Dr. Leon Kushnir

Jeffrey Farma is a Surgical Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Farma is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Gastrostomy, and Lymphadenectomy.

Richard Burkhart, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with a focus on complex minimally-invasive surgery and research for cancers of the pancreas, liver and bile ducts. Dr. Burkhart received his medical degree from Boston University and completed his surgical residency and research fellowships at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Cancer Research, the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract, the Pancreas Club, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Outside the operating room, Dr. Burkhart heads a multidisciplinary laboratory team dedicated to bringing next-generation precision medicine approaches into the routine clinical care of patients that we serve. He has a particular research interest in using personalized models of pancreas cancer, made from tumor during and immediately after surgical resection, to select the best chemotherapy for each patient to support long-term survival and improve rates of disease cure. The laboratory team, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up to Cancer, is also thankful to the many patients who have supported the work through philanthropic gift. Dr. Burkhart is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Jakub Svoboda is an Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Svoboda is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.