The Cancer Institute team at Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital 1000 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 517-7210
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Medical Oncology
Breast Surgery
Mohammed Ali, MD
Lynette Mendoza, MS, DO, FACS
Fellowship: Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Fellowship: Breast Surgical Oncology, Advocate Christ Medical Center; Surgical Critical Care and Trauma, NYU-Langone
Chair of Cancer Committee, Mercy Hospital Residency: Interfaith Medical Center Medical School: MGM. Medical School Office information: 1000 North Village Avenue First Miracle Building Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 517-7210
Residency: NYU-Langone & FKA Lutheran Medical Center
Stanley B. Pollak, MD
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate University Brooklyn, NY
Residency: State University of New York at Stony Brook University Hospital; Nassau University Medical Center
Medical School: Alexandria University, Egypt Office information: 1000 North Village Avenue First Miracle Building Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 517-7210
Residency: New York University School of Medicine Medical School: Hahnemann Medical College
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital Residency: Maimonides Medical Center Medical School: Israel Institute of Technology Office information: 2000 North Village Avenue, Suite 211 Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 900-7922
Gynecologic Oncology
Daniel Ari Popowich, MD, FACS, FACRS Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center ®
Yi-Chun Lee, MD
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Office information: New York Surgical Partners 2200 Northern Boulevard, Suite 125 Greenvale, NY 11548
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Overlook Hospital AKA Newtown Medical Center
Medical School: Temple University, School of Medicine; Columbia University
T (516) 627-5262
Office information: 661 Deer Park Avenue Babylon, NY 11702
Jonathan Zagzag, MD, MPH, FACS
T (631) 376-3131
Residency: Bellevue Hospital Center
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Office information: 2200 Northern Boulevard, Suite 119 East Hills, NY 11548 T (516) 222-2020
Interventional Pulmonology Sharad Chandrika, MD
System Director, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine Catholic Health Fellowship: Pulmonary, Norwalk Hospital; Critical Care, Yale New Haven Hospital; Interventional Pulmonary, Johns Hopkins University Medical School: MBBS, Dr. MGR Medical University Office information: 111 Beach Drive West Islip, NY 11795 T (631) 417-8600
Residency: General Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine Office information: New York Surgical Partners 2200 Northern Boulevard, Suite 125 East Hills, NY 11548 T (516) 627-5262
Cardio-Oncology Syed Saad Mahmood, MD, MPH
Director of Cardio-Oncology at Catholic Health Fellowship: Cardio-Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Cardiovascular Diseases, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine
Advanced Practice Providers Infusion Center
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Robin Cohen, PA-C
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Genetic Counseling
Office information: 2200 Northern Boulevard Greenvale, NY 11548 T (516) 302-8530
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Kristine Kenning, MD Fellowship: Colorectal, Albany Medical Center Residency: General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Daniel Haller, MD
Office information: 2000 North Village Avenue, Suite 210 Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 766-5000
Fellowship: State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Anne Vinokur, MD
Fellowship: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
1000 North Village Avenue First Miracle Building Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 517-7210
Chair, Women’s Health Catholic Health Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship
Radiation Oncology
Fellowship: Colorectal Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Office information: New York Surgical Partners 2200 Northern Boulevard, Suite 125 East Hills, NY 11548 T (516) 627-5262
Tony Cheung, MD Fellowship: New York University School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Richard Cass MD
Director of Surgical Oncology St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center ®
Medical School: New Jersey Medical School
Office information: 2000 North Village Avenue, Suite 210 Rockville Centre, NY 11570 T (516) 766-5000
Colorectal Surgery
Mitchell Chorost, MD
Residency: SUNY Stony Brook
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NY Institute of Tech
Magdy Shaaban, MD
Residency: Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
Surgery Oncology
Lisa Persico, PA-C
Jessica Kenney, MS, CGC
Liam Riddle, MS, CGC
Yocheved Strum, MS, CGC
Naomi Eisner, MS, CGC
Office information:
T (631) 376-4050
Thoracic Surgery Gregory R. Brevetti, MD Fellowship: University of California Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; University of California, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Medical School: SUNY Health Science Center, Downstate Medical Center Office information: 1500 Route 112, Building 8, Suite B Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 T (631) 353-0909
Mark H. Genovesi, MD Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center, Downstate Medical Center Residency: Maimonides Medical Center; SUNY Health Science Center - Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Medical School: SUNY Health Science Center, Downstate Medical Center Office information: 37 Northern Boulevard, Suite 15 Greenvale, NY 11548 T (917) 715-3192
Oncology Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Jonas Sokolof, DO
Fellowship: New Jersey Medical School University of Medicine and Dent of NJ at Newark, Newark NJ Residency: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA Medical school: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NY Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY Office information: 2200 Northern Boulevard, Suite 127 East Hills, NY 11548 T (631) 456-0702