Colorectal Cancer Center Expert Team

The Colorectal Cancer Center is comprised of a world-class team of colorectal specialists and surgeons, including pioneers in the field.

Leadership

Zuri Akida Murrell MD Director, Colorectal Cancer Center

Colorectal Surgery

Liza M Capiendo MD Attending Surgeon, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery	Eiman Firoozmand MD Clinical Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Phillip R. Fleshner MD Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Shierley, Jesslyne, and Emmeline Widjaja Chair in Colorectal Surgery	Gary Hoffman MD Attending Surgeon, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Mari Madsen MD Colorectal Surgery	Beth A. Moore MD Colorectal Surgery
Zuri Akida Murrell MD Director, Colorectal Cancer Center	Thomas Sokol MD Attending Surgeon, Division of Colorectal Surgery

General Surgery

Edward Phillips MD FACS Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery and Chief, Division of General Surgery Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program Director, Weight Loss Center Karl Storz Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Honor of Dr. George Berci

Medical Oncology

Noam Z. Drazin MD Hematology / Oncology	A. Eli Gabayan MD Hematology/Oncology
Richard E. Gould MD Hematology/Oncology	Andrew Hendifar MD, MPH Gastrointestinal Oncology
Becky Miller MD Medical Oncology/Hematology	Marina Vaysburd MD Hematology/Oncology
Edward M. Wolin MD Co-Director, Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Program

Radiation Oncology

C. Michele Burnison MD Associate Director, Radiation Oncology, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center	Behrooz Hakimian MD Co-Director, Gamma Knife Center Radiation Oncology Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild
Amin J. Mirhadi MD Radiation Oncology	Howard M. Sandler MD, MS, FASTRO Chair, Radiation Oncology Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Cancer Therapeutics
Richard Tuli MD, PhD Radiation Oncology

Gastroenterology

Marc A. Edelstein MD Clinical Chief of Gastroenterology	Shahab Mehdizadeh MD MA Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology
Raena Sadeghi Olsen DO Gastroenterologist	Enrique Slodownic MD Gastroenterology
Theodore Stein MD Gastroenterologist	Siamak Tabib MD Gastroenterology
Leo Treyzon MD MS Gastroenterology

• Mark Mehrdad Davidson MD
  Gastroenterology
  

Pathology

Deepti Dhall MD Assistant Professor of Pathology	Melissa Kahn MD Director, Pathology Residency Program
Richard Mertens MD Senior Surgical Pathologist

Radiology

Richard Sukov MD FACR Chief, Gastrointestinal Radiology Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild Member, Colorectal Cancer Center

Mamata Chithriki MD Chief, Body Ultrasound

Genetics

Ora Karp Gordon MD, MS Director, GenRISK Adult Genetics Program Genetics Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program

Program Management

Cynthia Broze RN MSN Clinical Program Coordinator, Colorectal Cancer Program

Other Participating Team Members

• Mario Z. Rosenberg, MD, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
  

Candidate Participants*

• Stephen Yoo, MD, Colorectal Surgery

* Candidate Participants (indicates physicians who have met candidate level participation requirements and are in the process of fulfilling the requirements to become a full center participant)