BiliaryTractCancer near Newark, NJ

Biography: Benjamin Samstein, MD is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. Dr. Samstein is the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program at NYP. Dr. Samstein is a renowned pioneer in minimally invasive liver surgery and state-of-the-art laparoscopic techniques for liver cancer. Dr. Samstein is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Dr. Samstein heads up the multidisciplinary liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery team at NYP/Weill Cornell. His specialties include the most advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver cancer, benign liver tumors and hepatobiliary pancreatic disease. He has been invited to talk about minimally invasive liver surgery throughout the world. He is a member of many surgical societies including a founding member of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society (ILLS), American Society of Transplant Surgery, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA). He is the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of LiveOnNY and served as the Regional representation to the Liver and Intestine Committee of UNOS from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Samstein is well-published in the field, authoring more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious medical and surgical journals, books and book chapters. Other areas of clinical expertise include hepatic adenoma, hepatic hemangioma, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal metastasis, live donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy, and pediatric liver and organ transplant. Dr. Samstein received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1992 and earned his MD at the State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1997. He did his internship and residency in general surgery at NYP/Columbia, and completed a research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2001. He completed a fellowship in ASTS Multi-organ transplant at NYP/Columbia in 2006. He was Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center from 2006 to 2015. He served as Program Director of the transplant surgery fellowship at Columbia University from 2007 to 2015. He is a reviewer for American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation among other journals. List of Publications by Dr. Samstein PubMed

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Biography: Dr. Paula Klein, MD is a Hematology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 70 years old and has been practicing for 39 years. Dr. Paula Klein, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.

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.

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: After receiving her BS in Biology at the University of North Texas, Dr. Evelyn Taiwo obtained her MD at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Following her residency at Boston University Medical Center, she completed a three-year fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Taiwo served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn from July 2011-2019, and as Attending Physician and Site Director for the Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program at Kings County Hospital. While at Kings County Hospital, she served in a leadership role as Director of the Breast Cancer Clinic, overseeing the operations, research activities, clinical care delivery, and education. As a researcher, Dr. Taiwo has contributed to a number of studies on cancer presentation in urban and minority patient populations.

Biography: Jennifer Ann Wagmiller, MD, MS, board-certified medical oncologist, joined The Cancer Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in 2007. She received her medical degree from the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey before completing her residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Dr. Wagmiller completed a fellowship at the University of Rochester in Hematology/Oncology. Interested in clinical research, Dr. Wagmiller has been the author of numerous articles which have appeared in the American Journal of Hemotology/Oncology and the Journal of Oncology Practice. She enjoys teaching students and frequently lectures on cancer research for patients and lay audiences. She also has advanced training in health services research and cancer genetics. Dr. Wagmiller is a member of the American Society for Clinical Oncology.