BiliaryTractCancer near Pompton Plains, NJ

Care Philosophy: Dr. Scoppetuolo's philosophy of care is to take care of the entire patient and their family. He is sensitive to family, economic and social issues that all play an important role in cancer treatment. Dr. Scoppetuolo provides comprehensive state-of-the-art cancer care with the utmost compassion for his patients.

Biography: Dr. Sirish Dharmapuri, MD is an Oncology Specialist who practices in Livingston, NJ. He is 36 years old. Dr. Sirish Dharmapuri, MD is affiliated with Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Umut Sarpel, MD is an Oncology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 51 years old and has been practicing for 24 years. Dr. Umut Sarpel, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Queens.

Care Philosophy: "Better people means better experiences. Our care team is committed to delivering results that change lives."

Biography: Myron M. Studner Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Columbia University, Associate Director for Population Science, Leader of the Prevention, Control, and Disparities Program for the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia, and Co-Director of the Cancer Prevention Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital Dr. Neugut is a medical oncologist with a particular interest in gastroIntestinal tract cancers, especially of colorectal and gasteric cancers. Under the auspices of Columbia's MD/PhD program, he received his MD and a PhD in Pathobiology in 1977. He did his training in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He returned to Columbia University as an Andrew Mellon Fellow in Epidemiology and Medicine to obtain an MPH in Epidemiology in 1983. Dr. Neugut then joined the faculty at Columbia University with appointments in Medicine and Epidemiology. As both a practicing medical oncologist and cancer epidemiologist, Dr. Alfred Neugut's major interests have been on GI tract cancers, notably the epidemiology of colorectal adenomas and cancer, as well as colonoscopic screening. He serves as co-principal investigator of the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project, a large multi-center effort to explore environmental causes of breast cancer on Long Island. Most recently, his efforts have focused on more clinical topics, such as the epidemiology of second malignancies and the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy among elderly cancer patients. Dr. Neugut focuses a great deal on racial disparities in incidence and survival from cancer and, in particular, variations across subgroups of people of African descent. He leads two large training grants in cancer-related population sciences that together fund 15 pre and postdoctoral trainees in cancer epidemiology, biostatistics, and environmental health sciences, and serves as a mentor to a number of junior faculty.