MICHAEL J. ZELEFSKY, MD
MSKCC, Radiation Oncology 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-3716
MSKCC, Radiation Oncology 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-3716
MSKCC, Radiation Oncology 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-5999
MSK Cancer Ctr, Radiation Oncology 1275 York Ave Fl 4 New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-5148
Smilow Cancer Ctr, Radiation Oncology 15 York St New Haven, CT 06510
Phone:
203-200-2000
Eastside Radiation Oncology 61 E 77th St New York, NY 10075
Phone:
212-772-2130
Dickstein Cancer Ctr 2 Longview Ave Lower Level White Plains, NY 10601
Phone:
914-681-2727
Smilow Cancer Ctr, Radiation Oncology 15 York St New Haven, CT 06520
Phone:
203-200-2000
NY Presby/Weill Cornell Med Ctr 525 E 68th St, rm N-046 Stitch Radiation Ctr New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-746-3612
MSKCC, Radiation Oncology 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-6828
Stamford Hosp, Radiation Oncology 34 Shelburne Rd Stamford, CT 06902
Phone:
203-276-7886
An oncology specialist is a physician who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of different cancers. This physician has extensive knowledge of the different signs and symptoms of cancer, as well as the various methods of treatment.
Oncology specialists diagnose cancer through methods such as biopsy, endoscopy, X-ray, blood tests, ultrasound, and different forms of nuclear medicine.
Oncology doctors treat cancer through surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, or antibody treatments.
If it is determined that a cancer cannot successfully be treated, oncology specialists then focus on providing palliative care – the use of pain medication to make a dying person more comfortable.
A Doctor of Medicine (MD) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In some countries, the MD denotes a first professional graduate degree awarded upon initial graduation from medical school. In other countries, the MD denotes an academic research doctorate, higher doctorate, honorary doctorate or advanced clinical coursework degree restricted to medical graduates; in those countries, the equivalent first professional degree is titled differently (for example, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in countries following the tradition of the United Kingdom)
In 1703, the University of Glasgow's first medical graduate, Samuel Benion, was issued with the academic degree of Doctor of Medicine.
University medical education in England culminated with the MB qualification, and in Scotland the MD, until in the mid-19th century the public bodies who regulated medical practice at the time required practitioners in Scotland as well as England to hold the dual Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees (MB BS/MBChB/MB BChir/BM BCh etc.). North American medical schools switched to the tradition of the ancient universities of Scotland and began granting the MoD title rather than the MB beginning in the late 18th century. The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York (which at the time was referred to as King's College of Medicine) was the first American university to grant the MD degree instead of the MB.
Early medical schools in North America that granted the Doctor of Medicine degrees were Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Maryland, and McGill. These first few North American medical schools that were established were (for the most part) founded by physicians and surgeons who had been trained in England and Scotland.
A feminine form, "Doctress of Medicine" or Medicinae Doctrix, has also been used by the New England Female Medical College in Boston in the 1860s. In most countries having a Doctor of Medicine degree does not mean that the individual will be allowed to practice medicine. Typically a doctor must go through a residency (medicine) for at least four years and take some form of licensing examination in their jurisdiction.