The Department of Surgical Oncology offers specialty surgical services for patients with solid organ malignancies. We use advanced procedures to treat patients with:
- Breast cancer
- Melanoma
- Gastrointestinal malignancies (hepatobiliary, pancreatic, small intestine, colon)
- Skin and soft tissue malignancies
- Endocrine malignancies (adrenal, thyroid, parathyroid, neuroendocrine tumors)
- Liver and pancreatic biliary cancer
- Pediatric surgical oncology
- Reconstruction surgery
- General surgical procedures for non-malignancies
- Head and neck tumors – benign and malignant
- Surgery of the skull base
Our Surgical Oncologists
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center surgical oncologists are board-certified and have wide experience in treating all cancer types. Many of them are also involved in research to further our understanding of cancer and increase its curability.
Our surgical oncologists are listed below both alphabetically and categorized by condition.
- Rafael Allende, M.D.
- Cargill Alleyne, M.D.
- Carl Andrus, M.D.
- Robert Bakos, M.D.
- Marc Brown, M.D.
- Jennifer Cooper, M.D.
- Tulsi Dass, M.D.
- Timothy Doerr, M.D.
- George T. Drugas, M.D.
- Erdal Erturk, M.D.
- Edward J. Fox, M.D.
- Marie N. Frankel, M.D.
- John Girotto, M.D.
- William Hulbert, M.D.
- Joseph A Johnson, M.D.
- Jean Joseph, M.D.
- David Krusch, M.D.
- Howard Langstein, M.D.
- Paul Maurer, M.D.
- Edward Messing, M.D.
- Robert Mevorach, M.D.
- Curtis Nelson M.D., Ph.D.
- John Norante, M.D.
- Regis J. O’Keefe, M.D.
- Ann Olzinski, M.D.
- James Peacock, M.D.
- Walter Pegoli, Jr. , M.D
- Jeffrey Peters, M.D.
- Webster Pilcher, M.D., Ph.D.
- Ronald Rabinowitz, M.D.
Each physician has a particular interest or expertise in treating one or more of the following conditions.
Our Locations
We treat patients in two locations. Depending on their unique circumstances, a patient may be evaluated at either one of our sites and surgery performed at another location if needed.
- Strong Surgical Center. More information about checking in and directions to the Strong Surgical Center
- Highland Hospital. More information about checking in and directions to surgery at Highland Hospital
Making An Appointment
If you’re a new patient and would like to be treated at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center Department of Surgical Oncology or consult our faculty physicians for a second opinion, you or your physician can call us at 1-866-4 WILMOT or 585-275-5830. Or, use our secure request an appointment form.