Mesothelioma Research and Treatment Physician Team


Our Surgical Team

H. Richard Alexander, Jr., MD

H. Richard Alexander, Jr., MD
(Team Leader, Peritoneal Mesothelioma)

  • Chief Surgical Officer, Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Former Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
  • Former Associate Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Former Head, Scientific Advisory Board, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation 
  • Chair, Board of Directors, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation 

Subroto Paul, MD, MPH

Subroto Paul, MD, MPH
(Team Leader, Pleural Mesothelioma)

  • Director of Thoracic Surgery, RWJBarnabas Health
  • Chief of Thoracic Surgery, RWJBarnabas Health Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
  • Clinical Professor of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • MPH, Columbia University
  • Former Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Timothy Kennedy, MD, MBA

Timothy Kennedy, MD, MBA

  • Director, Minimally Invasive Complex Surgical Oncology Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • MBA, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
  • Former Assistant Professor of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Russell Langan, MD

Russell Langan, MD

  • Co-chair for Research & Innovation, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 
  • Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Fellowship in Surgical Oncology and Tumor Immunotherapy, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute
  • Candidate Fellow, American College Surgeons

Our Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology Team


Andrew B. Brown, MD

Andrew B. Brown, MD

  • Co-Director Lung Cancer Institute, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
  • Co-Director Lung Cancer Screening Program, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
  • Fellowship in Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Member, International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig)

Alison Grann, MD

Alison Grann, MD

  • Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, RWJBarnabas Health Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
  • Clinical Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Radiation Oncology Residency, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Former Faculty Member at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Member, American Society of Radiation Oncology
  • Member, Investigational Review Board at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Malini Patel, MD

Malini Patel, MD

  • Medical Oncologist, Rutgers Cancer Institute
  • Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology, Loyola University
  • Residency in Internal Medicine and Chief Resident, Mount Sinai West and St. Luke’s Hospital 
  • Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology

 

 

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