Cancer Center Specialists

Our physicians are highly trained cancer specialists working together to provide advanced treatment and support for all aspects of the patient experience, from cancer screening and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care.

Meet the compassionate experts on our cancer center team

Serving communities throughout Greater Boston, each member of our cancer care team has the same mission – providing support and helping patients and their families deal with cancer and the anxieties and concerns that go along with diagnosis and treatment.

Medical Oncologists

Lawrence Blaszkowsky, MD
Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Medical Director 
Primary Specialty: Gastrointestinal Malignancies, including esophagogastric, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, gastric, colorectal, anal and neuroendocrine tumors

Amy Comander, MD
Medical Director, Breast Center and Director of Survivorship 
Primary Specialty: Breast Cancer
Other Areas of Expertise: Cancer survivorship and wellness programs; clinical trials investigating novel agents for treatment of breast cancer

Lecia Sequist, MD
Primary Specialty: Lung Cancer 
Other Areas of Expertise: Clinical trials, immunotherapy, mutations, lung cancer screening and early detection

Chryssanthi Kournioti, MD
Primary Specialty: Genitourinary Malignancies
Other Areas of Expertise: Breast and Gynecologic Malignancies and Hematology

Revati Rao, MD
Primary Specialty: Thoracic Malignancies
Other Areas of Expertise: Head and Neck

Aron Rosenstock, MD
Primary Specialty: Breast Cancer
Other Areas of Expertise:  Hematology and Medical Oncology

Nancy Wang, MD
Primary Specialty: Primary brain tumors, brain metastases, neurologic complications of cancer, clinical trials for novel treatments of brain cancer

Hematology and Oncology

Jeffrey A. Barnes, MD

Joel Schwartz, MD

Ryan J Sullivan, MD

John Yang MD
Primary Specialty: Hematology-Oncology

Radiation Oncologists

Joanna Tansky, MD
Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology
Director, MGH Radiation Oncology Service 
Clinical Interests: Long-term quality of life after radiation, improving patient and caregiver experience and clinical biomarkers of treatment tolerance and outcome

Jonathan Paly, DO
Radiation Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Interests: Head and Neck Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer

Gayle Tillman, MD
Residency: Stanford University Medical Center
Clinical Interests: All Adult Malignancies

Palliative Care

Collaborating Specialists

David Bullis, PhD
Director of Behavioral Medicine
Specialties: Health Psychology, Behavioral Medicine, Geropsychology, Neuropsychology

Eric Eisenhauer, MD
Gynecologic Oncologist
Clinical Interests: Cancer risk assessment, gynecologic cancers, intra-peritoneal chemotherapy, ovarian cancer surgery, cervical cancer, minimally invasive surgery gynecologic cancers, palliative care, surgery for recurrent gynecologic cancer, uterine cancer, fertility preservation for cancer patients, gynecologic sarcoma, ovarian cancer, pelvic reconstructive surgery, vulvar cancer.

Allison Glockley, MD
Gynecologic Oncologistl
Clinical Interests: Cervix/vulvar cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, onco-fertility. Specializes in minimally invasive surgery including laparoscopic and robotic techniques.

Brian Park, MD
Head and Neck
Clinical Interests: Head and neck cancer, salivary gland tumors, benign tumors of the head and neck, otolaryngology, thyroid tumors and cervical soft tissue tumors