
Overview
Leon Kushnir is a Surgical Oncologist and an Oncologist in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Kushnir is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adrenal Gland Adenoma. His top areas of expertise are Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Adenoma, Parathyroid Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Gastric Bypass.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 6 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
4701 Ogletown Stanton Road, Suite 4200, Newark, DE 19713
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Penn Endocrine And Oncologic Surgery Radnor
Douglas Fraker is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fraker is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adrenal Gland Adenoma. His top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Fraker is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Norman G. Nicolson, M.D., M.H.S., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a surgical oncologist within the Division of HPB & Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology. Dr. Nicolson completed his complex general surgical oncology clinical fellowship training and an NIH-funded T32 research fellowship at Johns Hopkins prior to joining the surgical faculty. Prior to this, he completed his undergraduate work at Williams College and medical degree at Northwestern University, followed by internship and residency in general surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital with a Masters in Health Sciences and research fellowship at Yale University. Dr. Nicolson specializes in treating patients with gastric cancer, peritoneal surface malignancy, appendiceal neoplasms, retroperitoneal sarcoma, gastrointestinal neuroendocrine and stromal tumors, and complex or recurrent tumors of the GI tract. He is trained in both minimally invasive and traditional open approaches to treating these cancers, utilizing laparoscopic or robotic approaches when appropriate. He emphasizes the importance of multi-disciplinary care and patient-centered decision-making, working closely with colleagues in medical and radiation oncology, gastroenterology, and radiology to provide comprehensive personalized cancer care appropriate to each individual. Dr. Nicolson's translational research focuses on computational and bioinformatics approaches to high-dimensional sequencing data from human biospecimens to better understand tumor cell biomarker heterogeneity and the importance of the tumor-draining lymph node in tumor-immune cell interactions in gastrointestinal tumors. He is a member of several academic and clinical professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Nicolson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adrenal Gland Adenoma. His top areas of expertise are Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Adrenal Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Thyroidectomy.
Surgery General-Oncology HFGCC
Arvind Sabesan is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Sabesan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adrenal Gland Adenoma. His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Advanced
- Neonatal Severe HyperparathyroidismDr. Kushnir isAdvanced. Learn about Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism.
- Parathyroid AdenomaDr. Kushnir isAdvanced. Learn about Parathyroid Adenoma.
- Parathyroid CancerDr. Kushnir isAdvanced. Learn about Parathyroid Cancer.
- Experienced
- AcrospiromaDr. Kushnir isExperienced. Learn about Acrospiroma.
- Anaplastic Thyroid CancerDr. Kushnir isExperienced. Learn about Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Cervical CancerDr. Kushnir isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Cancer.
- Colorectal CancerDr. Kushnir isExperienced. Learn about Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Kushnir isExperienced. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Pancreatic CancerDr. Kushnir isExperienced. Learn about Familial Pancreatic Cancer.


