aaron R. Sasson, MD | Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH | Burton L. Eisenberg, MD | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY | Ephraim S. Casper, MD
Karen D. Schupak, MD
Robert G. Maki, MD, PhD
Ronald P. DeMatteo, MD
Samuel Singer, MD | Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY | William G. Kraybill, MD
John F.Gibbs, MD
Milind F. Javle, MD | Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH | Brian Rubin, MD PhD | Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
| Charles D. Blanke, MD
Christopher Corless, MD, PhD
Michael C Heinrich, MD | Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
| Margaret von Mehren, MD | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN | Derrick Beech, MD | Texas Children's Cancer Center
Houston, TX | Alberto Pappo, MD | M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
| Haesun Choi, MD
Jonathan C. Trent, MD, PhD
Peter W. T. Pisters, MD
Raphael E. Pollock, MD
Robert Benjamin, MD | Huntsman Cancer Institute
at the University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
| R. Lor Randall, MD
Courtney Scaife, MD | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr/
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, WA
| Amy Cizik, MD
Ernest U. Conrad, III, MD |
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