Specialized Facilities and Experts Dedicated to Treating Appendix Cancer
Specialized facilities and medical experts dedicated to treating appendix cancer offer advanced care tailored to this rare and complex disease. These centers bring together multidisciplinary teams—including surgical oncologists, HIPEC specialists, and supportive care professionals—who understand the nuances of appendix cancer treatment. With cutting-edge technology and compassionate expertise, they provide patients with the best possible path forward.
Medical Centers by State
Providers
Appendix Cancer Medical Centers
International
Alabama – Alaska – Arizona – Arkansas
California – Colorado – Connecticut
Delaware – District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Iowa
Kansas – Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine – Maryland – Massachusetts – Michigan – Minnesota – Mississippi – Missouri – Montana
Nebraska – Nevada – New Hampshire – New Jersey – New Mexico – New York – North Carolina – North Dakota
Salem
Ohio – Oklahoma – Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina – South Dakota
Tennessee – Texas
Utah
Vermont – Virginia
Washington – West Virginia – Wisconsin – Wyoming
Appendix Cancer Specialist Directory*
| Physician | Specialty | HIPEC | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbass, Mohammad Ali | Surgical Oncologist Clinical Geneticist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Abbott, Daniel E | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Univ of Wisconsin |
| Abdel-Misih, Sherif R.Z. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Stony Brook Med |
| Ades, Steven | Medical Oncologist | Univ of Vermont | |
| Ahmad, Syed | Surgical Oncologist | UC Health Barrett | |
| Ahrendt, Steven | Surgical Oncologist | Univ of Colorado | |
| Alassas, Mohamed M | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Swedish |
| Alexander, Jr., H. Richard | Surgical Oncologist | Rutgers | |
| Ammori, John | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UH Seidman |
| Aquina, Christopher | Surgical Oncologist | Advent – Florida | |
| Bagaria, Sanjay P. | Surgical Oncologist | Mayo – Florida | |
| Bartlet, David L. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | AHN |
| Baumgartner, Joel M. | Surgical Oncologist | UC San Diego | |
| Boone, Brian | Surgical Oncologist | UWV Medicine | |
| Bednar, Filip | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Univ of Michigan Health |
| Berri, Richard | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Henry Ford |
| Blazer III, Dan G | Surgical Oncologist | Duke Health | |
| Boone, Brian | Surgical Oncologist | WVU Medicine | |
| Botta, Gregory | Medical Oncologist | UC San Diego | |
| Brown, Zachary | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | NYU Lagone |
| Cercek, Andrea | Medical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Chalikonda, Sricharan | Surgical Oncologist | AHN | |
| Chan, Carlos H.F. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Iowa Healthcare |
| Chouliaras, Konstantinos | Surgical Oncologist | Baptist Health MDA | |
| Cloyd, Jordan M | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Ohio State |
| Choudry, Mohammad Haroon Asif | Surgical Oncologist | UPMC | |
| Chu, Quyen D | Surgical Oncologist | Howard Univ Hospital | |
| Chung, Mathew H | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Corewell Health |
| Clarke, Callisia N. | Surgical Oncologist | Med College of Wisconsin | |
| Concors, Seth J. | Surgical Oncologist | Emory | |
| Dahdaleh, Fadi | Surgical Oncologist | Endeavor | |
| Davis, Lindy | Surgical Oncologist | Albany Med | |
| Denlinger, Crystal S | Surgical Oncologist | Fox Chase | |
| Deneve, Jeremiah | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UNC School of Med |
| Desai, Darius C | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | St. Luke’s |
| Dineen, Sean | Surgical Oncologist | Moffitt Cancer | |
| Dogeas, Epameinondas | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Banner Health |
| Eng, Cathy | Surgical Oncologist | Vanderbilt | |
| Eng, Oliver S. | Surgical Oncologist | UCI Health | |
| Esquivel, Jesus | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Beebe Health |
| Fernandez, Leopoldo | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | VCU Health |
| Flynn, Rod | Surgical Oncologist | Mary Washington | |
| Foote, Michael | Medical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Foster, Jason M | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Nebraska Medicine |
| Fournier, Keith F | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | MD Anderson |
| Gaertner, Wolfgang | Colorectal Surgeon | M Health Fairview | |
| Ganai, Sabha | Surgical Oncologist | Univ of N Dakota | |
| Georgakis, Georgios V | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Stony Brook Med |
| Gilbert, Erin W | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | LCMC Health |
| Gleeson, Elizabeth | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UNC School of Med |
| Greco, Stephanie H | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Fox Chase |
| Greenbaum, Alissa | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Univ of New Mexico |
| Greenblatt, Marc S | Medical Oncologist | Univ of Vermont | |
| Greeno, Edward | Medical Oncologist | M Health Fairview | |
| Greer, Jonathan | Surgical Oncologist | Massachusetts General | |
| Grotz, Travis E | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Mayo Clinic – Minnesota |
| Gupta, Vinay Kumar | Surgical Oncologist | MedStar – Maryland | |
| Gushchin, Vadim | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Mercy |
| Harrison, Lawrence E | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Atlantic Health |
| Hays, John L | Medical Oncologist | Ohio State | |
| He, Aiwu Ruth | Medical Oncologist | MedStar – DC | |
| Helmink, Beth | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | MD Anderson |
| Hobbs-Maluccio, Mary A. | Surgical Oncologist | LCMC Health | |
| Hoehn, Richard | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | University Hospitals |
| Holtzman, Matthew P | Surgical Oncologist | UPMC | |
| Hughes, Marybeth S | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Virginia Health |
| Idrees, Kamran | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Vanderbilt |
| Ihemelandu, Chukwuemeka | Surgical Oncologist | MedStar – DC | |
| Istl, Alexandra C | Surgical Oncologist | Med College of Wisconsin | |
| Jafari, Mehraneh D | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Johnston, Fabian M | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Atrium Health |
| Karagkounis, Georgios | Colorectal Surgeon | Penn Medicine | |
| Kato, Shumei | Medical Oncology | UC San Diego | |
| Keller, Jennifer | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | SSM Health |
| Kelly, Kaitlyn | Surgical Oncologist | Univ of Wisconsin | |
| Kelsen, David P. | Medical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Kim, Alex | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UT Southwestern |
| Kim, Joseph | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UK Healthcare |
| Kitano, Mio | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Mays |
| Knab, Lawrence M | Surgical Oncologist | Penn State | |
| Kopecky, Kimberly | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UAB |
| Kothari, Anai N | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Med College of Wisconsin |
| Kwon, David S. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Henry Ford |
| Kwon, Steve (Sung) | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Charter Care |
| Labow, Daniel | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Nuvance Health |
| Lambert, Laura A | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | U Health |
| Lamont, Jeffrey P | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Texas Oncology |
| Lee, Byrne | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Stanford Medical |
| Levine, Edward A | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | ATrium Health |
| Lowy, Andrew M. | Surgical Oncologist | UC San Diego | |
| Luu, Carrie | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Banner Health |
| Lwin, Thinzar Min | Surgical Oncologist | City of Hope | |
| Madan, Ankit P | Medical Oncologist | MedStar – Maryland | |
| Maduekwe, Ugwuji N | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Med College of Wisconsin |
| Magge, Deepa | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Vanderbilt |
| Mann, Gary | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Rosswell Park |
| Mansfield, Paul F | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | MD Anderson |
| Marshall, John Lindsay | Medical Oncologist | MedStar – DC | |
| McCarron, Edward C. | Surgical Oncologist | MedStar – Maryland | |
| McNally, Megan | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | St. Lukes |
| Melnitchouk, Nelya | Surgical Oncologist | Brigham’s and Women | |
| Merkow, Ryan | Surgical Oncologist | UChicago | |
| Minarich, Michael J | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Nuvance Health |
| Miner, Thomas J | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Brown Univ Health |
| Mogal, Harveshp | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UW Medicine |
| Möller, Mecker G. | Surgical Oncologist | UChicago | |
| Mukherji, Reetu | Medical Oncologist | MedStar | |
| Miura, John T | Surgical Oncologist | Penn Med | |
| Nash, Garrett M. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Sloan Kettering |
| Nitzkorski, James R | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Nuvance Health |
| Noel, Marcus Smith | Medical Oncologist | MedStar – DC | |
| Nguyen, Trang Kim | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Wash U Medicine |
| O’Brien, Shalana | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Roswell Park |
| Ongchin, Melanie C | Surgical Oncologist | UPMC | |
| Onesti, Jill | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Trinity Health |
| Ong, Evan S. K | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Swedish |
| Orr, Wayne S | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Univ of Mississippi |
| Padussis, James C | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Nebraska Medicine |
| Palanco, Patricio | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UT Southwestern |
| Pameijer, Colette | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Sanford |
| Pandalai, Prakash K. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | UK Healthcare |
| Pappou, Emmanouil P. | Surgical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Passeri, Michael | Surgical Oncologist | Valley Health | |
| Patel, Sameer | Surgical Oncologist | UC Health Barrett | |
| Paty, Philip B. | Colorectal Surgeon | Sloan Kettering | |
| Pingpank, James F | Surgical Oncologist | UPMC | |
| Phuoc, Victor | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Hawaii Pacific Health |
| Powers, Benjamin D. | Surgical Oncologist | Univ of Maryland | |
| Quiros, Roderick M | Surgical Oncologist | St. Luke’s | |
| Ramanathan, Rajesh | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Banner Health |
| Raoof, Mustafa | Surgical Oncologist | City of Hope | |
| Reddy, Sanjay S | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Fox Chase |
| Ripple, Gregory | Medical Oncologist | Dartmouth Health | |
| Rossmer, Irene Epelboym | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Atlantic Health |
| Rothermel, Luke | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | University Hospital |
| Royal, Richard E. | Surgical Oncologist | Maine Health | |
| Rozich, Noah S | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Texas Oncology |
| Russell, Maria C. | Surgical Oncologist | Emory | |
| Saltz, Leonard | Medical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Sardi, Armando | Surgical Oncologist | Mercy | |
| Sarpel, Umut | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Beth Israel |
| Segal, Neil H | Medical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Scally, Christopher | Surgical Oncologist | MD Anderson | |
| Schipper, Bret Mitchell | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Hartford Health |
| Schneider, Charles J | Medical Oncologist | Penn Med | |
| Selleck, Matthew | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | MountainView Hospital |
| Shah, Rupen A. | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Henry Ford |
| Shen, John Paul Y.C. | Medical Oncologist | MD Anderson | |
| Shen, Perry | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Atrium Health |
| Shergill, Ardaman | Medical Oncologist | UChicago | |
| Snyder, Rebecca A. | Surgical Oncologist | MD Anderson | |
| Sood, Divya | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | OHSU |
| Staley III, Charles A. | Surgical Oncologist | Emory | |
| Sticca, Robert | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Sanford Health |
| Sussman, Jeffrey | Surgical Oncologist | UC Health Barrett | |
| Sutton, Jeffrey | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | MUSC |
| Thomas, Justin D | Surgical Oncologist | Bozeman Health | |
| Tsikitis, V. Liana | Surgical Oncologist | OHSU | |
| Turaga, Kiran K. | Surgical Oncologist | Yale Smillow | |
| Tuvin, Daniel M | Surgical Oncologist | Rochester General Hospital | |
| Veerapong, Jula | Surgical Oncologist | UC San Diego | |
| Vijayvergia, Namrata | Medical Oncologist | Fox Chase | |
| Villano, Anthony M | Surgical Oncologist | Fox Chase | |
| Votanopoulos, Konstantinos | Surgical Oncologist | Atrium Health | |
| Wach, Michael | Surgical Oncologist | Moffitt Cancer | |
| Ward, Erin P | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | U Health |
| Wasif, Nabil | Surgical Oncologist | Mayo – Arizona | |
| Wagner, Patrick L. | Surgical Oncology Anatomic Pathology | Yes | AHN |
| Weber, Sharon | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Univ of Wisconsin |
| Wei, Iris H. | Surgical Oncologist | Sloan Kettering | |
| Weinberg, Benjamin A. | Medical Oncologist | MedStar – DC | |
| Weiner, Louis Marc | Medical Oncologist | MedStar – DC | |
| Weiser, Martin R. | Colorectal Surgeon | Sloan Kettering | |
| Wiatrek, Rebecca L | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Texas Oncology |
| Widmar, Maria | Colorectal Surgeon | Sloan Kettering | |
| Wilkinson, Neal | Surgical Oncologist | Logan Health | |
| Winer, Joshua | Surgical Oncologist | Emory | |
| Winkler, Carl | Surgical Oncologist | Valley Health | |
| Wright, Jr., Gerald P | Surgical Oncologist | Corewell Health | |
| Woo, Yanghee | Surgical Oncologist | City of Hope | |
| Wood, Kevin | Medical Oncologist | Valley Health | |
| Zuckerman, Randall | Surgical Oncologist | Yes | Renown Health |
| Zureikat, Amer H | Surgical Oncologist | UPMC |
HIPEC Certified Physicians
HIPEC-certified doctors play a vital role in treating appendix cancer, offering specialized expertise in a complex and highly targeted surgical approach. These physicians are trained in Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) combined with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC), a procedure designed to remove visible tumors and deliver heated chemotherapy directly to the abdominal cavity. Seeking care from a HIPEC specialist—often found at high-volume cancer centers—can significantly improve outcomes for patients facing this rare disease.
