Meet Our Team
Columbia Cancer builds a team of medical and support experts around you, bringing you care that’s truly multidisciplinary and all in one place. Our experts specialize in colorectal cancer treatment and support. We coordinate your care to make it as simple as possible and to make sure you have smooth continuity of care during your treatment.
Your Care Team at Columbia Cancer
Your care team may include:
- Gastroenterologists, specialists who perform colonoscopies and other tests to look for abnormalities.
- Pathologists, who examine tissue and fluid to look for changes in cells in order to classify a tumor’s stage and look for markers that will help your care team determine the best course of treatment for you.
- Medical oncologists, who direct treatments such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
- Surgeons, who do operations to remove cancer.
- Radiation oncologists, who use radiation to precisely target cancer cells, causing them to be damaged and die.
- Nurses and nurse practitioners, who provide hands-on medical and supportive care along your journey. Nurse navigators may also help you through specific processes, such as enrolling in a clinical trial.
- Genetic counselors, who run our genetic testing program and provide you with information about testing and help and support in interpreting results.
- Mental health experts, including our psychosocial oncology team, who help you and your family cope with the wide range of emotions that come with a cancer diagnosis.
- Social workers, who can help you find resources in the community and provide emotional support.
- Integrative health practitioners, including reiki, massage, acupuncture, yoga therapy, meditation, and more, to help you deal with the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of cancer treatment and survivorship.
- Nutritionists, to help you create and follow a plan that will support the healing your body must do during and after cancer treatment.
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, who help you regain function you might have lost due to surgery or treatment side effects.
- Spiritual practitioners, multifaith chaplains who can help with your religious, spiritual, and emotional needs and help you make decisions, participate in religious rituals, and more.
- Cancer support groups, often run by survivors, that can help you find community and support on your journey.
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Departments/Divisions
Department of Radiation Oncology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Radiation Oncology
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at CUMC
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New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
Primary Location
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Research Interests
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Minimally invasive surgery
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
Primary Location
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Cancer Care
Research Interests
Biostatistical Methods, Cancer epidemiology and prevention, epidemiology of GI tract cancers and second malignancies, Cancer treatment in the elderly and access to care in underserved populations, Chronic disease, Community Health, Genetics, Healthcare Policy, Health disparities for the underserved, Health outcomes research and quality of care in cancer
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Epidemiology at CUMC
- Myron M. Studner Professor of Cancer Research (in Medicine)
Location
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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New and Existing Patients:
New Patients:
Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Surgery, Cancer Care
Research Interests
Inflammatory bowel disease, clinical quality and patient outcomes
Academic Appointments
- Kenneth A. Forde Professor of Surgery (in Epidemiology)
Primary Location
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Schedule an Appointment
New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Radiation Oncology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Radiation Oncology
Academic Appointments
- Chu H. Chang Professor of Radiation Oncology
Primary Location
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Schedule an Appointment
New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Radiation Oncology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Radiation Oncology
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at CUMC
Schedule an Appointment
New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Cancer Care
Research Interests
Dr. Poneros' research focuses on Barrett's esophagus and pancreaticobiliary diseases.
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Primary Location
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Schedule an Appointment
New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Gastroenterology, Cancer Care
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Location
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Schedule an Appointment
New and Existing Patients:
Departments/Divisions
Department of Radiation Oncology
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
Specialties
Radiation Oncology
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at CUMC
Primary Location
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Schedule an Appointment
New and Existing Patients: