Some of the nation's best-trained cancer specialists are right here.
Specialization improves survival for patients with cancer. The cancer specialists from St. Luke's Cancer Care Associates have trained at some of the nation's premier medical schools and cancer centers, including the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center, The Arthur G. James Cancer Center Hospital at The Ohio Sate University, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University, St. Luke's Medical Center.
The fellowship-trained cancer experts from St. Luke's Cancer Care Associates specialize in surgical oncology, gynecologic oncology and medical oncology. Training for fellowship-trained surgical oncologists includes a five-year surgical residency, followed by a two- to three-year fellowship in an oncology program. Only 19 oncology programs are approved by the Society of Surgical Oncology.
St. Luke's cancer specialists continually pursue excellence in cancer care by serving as principal investigators in breast cancer vaccine research and melanoma clinical trials, performing major liver resections laparoscopically and offering innovative treatments for women with reproductive cancers.
The Doctors of St. Luke's Cancer Care Associates
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Lee B. Riley, MD, PhD, FACS
Medical Director, St. Luke's Cancer Center
Section Chief, Surgical Oncology, St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network
- Awarded Doctor of Philosophy (Immunology) from The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in San Antonio, Texas
- Awarded Doctor of Medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston in Houston, Texas
- Post Doctoral Fellowship in surgical oncology research completed at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Hospital and Cancer Center in Houston, Texas
- Completed fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Serves as Section Chief, Surgical Oncology; Medical Director, Oncology Service Line; and Director of Surgical Research at St. Luke's Hospital - Bethlehem Campus, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Certified by the American Board of Surgery
- Currently conducting vaccine research for solid malignant tumors
- Special interests in breast cancer and melanoma
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Sanjiv S. Agarwala, MD
Section Chief, Medical Oncology, St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network
- Earned medical degree from the University of Bombay in Bombay, India
- Completed general medicine internship and residency at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay University, in Bombay, India and at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Completed fellowships in oncology at Tata Memorial Cancer Center in Bombay, India, at Otago University, New Zealand and at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Internationally recognized investigator in the field of melanoma and immunotherapy
- Has led promising clinical trials of immunotherapy and targeted therapy in melanoma
- Presents nationally and internationally on melanoma
- Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Medicine, Oncology and Hematology
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Darius C. Desai, MD, FACS
Associate Director, St. Luke's Cancer Center
Medical Director, Family Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
- Earned medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio
- Research fellow in human cancer genetics at The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University in Colombus, Ohio
- Special interests include gastrointestinal, endocrine and breast cancers
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Hikaru Nakajima, MD
- Received medical degree from Nagoya University School of Medicine in Japan
- Completed residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, St. Luke's Medical Center, in Cleveland, Ohio
- Completed fellowship in Hematology/Medical Oncology at the University of Minnesota
- Board certified in Hematology, Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine
- Special interest in breast cancer and blood cancers
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David F. Silver, MD
Section Chief, Gynecologic Oncology, St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network
- Awarded medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
- Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
- Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Certified in Gynecologic Oncology, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Special interests: presents nationally and internationally on a variety of topics in gynecologic oncology with a special interest in ovarian cancer treatment and advanced surgical techniques
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Roderick Quiros, MD, FACS
- Received medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in Houston, Texas
- Completed fellowship in surgical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Special interests include gastrointestinal, endocrine and breast cancers
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