Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York is highly ranked in multiple areas of cancer care and treatment ranging from specialized services to cancer research and clinical trials. It is the first fully accredited cancer care center in Brooklyn, offering patients personalized treatment plans from experts who use the most innovative treatment therapies and provide access to clinical trials that advance cancer research and outcomes.[1]
Maimonides’ multidisciplinary staff of nationally renowned oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, imaging specialists, and other clinicians provide patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer state-of-the-art treatment options that improve outcomes and boost quality of life.
Pleural Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer Care at Maimonides Medical Center
When patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma or lung cancer seek treatment at Maimonides Medical Center, they receive care from the same team of providers and other professionals during most appointments. These professionals provide the guidance, support, and expertise necessary to support each patient’s quality of life so that they and their loved ones do not feel alone as they navigate their cancer journey. Maimonides offers a Rapid Assessment Service that responds to patients who are given concerning imaging results from any provider. This program allows them to see a specialist within two business days and often on the same day.[2]
Once patients are diagnosed, Maimonides’ lung and thoracic cancer program offers a wide range of advanced diagnostic and treatment options including many effective alternatives to major surgery, chemotherapy, and traditional radiation therapy.
Maimonides doctors are skilled in minimally invasive surgical techniques that allow patients to go home sooner, often without needing rehabilitation or narcotics for pain relief. In addition to minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, they offer localized, focused radiation with fewer side effects, state-of-the-art diagnostics including navigational bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, and next-generation sequencing of their tumors’ DNA to guide precision therapy. Maimonides physicians use immunotherapy and other kinds of targeted therapies that can sometimes replace chemotherapy and improve effectiveness with fewer side effects.[2]
Maimonides patients also have access to clinical trials and other advanced treatment technologies, including image-guided videoscopic surgery (iVATS) to localize/remove cancerous lesions, 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), brachytherapy, image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)/stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR).[2]
Notable Staff and Mesothelioma Specialists
Maimonides Medical Center’s lung cancer and thoracic cancer program is nationally accredited. It has won numerous awards and recognitions, including the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. The team is made up of multidisciplinary specialists who collaborate on personalized care plans based on each patient’s unique diagnosis and goals.
The lung cancer and thoracic cancer team is led by the Director of General Thoracic Surgery Dr. Jason Shaw, author of textbook chapters and peer-reviewed papers and in-demand speaker at national conferences. Patients also benefit from the surgical skills of Dr. Igor Brichkov and Dr. Steven D. Herman, and the deep knowledge and compassion of medical oncologists Dr. David Dosik, Dr. Helen Khilkin-Sogoloff, Dr. Lan Mo, and others.[2]
