I am a medical oncologist who focuses on bone and soft tissue cancers called sarcomas. I love spending time with my patients. They often have a sense of awareness about their condition that’s truly unique and rewarding. I partner with each patient so they know the full set of options available for treatment and can make an informed decision about the approach that is best for them. I’ve wanted to pursue medicine for as long as I can remember. I find cancer fascinating because of its ability to evade the immune system. The body fails to recognize cancer as being foreign. When I am not at work, I love spending time with my family and enjoy long distance running. Dr. Riedel is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Liposarcoma, Desmoid Tumor, and Angiosarcoma.

Thomas Herzog is a Gynecologic Oncologist and an Oncologist in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Herzog is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Hysterectomy, and Oophorectomy. Dr. Herzog is currently accepting new patients.

Tapan Kadia is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kadia is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

William Tap is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in New York, New York. Dr. Tap is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Angiosarcoma, Tissue Biopsy, and Liver Embolization.

Mrinal Gounder is an Oncologist in New York, New York. Dr. Gounder is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Desmoid Tumor, Epithelioid Sarcoma, Liposarcoma, and Liver Embolization.

Felipe Samaniego is an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Samaniego is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Tissue Biopsy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Daniel Geynisman is an Oncologist and a Transplant Surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Geynisman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Orchiectomy.

Elizabeth Plimack is an Oncologist and a Transplant Surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Plimack is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Orchiectomy.

Linda Duska is a Gynecologic Oncologist and an Oncologist in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Duska is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Hysterectomy, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy. Dr. Duska is currently accepting new patients.

Anil Sood is a Gynecologic Oncologist and an Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sood is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, Endoscopy, and Oophorectomy.

Alessandro Santin is an Obstetrics and Gynecologist and an Oncologist in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Santin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Ovarian Carcinosarcoma, Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Hysterectomy, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.

Marina Konopleva, MD, Phd, is Professor, Oncology, Professor, Molecular Pharmacology, Director, Leukemia Program and Co-Director, Blood Cancer Institute, at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinic focus centers on treating patients with hematologic malignancies, with an emphasis on acute myeloid and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She has additional expertise in treating patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myeloid leukemia. Dr. Konopleva is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

Leo Gordon is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Gordon has been practicing medicine for over 53 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

David Kooby is a Surgical Oncologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kooby has been practicing medicine for over 32 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Joyce O'shaughnessy is an Oncologist and an Internal Medicine provider in Dallas, Texas. Dr. O'shaughnessy has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, and Tissue Biopsy.

Alexander Olawaiye, MD, is a professor of gynecologic oncology at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. He specializes in gynecologic malignancies, as well as endometrial, ovarian, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. Dr. Olawaiye is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as gynecologic oncology. He completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and received a medical degree from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in London, UK. Dr. Olawaiye completed a residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a gynecologic oncology fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Olawaiye is a member of professional organizations such as the Society for Gynecologic Oncologists, American Society of Gynecologic Oncologists and the American Joint Committee on Cancer. He maintains a research interest in translational and clinical research for endometrial, ovarian, cervical, and vulvar cancers. Dr. Olawaiye is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Vulvectomy, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.

Dr. Jean Hoffman-Censits is a genitourinary cancer specialist in Baltimore, caring for patients with urothelial cancers of the bladder and upper tract. She serves as co-leader of the Women’s Bladder Cancer Program in the Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hoffman-Censits received her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Trinity College. She earned her M.D. degree from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and performed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Temple University Medical Center. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2018. Dr. Hoffman-Censits's research interests focus on urothelial cancers. Her clinical research has helped identify urothelial cancer sub-types and establish new treatments for bladder and upper tract urothelial cancers. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Urological Association and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Dr. Hoffman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Urothelial Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Richard F. Ambinder, M.D., Ph.D., currently serves as the James B. Murphy Professor of Oncology and the Director of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He is program co-leader of the Hematologic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Transplantation Program and leads the AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) site at Johns Hopkins and the AMC Translational Sciences Working Group nationally. Dr. Ambinder graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, after which he received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before completing his residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also earned his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the Johns Hopkins University, and completed his oncology fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Within the clinic, Dr. Ambinder is active in the treatment of lymphoma and Kaposi’s sarcoma. Dr. Ambinder’s research is focused on exploring opportunities to prevent or treat cancer with viral infections. Virus-associated tumors are among the most common malignancies in certain populations and regions. For instance, Burkitt's lymphoma (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) are common in equatorial Africa, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (EBV) is common in southern Chinese populations or those with southern Chinese origins, and immunoblastic lymphomas (EBV) are common in immunocompromised patients (organ transplant recipients, AIDS patients, etc). Thus, Dr. Ambinder’s new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment stand to have a direct impact on the lives of cancer patients around the globe. Additionally, the study of how viruses can impact these tumors is important in creating model systems for the development of new approaches to cancer care. Currently, many immunotherapies target unidentified antigens, making the measurement of relevant immune responses problematic at best. However, in EBV-associated tumors the antigens are well defined, thus allowing the Ambinder lab to define the epitope-specific cellular immune responses. As a result of this breakthrough, interventions designed to alter immune response —whether they be vaccine based interventions, adoptive immunotherapy interventions, or pharmacologic interventions — may all be assessed in terms of relevant surrogate markers. Much in the same way the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma with radiotherapy and chemotherapy paved the way for the modern approach to cancer treatment more broadly, the treatment of EBV-associated tumors (including Hodgkin's lymphoma) may pave the way to the more generalized use of these modalities to treat a myriad of cancer types. Dr. Ambinder is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Hodgkin Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Tissue Biopsy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Sant Chawla is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Chawla is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Liposarcoma, Synovial Sarcoma, and Myxoid Liposarcoma. Dr. Chawla is currently accepting new patients.

Krishnansu Tewari is an Oncologist in Orange, California. Dr. Tewari is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Tewari is currently accepting new patients.