The Cancer Institute
of New Jersey

Thoracic Oncology Program

195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
(732) 235-CINJ

Program Description:

The Thoracic Oncology Program is a multidisciplinary program for cancer of the lung, pleura and medistinum. The healthcare team is comprised of thoracic surgeons, radiation oncologists, pulmonologists, medical oncologists, nurses and social workers who work together to treat patients with cancers originating in the chest and lung (small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer), mesotheliomas, thyomas and upper esophageal cancers.

Patients are evaluated for clinical needs and for surgical, radiation therapy and chemotherapy options. Multimodality treatments are planned together, and innovative approaches for optimal local control and symptom treatments are designed.

Pilot trials are developed for innovative approaches. Cooperative group studies and international studies are available. In the case of initial treatment failure, new agents are constantly re-evaluated.

Director:

Participating RWJUMG Physicians & Professionals:

  • Barbara Hale, L.C.S.W.
  • Susan Schwartz, B.S.N., R.N.
  • Linda Shanabrook, B.A., R.N.

You can find us on the web ...
http://www.cinj.org

Joseph Aisner, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-2465

Fax:  

732-235-7355

Email:  

aisnerjo@umdnj.edu

Address:  

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Interests:  

Lung cancer

Specialty:  

Medical Oncology - American Board of Internal Medicine, 1975

Degree:  

Wayne State University, 1970

Internship:  

Medicine, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1971

Residency:  

Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, 1972

Fellowship:  

Hematology/Oncology, National Cancer Inst. Baltimore Cancer Research, 1973


Molly Gabel, MD


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Phone:  

732-253-3939

Fax:  

732-253-3952

Email:  

molly.gabel@rwjuh.edu

Address:  

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Interests:  

Breast, prostate and gynecologic cancers

Specialty:  

Radiation Oncology - American Board of Radiology, 1995

Degree:  

University of Massachusetts, 1988

Internship:  

OB/GYN, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, 1989

Residency:  

Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Hospital, 1993


Sabiha Hussain, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-6511

Fax:  

732-235-6524

Email:  

hussaisa@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Clinical Academic Building - Suite 5200B
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Interventional Bronchoscopy

Specialty:  

Pulmonary Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine

Degree:  

UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1995

Internship:  

Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1996

Residency:  

Internal Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1998

Fellowship:  

Pulmonary Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2002


Margaret M. Joyce, RN, MSN, AOCN


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Phone:  

732-235-2465

Fax:  

732-235-7355

Email:  

joycepe@umdnj.edu

Address:  

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Specialty:  

Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2002

Degree:  

Yale University, 1987


John E. Langenfeld, MD


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Phone:  

732-235-7802

Fax:  

732-235-8150

Email:  

langenje@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Clinical Academic Building - Suite 4100
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Thoracic Oncology, Lung Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Mediasstinal Tumor and Minimally Invasive Thorascopic Surgery

Specialty:  

Thoracic Surgery - American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2000

Degree:  

Rush Medical College, 1987

Internship:  

General Surgery, UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School, 1988

Residency:  

General Surgery, UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School, 1993

Fellowship:  

Cardiothoracic, West Virginia University, 1999


Mika A. Sovak, MD, PhD


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Phone:  

732-235-2465

Fax:  

732-235-7355

Email:  

sovakmi@umdnj.edu

Address:  

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Interests:  

Lung Cancer, Phase I Cinical Trials

Specialty:  

Medical Oncology - American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005

Degree:  

Boston University School of Medicine, 1999

Internship:  

Internal Medicine, University of California, 2000

Residency:  

Internal Medicine, University of California, 2002

Fellowship:  

Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2005