March 1, 1999
Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care doctors listed among top cancer specialists for women by Good Housekeeping Magazine
Seventeen Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare (DF/PCC) physicians were listed among the "Top Cancer Specialists for Women" in Good Housekeeping magazine's March 1999 issue.
The magazine's exclusive guide listed 318 of the country's renowned experts in lung, breast and colon cancers. Physicians were nominated through interviews with 280 departmental chairs and section chiefs in surgical, medical, and radiation oncology at major medical centers throughout the United States. Magazine researchers asked, "In your opinion, which doctors provide the most expert treatment and are the leading clinicians for lung, breast and colon cancer in women?" Bias was eliminated by not allowing physicians to nominate specialists from their own institutions. From a list of 1,200 doctors named, Good Housekeeping compiled the 318 cited most often.
Medical, surgical and radiation oncologists from the DF/PCC collaborative program appeared in nine out of ten categories.
"It is intensely gratifying as a physician to be recognized by your peers as being one of the best in your field," said David G. Nathan, MD, CEO of DF/PCC. "Each physician listed represents a team of individuals who, on a daily basis, work very hard to ensure each patient receives the best possible care, from the best possible people."
Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare is the collaborative, multidisciplinary adult oncology program created in 1996 between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the founding members of Partners HealthCare System, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. The DF/PCC is centered around 12 disease programs including: breast cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; thoracic cancer; genitourologic cancer; hematological malignancies; gynecological cancer; sarcoma; melanoma; endocrine cancer; head/neck cancers; benign hematology; and neurological cancer.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are principal teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School.
Below are the names of physicians listed by specialty and primary institutional affiliation:
COLON CANCER
Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Christopher G. Willett, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Massachusetts General Hospital
BREAST CANCER
Judy E. Garber, M.D. Eric P. Winer, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jay R. Harris, M.D. Robert T. Osteen, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Brigham & Women's Hospital
Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. James W. May, Jr., M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital
LUNG CANCER
Bruce E. Johnson, M.D. John C. Wain, Jr., M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Massachusetts General Hospital
Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., M.D. Cameron D. Wright, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital
Noah C. Choi, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr., M.D.
Brigham & Women's Hospital
David J. Sugarbaker, M.D.
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Hermes C. Grillo, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Douglas J. Mathisen, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
