Surgery

The Core Team

Note: While the physicians pictured below represent the core team, patients may be seen by other members of each specialty.

Thoracic Surgery

Leslie J Kohman, MD, FACS
TOP Program Director
Medical Director, Upstate Cancer Center
Professor of Surgery
Chair, CALGB Surgery Committee

Barbara Robinson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Vanessa R Gibson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Medical Oncology

Stephen L. Graziano, MD
Professor of Medicine
CALGB Principal Investigator

Ajeet Gajra, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Ajeet Gajra, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Radiation Oncology

Jeffrey A Bogart, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Chair, CALGB Radiation Oncology Committee

Pulmonary Medicine

Robert Lenox, MD
Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

James F Sexton, MD
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Birendra P Sa, MD
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Ioana Amuzuta, MD
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Dragos N Manta, MD
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Radiation Oncology

Ernest M. Scalzetti, MD
Professor of Radiology
Director, Chest Radiology
E. Robert Heitzman Endowed Professorship in Radiologic Research

Rolf A Grage, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology

Support Staff

Linda J. Veit, BS, CCRA
Clinical Trials
Administrator, CALGB Surgery Committee

Christine Feliu, NP
Nurse Practitioner