SL_HealthDept_0920FIINAL.qxp_Layout 1 9 / 23 / 20 3 : 45 PM Page 1 Leaders in Cancer Care The physicians featured on the following list , which were culled from sources including our H E A L T H 2020 Top Physicians report , represent a “ who’s who ” of cancer care in the Philadel - phia area . These men and women can help patients with everything from radiation oncology to reconstructive breast surgery , among other needs related to their care . pEnn MEdicinE BREAST SURGERY Multiple area locations Dr . Lisa K . Jablon pennmedicine.org Dr . Archit A . Naik EinstEin HEaltHcarE HEMATOLOGY / nEtwork MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Multiple area locations Dr . Angela R . Bradbury einstein.edu Dr . Adam D . Cohen Dr . Roger B . Cohen Dr . Stacy L . Krisher Dr . Angela DeMichele coMprEHEnsivE Dr . Susan M . Domchek BrEast carE Dr . Kevin R . Fox surgEons of Holy Dr . John H . Glick rEdEEMEr Fighting Dr . Naomi B . Haas southampton Dr . Lee Hartner comprehensivebreast - Dr . Corey J . Langer care.com Dr . Gerald P . Linette Dr . Lynn M . Schuchter Dr . Russell Mark for Life Dr . Mindy G . Schuster Reisner Dr . Jakub Svoboda st . Mary MEdical pEnn MEdicinE cEntEr Medical centers take steps forward in Multiple area locations langhorne pennmedicine.org stmaryhealthcare.org the war against cancers of every sort . B Y JILL LUPINE Dr . Matthew Carabasi Dr . Jennifer L . Sabol Dr . Neal Flomenberg Main linE HEaltH netics . We’re sending tissue off for genetic CANCER NEVER TAKES A DAY OFF . Dr . William J . Tester Multiple area locations studies as a guide , and this is being done That’s why , throughout the COVID - 19 JEffErson HEaltH mainlinehealth.org routinely . ” pandemic , locally based medical centers philadelphia Locally based medical centers , includ - continued to treat individuals grappling jefferson.edu Dr . William Scarlett ing those that specialize solely in cancer , with a cancer diagnosis . It’s the same rea - Holy rEdEEMEr continue to make forward strides in treat - son most of these facilities promptly re - Dr . Jason A . Damsker HEaltH systEM ing the disease . This stems in part from sumed preventative screenings after a Dr . Peter V . Pickens Multiple area locations the fact that multidisciplinary teams from brief hiatus in March , when most of us Dr . Joseph L . Potz holyredeemer.com / breast - radiology , medical oncology , radiation on - first realized the pandemic would dramat - aBington care cology , breast surgery , counseling , nutri - ically alter our way of life . HEMatology tion , nurse navigation , and other allied de - “ There are risks associated with de - oncology GYNECOLOGIC partments collaborate to discuss patient layed screening , ” says Mark S . Morginstin , associatEs / ONCOLOGY care and then deliver targeted treatment . D.O . , a medical oncologist and hematolo - Holy rEdEEMEr Dr . Robert A . Burger Screening and prevention measures gist with Einstein Healthcare Network who Horsham , Meadowbrook Dr . Robert L . Giuntoli II continue to improve as well . In Bucks splits his time between campuses in cancerpa.net Dr . Sarah H . Kim County , the Breast Center at Doylestown Philadelphia and East Norriton . “ There holyredeemer.com Dr . Emily M . Ko Hospital utilizes the latest imaging technol - was recently an article in the Inquirer ogy , such as digital breast tomosynthesis about the incidence of cancer going down anytime soon , Dr . Morginstin does believe ( 3D mammography ) , to enhance disease because people are not getting screened . it may be used less often in the future — or , detection ; this technology is particularly If you have cancer and go without screen - as he says , “ maybe not as the first line . ” helpful for women with denser breast tis - ing , it might cause the disease to progress “ The world has changed quite a bit sue . At Holy Redeemer in Meadowbrook , to more advanced stages . As a result , you since 2004 , when I did my fellowship [ in patients at risk of breast cancer benefit might require chemotherapy instead of hematology and oncology ] , ” he says . “ Be - from a noninvasive procedure that em - just getting treated with [ medication ] . ” cause of the changes we’ve seen , we’re ploys 3D stereotactic biopsy equipment , Some cancers , on the other hand , now giving less chemotherapy , which allowing for an expedited diagnosis . may not change in the course of a year . It means we’re introducing less toxicity into Dr . Morginstin believes further steps all depends on the cancer and the patient , the body . We’re using immunotherapy to forward in technology , treatment , and un - according to Dr . Morginstin . treat lung cancer and breast cancer . Going derstanding may lead to the increased use “ Everyone has different cancers , and forward , I think those kinds of changes of more forgiving modalities to treat the they all act differently , ” he says . “ The way are going to affect how we treat almost disease . It’s already starting to happen . we treat cancer is all based on what’s every cancer you can think of . ” While chemotherapy is not going away driving the cancer’s growth , down to ge - SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM SEPTEMBER 2020 32 |