Experienced in Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Dr. Joel L. Appel

Oncology
ChristianaCare
Christiana Care Health Services Inc
4701 Ogletown Stanton Rd, Suite 2100, 
Newark, DE 
47 Years of Experience

Experienced in Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
ChristianaCare
Christiana Care Health Services Inc
4701 Ogletown Stanton Rd, Suite 2100, 
Newark, DE 
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Overview

Joel Appel is an Oncologist in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Appel has been practicing medicine for over 47 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer, and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 6 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Graduate Year
1979
Specialties
Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MI
Hospital Affiliations
Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital
Christiana Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC
4701 Ogletown Stanton Rd, Suite 2100, Newark, DE 19713
Call: 302-623-4960
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CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC
501 W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801

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.


6 Total Publications

Minding the gap: towards a shared clinical reasoning lexicon across the pre-clerkship/clerkship transition.
Minding the gap: towards a shared clinical reasoning lexicon across the pre-clerkship/clerkship transition.
Journal: Medical education online
Published: February 06, 2024
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