General Practitioners

• Colonoscopy
  Gastroenterologist Dr. George Catinis performed a digital examination and results showed an abnormality, but did not indicate a tumor at the time, so Dr. Catinis performed a follow-up colonoscopy, which showed a low-lying tumor in the rectum that had penetrated into the muscle and surrounding fat.

Internists

• Prostate Cancer
  There are over 180, 000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year. Prostate cancer is felt to remain localized to the prostate for many years but then can then spread to involve the nodes, the bone, or even other organs. Our goal at EJ Radiation is to try and assess the severity and extent of each man’s disease and then match that to personalized treatment. We do not want to over-treat men with more indolent — slower growing — disease but want to pick appropriately aggressive treatments for men with more advanced disease.
• Lung Cancer
  Lung cancer has been the deadliest cancer worldwide for many decades. Fortunately, great progress has been made with screening, new surgical approaches, and treatments. Stage I and II lung cancer can be treated with either surgery and radio surgery. Stage III lung cancer typically required multi-modality therapy consisting of chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgery. Biologic therapies and chemotherapies are the mainstay of treatment for Stage IV lung cancer.

Radiologist

• Radiology
  ASTRO designation signifies higher quality of care for radiology oncology program. Jefferson Radiation Oncology at East Jefferson General Hospital is the first facility in the region to earn the ASTRO accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The accreditation program was established in 1986 as the extension of the Patterns of Care Study (PCS) Read More
• Chemotherapy
  Head and Neck Cancers include tumors arising from the many sites including the tonsil, tongue, larynx, and salivary glands. The most common tumor type is squamous cell carcinoma, which can often be very sensitive to chemotherapy and radiation.
• Radiation Therapy
  “I was delighted when I heard about hippocampal-avoidance radiation therapy (known as HA-RT), and I brought it to our practice,” says Sidd Padmanabha, a radiation oncologist at EJGH.
• Radiation Oncology
  Our Goal in EJGH Radiation Oncology is to both cure the cancer and maintain your quality of life. Maintaining quality of life includes preserving teeth, taste, speech, and swallowing. We work closely with our colleagues in head and neck surgery, speech therapy, dental oncology, and medical oncology to get our patients the best outcomes.

Plastic Surgeons

• Plastic Surgery
  Our Department works closely with breast imaging, surgery, plastic surgery, and medical oncology to give our patients the best outcomes. We offer all types of radiation therapy including short course radiation and cardiac-protecting radiation.