Mesothelioma Specialists

Mesothelioma specialists are the physicians, healthcare personnel, and researchers who focus their practice on mesothelioma and its:

 

• prevention
• causation
• demographics (who gets this disease, their gender/age/health condition)
• treatments
• potential cure(s)

 

Mesothelioma is nearly always due to one cause: asbestos exposure. In contrast to mesothelioma specialists, most doctors are not familiar with mesothelioma. An individual diagnosed with mesothelioma (or who suspects that he or she has mesothelioma) should consider consulting a mesothelioma specialist to get the most up-to-date, knowledgeable care for this disease.

 

Several Types of Mesothelioma Specialists

Mesothelioma specialists may be:

 

• chemotherapy specialists
• radiation specialists
• oncologists (cancer specialists)
• pulmonologists (lung doctors)
• thoracic (chest) surgeons

 

In fact, treatment for mesothelioma usually involves a group of such specialists, in what is known as an “interdisciplinary” approach.

 

A List of Mesothelioma Specialists

The following physicians are mesothelioma specialists, and can be contacted directly.

 

West and West Coast

Robert Cameron, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Phone: (310) 794-7333

 

David M. Jablons, MD

San Francisco, CA

Phone: (415) 885-3882

 

Claire F. Verschraegen, MD

Albuquerque, NM

Phone: (505) 272-4551

 

Eric Vallieres, MD

Seattle, WA

Phone: (206) 598-4477

 

 

Midwest and South

Gregory P. Kalemkerian, MD

Ann Arbor, MI

Phone: (734) 936-5281

 

Brian W. Loggie, MD

Omaha, NE

Phone: (402) 280-4100

 

David P. Mason, MD

Cleveland, OH

Phone: (216) 444-4053

 

David C. Rice, MD

Houston, TX

Phone: (713) 794-1477

 

W. Roy Smythe, MD

Temple, TX

Phone: 254-724-2595

 

Craig W. Stevens, MD, PhD

Tampa, FL

Phone: (813) 972-8424

 

Lary A. Robinson, MD

Tampa, FL

Phone: (813) 972-8412

 

East Coast and Atlantic Seaboard

Harvey Pass, MD

New York, NY

Phone: (212) 263-7417

 

Robert N. Taub, MD

New York, NY

Phone: (212) 305-4076

 

Valerie W. Rusch, FACS

New York, NY

Phone: (212) 639-5873

 

Raja M. Flores, MD

New York, NY

Phone: (212) 639-2806

 

Daniel Sterman, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Phone: (215) 614-0984

 

Joseph S. Friedberg, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Phone: (215) 662-9195

 

David L. Bartlett, MD

Pittsburgh, PA

Phone: (412) 692-2852

 

David J. Sugarbaker, MD

Boston, MA

Phone: (617) 732-6824

 

Lambros Zellos, MD, MPH

Boston, MA

Phone: (617) 525-9657

 

Stephen C. Yang, MD

Baltimore, MD

Phone: (410) 614-3891

 

Mark J. Krasna, MD

Towson, MD

Phone: (410) 427-2220

 

David H. Harpole, Jr., MD

Durham, NC

Phone: (919) 668-8413

 

Paul H. Sugarbaker, MD, FACS, FRCS

Washington, DC

Phone: (202) 877-3908

 

If you need more information about your legal rights regarding mesothelioma, contact an asbestos attorney in your area.