My practice focuses on you as an individual. You will receive prompt and attentive care in an unhurried and comfortable environment. Your privacy is of paramount importance. Dr. Waguespack is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.

Steven Kurtzman is a Radiologist and a Radiation Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Kurtzman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, and Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma.

Edwin Youngstrom is a Urologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Youngstrom is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Bilateral Hydronephrosis, Hydronephrosis, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Youngstrom is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ravi Patel is a board certified Medical Oncologist who has been practicing for more than 30 years. He completed his residency at the University of Illinois after obtaining a medical degree from Gujarat University Medical College in India. He went on to complete a fellowship in Hematology/ Oncology from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.From the early stages of his career, Dr. Patel was exposed to and focused on bone marrow transplantation along with a wide variety of oncology and hematology training.Dr. Patel founded Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center in 1984, growing it from a 1,200 square foot office with one employee into the comprehensive, community focused, diagnostic, treatment, educational and research-based cancer center it is today with over 250 employees and a 120,000 square foot campus.While serving as managing director of the center, Dr. Patel continues to actively care for his patients and serve as principal investigator on the center's many clinical research studies. Dr. Patel is actively involved with the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers and academic research programs to assure that cancer patients in Kern County have access to the most cutting-edge medicines and treatments available anywhere in the world.Through choosing to work with the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center TRIO-US Network, UCLA employees manage clinical trials alongside CBCC's own research staff. Several of the treatments tested at CBCC have proven to be highly successful and have gone on to receive approval from the Federal Government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These breakthrough treatments have changed the way many forms of cancer are now being managed around the world.As a result of his clinical research experience, Dr. Patel has authored several scientific papers in such respected journals as the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Lymphoma. He is sought after as a lecturer and consultant on clinical oncology issues and patient care. He serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and is actively involved with the Residency Program in Internal Medicine at the Kern County Medical Center. Dr. Patel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Ampullary Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).

Shabbir Shakir is a Urologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Shakir is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Enlarged Prostate (BPH), UPJ Obstruction, Kidney Stones, Carbuncle, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Shakir is currently accepting new patients.

Giridhar Gorla is a Radiation Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Gorla is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Cervical Cancer, and Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix.

I believe the best care can be achieved only when patients understand their conditions properly and are fully satisfied with the care they receive. Through effective education, patients are empowered to partner in their care and achieve their health priorities. Dr. Cartmell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Bone Tumor, Anemia, Breast Cancer, and Leukocytosis.

David Horovitz is a Urologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Horovitz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Male Genital Sores, Testicle Lump, Scrotal Masses, Vasectomy, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Horovitz is currently accepting new patients.

Ajay Desai is a Radiologist and a Radiation Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Desai is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Metastatic Brain Tumor, Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, and Glioma. Dr. Desai is currently accepting new patients.

Randall A. Scharlach, MD is a board-certified Radiation Oncologist caring for our patients.  Dr. Scharlach is a 1995 graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine.  He completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at Yale University in 2000, where he served as Chief Resident.  Dr. Scharlach is recognized as an expert in the most advanced radiotherapeutic technologies, including IMRT and IGRT, as well as stereotactic radiation.  Dr. Scharlach has developed successful programs in IMRT, IGRT, and prostate brachytherapy.  He is also trained and experienced in the use of brachytherapy implants, including breast and prostate brachytherapy, as well as Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT).  Dr. Scharlach's publications include research in endometrial cancer and a textbook chapter on salivary gland malignancies.  He has presented well over fifty lectures for professional education on multiple topics including the use of radioprotective drugs, the effects of hypoxia with radiation, oncology pain management, the use of cannabinoids in oncology and the development of advanced radiotherapy technologies.  Dr. Scharlach's areas of expertise include prostate, breast, lung and head/neck cancers. Dr. Scharlach is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, and Metastatic Brain Tumor.

Ricardo Salas is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Salas is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Angiosarcoma, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma.

Ather Mehboob is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Mehboob is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Breast Cancer.

Shahab Hillyer is a Urologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Hillyer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.

Angel Moran is a Radiation Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Moran is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, and Breast Cancer.

Pradip Rustagi is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Rustagi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Thrombocytopenia, and Hemophilia B.

Luis Mariscal is a Radiation Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Mariscal is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.

Neeraj Agnihotri is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Agnihotri is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Familial Colorectal Cancer, and Lung Cancer.

Marcher Thompson is a Radiation Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Thompson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Posterior Fossa Tumor, and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET).

Michael Oefelein is a Urologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Oefelein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Neurogenic Bladder, Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Ureteroscopy, and Nephrectomy.

Bruce Stone is a Urologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Stone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Anorchia, UPJ Obstruction, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy.