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Our Expert Team

As part of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, the Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center (OCC) offers a multidisciplinary professional and support team dedicated exclusively to cancer care. Patients of the OCC have access to a complete range of medical specialists and treatments they need all in one location.

Many of the center's physicians are published authors who have been nationally and internationally recognized for their outstanding cancer research. The OCC provides a unique, open environment where staff and attending physicians collaborate on achieving the best care and most effective treatments for cancer patients. In fact, the OCC has general oncology and multiple disease-specific tumor boards where the specific medical conditions of select patients are reviewed for the best possible courses of treatment.

To ensure the most complete continuum of care, the specialized team at the OCC works with patients' referring physicians to determine the best courses of treatment for each patient.

The Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center Team

Medical Director

Michael Lill, MD Hematologist/Oncologist; Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center; Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Gynecologic Oncology

Ilana Cass, MD Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program; Gynecologic Oncologist	Beth Y. Karlan, MD Gynecologic Oncologist; Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology; Director, Gilda Radner Cancer Program
Ronald S. Leuchter, MD Gynecologic Oncologist	Andrew John Li, MD Gynecologic Oncologist
Christine S Walsh, MD Gynecologic Oncologist and Research Scientist

Medical Oncology

M. William Audeh, MD Medical Oncologist and Hereditary Cancer Risk Counseling	Noam Drazin, MD Hematologist/Oncologist
Brian G. M. Durie, MD Hematologist/Oncologist	Michael Engelberg, MD Medical Oncologist
Charles A. Forscher, MD Medical Oncologist; Director, Sarcoma Center	Richard E. Gould, MD Hematologist/Oncologist
Michael Lill, MD Hematologist/Oncologist; Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center; Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program	Stephen W. Lim, MD Medical Oncologist; Associate Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Angela M. Lopez, MD Hematologist/Oncologist, Bone Marrow Transplant	Steven A. Miles, MD Medical Oncologist
Ronald B. Natale, MD Medical Oncologist	Gregory Sarna, MD, FACP Medical Oncologist
Amir Steinberg, MD Hematologist/Oncologist, Bone Marrow Transplant	Marina Vaysburd, MD Hematologist/Oncologist
Robert A. Vescio, MD Hematologist/Oncologist; Director, Myeloma Program	Edward M. Wolin, MD Hematologist/Oncologist; Co-Director, Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Program; Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Neuro-Oncology

Keith L. Black, MD Neuro-Oncology; Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery; Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute	Ray Chu, MD Neuro-Oncology; Attending Neurosurgeon
Moise Danielpour, MD Neuro-Oncology; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery	Marshall Grode, MD Clinical Chief, Department of Neurosurgery
Gabriel E. Hunt, Jr., MD Attending Neurosurgeon	Burak Ozgur, MD Neurosurgeon
Surasak Phuphanich, MD, FAAN Director, Neuro-Oncology Program; Department of Neurosurgery and Division of Neurology	Jeremy D. Rudnick, MD Neuro-oncologist
John S. Yu, MD Neuro-Oncology; Co-Director, Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program

Pediatric Oncology

Carole H. Hurvitz, MD, FAAP Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist; Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology	Fatanach (Fae) Majlessipour, MD Pediatric Oncology

Psycho-Oncology and Cancer Pain Management

Thomas N. Kerrihard, MD Psychiatrist; Director, Oncology Supportive Care Services	Thomas J. Rosko, MD Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Service

Radiation Oncology

Howard Sandler, MD, MS Chair, Radiation Oncology	C. Michele Burnison, MD Radiation Oncology
Behrooz Hakimian, MD Radiation Oncologist	Amin J. Mirhadi, MD Radiation Oncologist

Rehabilitation and Survivorship

Arash Asher, MD Director, Cancer Survivorship and Rehabilitation Program

Surgical Oncology

Farin Amersi, MD, FACS Surgical Oncologist	Jason S. Cohen, MD, FACS Surgical Oncologist; General and Laparoscopic Surgery
Leo A. Gordon, MD, FACS General Surgeon	Leslie Memsic, MD, FACS Surgical Oncologist
Allan W. Silberman, MD, PhD, FACS Surgical Oncologist; The Robert J. and Suzanne Gottlieb Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology

A Multidisciplinary Approach

We know it is not enough to treat the disease. At Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center, numerous support services are available to assist cancer patients, as well as their families. These include our:

• Highly qualified nurses, who in addition to having experience working with persons with cancer, have received advanced training in oncology care - in fact most are oncology certified nurses (OCN), having earned certification in cancer care
• Practice nurses who coordinate critical aspects of patient care
• Onsite laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services, for prompt treatment and testing services
• Cancer pain and symptom management team
• Nutritional services
• Psychosocial services