The Medical Advisory Committee is comprised of Medical Professionals that focus on esophageal cancer treatments and include Surgeons, Medical Oncologist and Gastroenterologist in various Medical Institutions. One focus of this Committee is to identify to the Foundation's Board of Directors research projects that will meet our Mission Statement which states that ECEF will support research projects that will lead to an early detection of this disease 

Dr. Manjit Bains
Surgeon 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Education:

• MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi)

Residencies:

• Queens Hospital Center (New York)
• Rochester General Hospital
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Fellowships:

• The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Board

Certifications:

• Surgery; Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Expertise:

Thoracic Surgical Oncology; Lung Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Mediastinal Tumors; Mesothelioma; Pulmonary Metastases; Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery; Pulmonary and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, including Laser Endoscopy; Tracheobronchial and Esophageal Stents

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Dr. Hans Gerdes
Gastroenterologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Education:

• MD, Cornell University Medical College

Residencies:

• The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center

Fellowships:

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Certifications:

• Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology

Clinical Expertise:

Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Cancers; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Endoscopic Laser Therapy; Biliary Tract and Pancreas Endoscopy; Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy; Photodynamic Therapy

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Dr. David Ilson
Medical Oncologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Education:

• MMD, PhD, New York University School of Medicine

Residencies:

• NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital

Fellowships:

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Board

Clinical Expertise:

Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology Clinical Expertise: Colorectal, Esophageal, Pancreatic, Gastric, and Other Gastrointestinal Cancers; Unknown Primary Tumors; Mesothelioma

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Dr. Bernard J. Park
Surgeon
Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Hackensack University Medical Center

Education:

• M.D. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• F.A.C.S

Residencies:

• New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Fellowships:

• National Cancer Institute

Clinical Expertise:

Lung cancer, esophageal cancer, benign esophageal disorders, minimally invasive surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), robotic-assisted procedures with the da Vinci Surgical System

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Dr. Raja M. Flores
Surgeon
Professor and Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Education:

• MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Residencies:

• Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Fellowships:

• Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Clinical Expertise:

Lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, non-malignant thoracic diseases, lobectomy, a minimally invasive approach in the treatment of lung cancer.

 

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Dr. Martin S. Karpeh
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Beth Israel Medical Center
Director of Surgical Oncology
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York

Education:

• MD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (Hershey, PA)

Residencies:

• Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Fellowships:

• Research:  Children’s Hospital (Philadelphia, PA)
• Surgical Oncology:  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)

Certificates:

• Surgery:  General

Clinical Expertise:

 Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Cancers; Soft Tissue Sarcoma/Melanoma Cancers

 

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Dr. David Tom Cooke
Surgeon
Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of California, Davis Medical Center

Education:

• MD, Harvard Medical School

Residencies:

• General Surgery: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Fellowships:

• Research: Stanford University (Heart and Lung Transplant Research)
• Cardiothoracic: University of Michigan

Certificates:

• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Expertise:

Non-cardiac general thoracic surgery, thoracic oncology, surgical treatment of malignant and benign esophageal disease, and video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), including VATS pulmonary resection.