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About the Lifespan Cancer Institute team
Lifespan Cancer Institute physicians work collaboratively in disease-specific teams to provide leading-edge, patient-centered cancer care and access to the latest, most appropriate clinical trials for each patient.
This care is offered at all our locations: Rhode Island, The Miriam, and Newport hospitals and the Lifespan Ambulatory Care Center in East Greenwich. We bring the expert care to the places where our patients live and work.
Our physicians and scientists have pioneered groundbreaking treatments for cancers through their research and leadership in national and international cooperative groups of cancer researchers. LCI physicians’ expertise positions our cancer center among a select group of sites in the world participating in the most innovative clinical trials that are driving the next generation of immunotherapy and genomic-based treatments for cancer.
Partnership with the Brown University Oncology Group is also instrumental to our ultimate mission to improve the lives of patients with cancer through better treatments and care.
Select one of the specialties below to learn about the physicians whose outstanding care will achieve the best outcomes.
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Quickly find a physician by clicking on one of these specialties:
- Brain and Spine Center
- Breast Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Genetics
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Head and Neck/Thyroid Cancer
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Interventional Oncology
- Living With and After Cancer
- Medical Oncology
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Hasbro Children's Hospital
- Psychiatric Oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Sarcoma
- Skin Cancer/Melanoma
- Surgical Oncology
- Thoracic Cancer
- Urology
![Ziya Gokaslan, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Gokaslan-Ziya-MD-2011-WEB_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=8RtcYLYk)
![Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, FAANS Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Oyelese-Adetokunbo-MD-2016-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=41u-RKxt)
Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD, PhD, FAANS
Director, Spinal Surgery Division, Director, Norman Prince Spine Institute
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Deus J.C. Cielo, MD
Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Program Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery Division
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Curtis Doberstein, MD
Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital; Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, NeuroSurgery, Rhode Island Hospital
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![Jared Fridley, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/fridley-jared-md-2017-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=g3i_09vm)
![Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Asaad-Wael-MD-2016_04-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=Bkh_eYI6)
Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD
Director, Functional Neurosurgery & Epilepsy Program; Co-Director, Deep Brain Stimulation; Laboratory Director, Cognitive Neurophysiology & Neuromodulation
MorePediatric Neurosurgery
![Konstantina Svokos, DO Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/svokos-konstantina-do-2018-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=sY-9s-Qu)
Neuro-Oncology
Pediatric Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Pathology
Diagnostic Imaging/Neuroradiology
![Maria Constantinou, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Constantinou-Maria-MD-2008-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=Mf4Pa1Ko)
![Don S. Dizon, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2022-01/dizon-don-md-2022-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=zN6QepmE)
Don S. Dizon, MD
Director, Pelvic Malignancies Program and Hematology-Oncology Outpatient Clinics, Lifespan Cancer Institute; Director of Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital; and Founder, Oncology Sexual Health First Responders Program
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![Rochelle Strenger, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Strenger-Rochelle.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=13QgafMH)
![Sabrina Witherby, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/witherby-sabrina-md-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=RXIdkPNy)
Breast Medical Oncology
![Maria Constantinou, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Constantinou-Maria-MD-2008-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=Mf4Pa1Ko)
![Don S. Dizon, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2022-01/dizon-don-md-2022-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=zN6QepmE)
Don S. Dizon, MD
Director, Pelvic Malignancies Program and Hematology-Oncology Outpatient Clinics, Lifespan Cancer Institute; Director of Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital; and Founder, Oncology Sexual Health First Responders Program
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![Rochelle Strenger, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Strenger-Rochelle.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=13QgafMH)
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Oncology
Medical Oncology
Surgical Oncology
![Adam A. Klipfel, MD, FACS, FASCRS Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/klipfel-adam-md-2014-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=zeUSAbhE)
![Leslie A. Roth, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/roth-leslie-md-2013-web_4.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=rVTK8aX9)
Leslie A. Roth, MD
Colorectal Surgeon and Co-Director, Program for Pelvic Floor Disorders, Women’s Medicine Collaborative
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![Matthew D. Vrees, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/vrees-matthew-md-2014-01-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=tVYNSRTh)
Radiation Oncology
Medical Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Oncology
Hematology
![Sabrina Witherby, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/witherby-sabrina-md-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=RXIdkPNy)
Medical Oncology
![Don S. Dizon, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2022-01/dizon-don-md-2022-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=zN6QepmE)
Don S. Dizon, MD
Director, Pelvic Malignancies Program and Hematology-Oncology Outpatient Clinics, Lifespan Cancer Institute; Director of Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital; and Founder, Oncology Sexual Health First Responders Program
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Radiation Oncology
![M. Yakub Puthawala, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/puthawala-yakub-md-2010-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=1uEKYXvU)
Surgical Oncology
Medical Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Oncology
![DaeHee Kim, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2021-11/kim-daehee-md-2021-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=p6u0HaUJ)
![Gregory J. Dubel, MD, FSIR Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/dubel-gregory-md-2005-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=cvE1dYhv)
![Terrance T. Healey, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/BY00003X_1.jpg?h=ed456b98&itok=etjSkElc)
![Bryan Scott Jay, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/jay-bryan-md-2013-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=IY16JYib)
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Aaron W.P. Maxwell, MD
Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Rhode Island Hospital
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![Robert C. Ward, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/ward-robert-md-2019-web_1.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=MrXD46R-)
![Don C. Yoo, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/yoo-don-md-2016-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=alBRLWqa)
![Khaldoun Almhanna, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/almhanna-khaldoun-md-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=-oXZRon0)
![Christopher G. Azzoli, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/azzoli-christopher-md-2018-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=j0TBZTQX)
![Don S. Dizon, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2022-01/dizon-don-md-2022-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=zN6QepmE)
Don S. Dizon, MD
Director, Pelvic Malignancies Program and Hematology-Oncology Outpatient Clinics, Lifespan Cancer Institute; Director of Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital; and Founder, Oncology Sexual Health First Responders Program
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![Rimini A. Breakstone, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Breakstone-Rimini.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=wRMk7lwx)
![James N. Butera, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/butera-james-md-2008.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=7TEkZ2Yv)
![Benedito A. Carneiro, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/carneiro-benedito-md-2017-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=ip5vzzFK)
Benedito A. Carneiro, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Director of Cancer Drug Development, and Associate Director of Division of Hematology/Oncology
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![Pamela C. Egan, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/egan-pamela-md-2018-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=cyVsG9Jm)
![Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2020-10/el-deiry-wafik-2019-01-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=ge0p1qpH)
![Mary Ann Fenton, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Fenton-Mary-Anne-MD-2008-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=mwbfWCwW)
![Emily Hsu, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2022-07/hsu-emily-md-2022-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=l8M0OPjh)
![Randall R. Ingham II, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/ingham-randall-md-2016-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=JsJvDThB)
![Hina Khan, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/khan-hina-md-2019-01-web_2.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=LAcUZiH6)
![Humera Khurshid, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Khurshid-Humera-MD-2014-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=w1kun5Mc)
![Anthony E. Mega, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Mega-Anthony-MD-2016-WEB_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=xjUy6HFS)
![Thomas A. Ollila, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2020-10/ollila-thomas-md-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=p-uekefn)
![Adam J Olszewski, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/olszewski-adam-md-2020-wev.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=lswvRjtw)
![Alessandro Papa, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/papa-alessandro-md-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=P5XN86VO)
![Matthew I. Quesenberry, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/quesenberry-matthew-md-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=-QfUEUtV)
![Alexander G. Raufi, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2022-02/raufi-alexander-md-2019-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=mp3msdNK)
![John Reagan, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/reagan-john-md-2020-web_1.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=T5ruMkuC)
![Iole Ribizzi-Akhtar, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/ribizzi-akhtar-iole-md-2020-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=NfEqdKt-)
![Howard P. Safran, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/safran-howard-md-2015-vid-web.jpg?h=57985f58&itok=8N3-6-aU)
![Rochelle Strenger, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Strenger-Rochelle.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=13QgafMH)
![Anthony G. Thomas, DO Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/thomas-anthony-do-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=9c_ijcLc)
![Sabrina Witherby, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/witherby-sabrina-md-2020-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=RXIdkPNy)
Medical Oncology
Pediatric Oncology
Surgical Oncology
Pediatric Surgery
Radiation Oncology
Medical Oncology
![Maria Constantinou, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Constantinou-Maria-MD-2008-WEB.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=Mf4Pa1Ko)
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Oncology
![Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2021-07/abbas-abbas-md-2021-03-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=6uZnKI6G)
Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Lifespan, and Chief of Thoracic Oncology, Lifespan Cancer Institute
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Christina Ann Bandera, MD
Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospitals
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Christina Ann Bandera, MD
Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospitals
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![William G. Cioffi, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/cioffi-william-md-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=c8aYqnIX)
![Travis M. Cotton, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/cotton-travis-md-2015-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=c52GtOmE)
![Christine M. Emmick, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2021-04/emmick-christine-md-2015-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=iaRDIMOR)
![Tarra Evans, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/evans-tarra-md-2018-web_1.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=DCQV_9t6)
![Dragan J. Golijanin, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/golijanin-dragan-md-2015-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=vynDs_Hy)
Dragan J. Golijanin, MD
Director, Minimally Invasive Urology Institute; Director, Genitourinary Oncology at The Miriam Hospital
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![Bradford C. Gray, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2021-04/gray-bradford-md-2016-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=tMpVuH-c)
![Adam A. Klipfel, MD, FACS, FASCRS Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/klipfel-adam-md-2014-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=zeUSAbhE)
![Peter Mazzaglia, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/BW000138_1.jpg?h=ed456b98&itok=p2tTD1CG)
![Thomas J. Miner, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/miner-thomas-md2008-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=irgTf-3J)
![Leslie A. Roth, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/roth-leslie-md-2013-web_4.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=rVTK8aX9)
Leslie A. Roth, MD
Colorectal Surgeon and Co-Director, Program for Pelvic Floor Disorders, Women’s Medicine Collaborative
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![Julia S. Tassinari, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2021-04/tassinari-julia-md-2015-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=CxgRzXY4)
Julia S. Tassinari, MD
Associate Director, Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at Newport Hospital
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![Richard M. Terek, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/terek-richard-md-01-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=14l1g07M)
Richard M. Terek, MD
Chief of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, and Total Joint Surgeon
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![Michael Vezeridis, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/Vezeridis-Michael-MD-2004_02.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=xdGFXMpK)
Michael Vezeridis, MD
Medical Director, Hyperbaric Unit at the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine; Surgical Oncologist
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![Richard Wein, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2020-10/wein-richard-md-2019-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=VqR7vWNp)
![Doreen L. Wiggins, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/wiggins-doreen-md-2012-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=iigAzGYe)
Our team includes the neurosurgery team at Rhode Island Hospital.
Medical Oncology
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![Douglas W. Martin, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/lifespan-files/images/doctor-headshots/martin-douglas-md-2011-web_0.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=0ewtXAk2)
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Oncology
![Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/provider_headshot/public/2021-07/abbas-abbas-md-2021-03-web.jpg?h=95849dd5&itok=6uZnKI6G)
Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Lifespan, and Chief of Thoracic Oncology, Lifespan Cancer Institute
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