Team
Bone Marrow Transplant | Breast Health Program | Hematology Oncology
Interventional Radiology | Bone Marrow Transplant | MOHS Surgery
| Radiation Oncology | Surgical Onology
Bone Marrow Transplant
Dr. Ahmad Samer Al-Homsi, MD
- Chief, Division of Hematological Malignancies & Blood and Marrow Transplantation
- Phone: 401-456-6565
- Academic Appointment:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
- Medical School:
- Damascus University, Damascus Syria
- Residency:
- Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Illinois
- Fellowships:
- Hematology/Oncology University of Massachusetts Medical Center
- Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology
- Clinical Specialization:
- Hematological Malignancies Blood and Marrow Transplantation Hemostasis and Thrombosis
- Languages Spoken:
- Arabic, French, English
- Research Interests:
- Hematological Malignancies, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Hande H. Tuncer, MD
- Associate Director, Hematological Malignancies & Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
- Academic Appointment:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
- Medical School:
- University of Istanbul, Turkey
- Residency:
- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
- Fellowships:
- University of Alabama at Birmingham- Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking
Tufts Medical Center, Boston- Hematology and Oncology
- Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine, Hematology, Medical Oncology
- Clinical Specialization:
- Stem cell transplantation, Hematological malignancies
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Turkish
Breast Health Program
R. James Koness, MD
- General Surgeon/ Surgical Oncologist
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery— Brown University
- Phone: 401-456-2077
- Medical School:
- SUNY- Buffalo School of Medicine New York
- Residency:
- General Surgery - Brown University
- Fellowships:
- Surgical Oncology-Roger Williams Medical Center, Brown University
- Board Certification:
- Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners; Diplomat, American Board of Surgery
Hematology Oncology
Francis J. Cummings, MD, FACP
- Hemotology Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2100
- Academic Appointment:
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
- Medical School:
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency:
- Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
- Fellowships:
- Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Brown University
- Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Research Interests:
- Breast Cancer, Clinical Trials
Ritesh Rathore, MD
- Director, Hematology Oncology Division
Director, Cancer Protocol Office
- Phone: (401) 456-2077
- Fax: (401) 456-5765
- Academic Appointment:
- Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Boston University School of Medicine
- Medical School:
- University College of Medical Sciences,
Delhi University, India
- Residency:
- Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, SUNY Brooklyn, NY
- Fellowships:
- Hematology/Oncology,
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
- Board Certification:
- Hematology, Medical Oncology
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati
- Research Interests:
- Gastrointestinal Cancers, Biologic Therapy, Head/Neck & Thoracic Cancers
Bharti Rathore, MD
- Hematology Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2077
- Academic Appointment:
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Medical School
- Medical School:
- J.N.M. Medical College, Ravishankar University, India
- Residency:
- Internal Medicine,
Memorial Hospital of RI,
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
- Fellowships:
- Hematology Oncology,
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
- Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine, Hematology,
Medical Oncology
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Hindi, Gujarati
- Research Interests:
- Breast cancer, Clinical trials
Interventional Radiology
Brian Stainken, MD
- Interventional Radiology
- Phone: 401-456-2204
- Academic Appointment:
- Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
- Medical School:
- Georgetown University
- Residency:
- San Diego Naval Hospital
- Fellowships:
- University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Board Certification:
- Regional Cancer Therapy
(Transarterial chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation, cryo ablation, combination therapies)
Chronic Venous Access
(port infusion systems)
Palliative Care
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Research Interests:
- Local tumor therapy
MOHS Surgery
Satori Iwamoto M.D., Ph.D.
- Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2327
- Medical School:
- Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
- Residency:
- University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA
- Fellowships:
- University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA
- Board Certification:
- American Board of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
- Clinical Specialization:
- Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Reconstruction, Treatment of Skin Cancer
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Japanese, American Sign Language
- Research Interests:
- Applications of DNA-based Biotechnology
to Mohs micrographic surgery
Radiation Oncology
Timothy Shafman, MD
- Radiation Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2690
- Academic Appointment:
- Associate Professor at Boston University School of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor at Brown Medical School
- Medical School:
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of
Health Sciences and Technology
- Board Certification:
- Radiation Oncology
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Research Interests:
- Dr. Shafman has published more than forty articles on a range of topics including lung cancer, brain tumors,
breast cancer and the genetics of radiation sensitivity. He has also co-authored several book chapters in widely read Radiation Oncology textbooks
Mohit Kasibhatla, M.D.
- Radiation Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2690
- Academic Appointment:
- Assistant Professor, Warren Alpert School of Medicine
- Medical School:
- Duke University School of Medicine
- Residency:
- Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center
- Board Certification:
- American Board of Radiology
- Clinical Specialization:
- Head and Neck Cancer, Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery, Prostate Cancer, Gastro-intestinal Cancers, Lung Cancer, General Radiation Oncology
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Research Interests:
- Head and Neck Cancer, Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery, Prostate Cancer, Gastro-intestinal Cancers, Lung Cancer, General Radiation Oncology
Surgical Onology
N. Joseph Espat, MD, MS FACS
- Hepatobiliary and Surgical Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2077
- Medical School:
- University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, Florida
- Residency:
- University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, Florida
- Fellowships:
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-NY
- Board Certification:
- American Board of Surgery
- Clinical Specialization:
- General surgery: Surgery of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas.
Surgical oncology: gastrointestinal cancers; pancreatic cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer, liver metastases and advanced colorectal cancer.
Advanced Laparoscopy
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Spanish, French
- Research Interests:
- Chemo-sensitizing of pancreatic cancer, Cancer induced weight loss/metabolism, Thermal means of tumor ablation, Biomaterials for tissue regeneration
R. James Koness, MD
- General Surgeon/ Surgical Oncologist
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery— Brown University
- Phone: 401-456-2077
- Medical School:
- SUNY- Buffalo School of Medicine New York
- Residency:
- General Surgery - Brown University
- Fellowships:
- Surgical Oncology-Roger Williams Medical Center, Brown University
- Board Certification:
- Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners; Diplomat, American Board of Surgery
Ponnandai Somasundar, MD
- Surgical Oncology
- Phone: 401-456-2077
- Medical School:
- Madras Medical College
- Residency:
- Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
- Fellowships:
- Roger Williams Medical Center, Boston University Affiliate, Providence, RI
- Board Certification:
- American Board of Surgery
- Clinical Specialization:
- General Surgery- Laparoscopic surgeries
Surgical Onoclogy - Gastrointestinal Cancers, Endocrine malignancies, Breast, Skin Cancers (melanoma), Cancer
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Tamil
- Research Interests:
- Leptin, obesity and cancer, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials
Steven C. Katz, MD
- Director of Surgical Immunotherapy
- Patient care: 401-456-2077
- Administrative: 401-456-2464
- Academic Appointment:
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University
- Medical School:
- New York University
- Residency:
- New York University
- Fellowships:
- Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Board Certification:
- General Surgery
- Clinical Specialization:
- Primary and metastatic liver cancer, colon cancer, sarcoma, GIST, melanoma, pancreas tumors, endocrine tumors
- Languages Spoken:
- English, Hebrew
- Research Interests:
- Tumor immunology, liver immunology