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Newton-Wellesley Hospital

2014 Washington Street

Newton, MA 02462

617-243-6000

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Ambulatory Care Center - Natick

307 W Central St

Natick, MA 01760

617-243-5345

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159 Wells Ave

Newton Centre, MA 02459

617-243-5777

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111 Norfolk Street

Walpole, MA 02081maps

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Ambulatory Care Center – Wellesley

978 Worcester Road (rte 9)

Wellesley, Massachusetts 02482

781-235-5200

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2014 Washington Street

Newton, MA 02462

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25 Washington Street

Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481

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9 Hope Ave

Waltham, MA 02453

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Cancer Center Specialists

 

The physicians in the Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley 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, Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley
Fellowship Training: New England Medical Center
Primary Specialty: Gastrointestinal Malignancies, including esophagogastric, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, gastric, colorectal, anal and neuroendocrine tumors

Amy Comander, MD
Medical Director, Breast Center
Director of Survivorship, Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley

Fellowship Training: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Primary Specialty: Breast Cancer
Other Areas of Expertise: Cancer survivorship and wellness programs; clinical trials investigating novel agents for treatment of breast cancer

Timothy Ernst, MD
Fellowship Training: Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard 1983-1986, Hematology training at BU/BMC 1997
Primary Specialty: Medical Oncology
Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical School
Residency: Barnes Hospital, Washington University

Robb Friedman, MD
Fellowship Training: Tufts Medical Center
Primary Specialty: Malignant Hematology
Other Areas of Expertise: Clotting or bleeding disorders; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Multiple Myeloma, Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 

Lecia Sequist, MD
Fellowship Training: Dana-Faber Cancer Institute
Primary Specialty: Lung Cancer 
Other Areas of Expertise: Clinical trials, immunotherapy, mutations, lung cancer screening and early detection

Chryssanthi Kournioti, MD
Fellowship Training: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Primary Specialty: Genitourinary Malignancies
Other Areas of Expertise: Breast and Gynecologic Malignancies and Hematology

Revati Rao, MD
Fellowship Training: Tufts Medical Center
Primary Specialty: Thoracic Malignancies
Other Areas of Expertise: Head and Neck

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

Nancy Wang, MD
Fellowship Training: Massachusetts General Hospital
Primary Specialty: Primary brain tumors, brain metastases, neurologic complications of cancer, clinical trials for novel treatments of brain cancer


Hematology and Oncology


Murat Anamur, MD 

Jeffrey A. Barnes, MD

Joel Schwartz, MD

Ryan J Sullivan, MD

John Yang MD
Fellowship Training: Tufts Medical Center
Primary Specialty: Hematology-Oncology
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


Radiation Oncologists


Mass General Hospital Radiation Oncology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital


Joanna Tansky, MD
Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology
Director, MGH Radiation Oncology Service, Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley

Residency: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/BWH and Beth Israel Deaconess
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, Mass General Cancer Center
Residency: Fox Chase Cancer Center
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
Fellowship Training: Brockton/West Roxbury Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Specialties: Health Psychology, Behavioral Medicine, Geropsychology, Neuropsychology

Eric Eisenhauer, MD
Gynecologic Oncologist
Fellowship Training: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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.

Lauren Elson, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship Training: Stanford Universty
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital

Allison Glockley, MD
Gynecologic Oncologist
Fellowship Training: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
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 Nahed, MD
Neuro Oncology Surgeon
Fellowship Training: New England Baptist Hospital
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Interests: Brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningiomas, metastatic cancer of the brain, intrinsic brain tumors, awake an language mapping craniotomy, recurrent brain tumors (post treatment), hemangioblastomas, other cancers of the central nervous system, micro-neurosurgery, neurosurgical radiation oncology, and spinal tumors (primary and metastatic)

Brian Park, MD
Head and Neck
Fellowship Training: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
Clinical Interests: Head and neck cancer, salivary gland tumors, benign tumors of the head and neck, otolaryngology, thyroid tumors and cervical soft tissue tumors

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