'New Jersey Monthly' Magazine Names Rutgers Cancer Institute Docs Among ‘Tops’ in State

Newswise — New Brunswick, N.J., October 29, 2015 – Several physicians at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey have been named as a ‘Jersey Choice Top Doctor’ by New Jersey Monthly magazine.

New Jersey Monthly commissioned an independent research firm to conduct this year’s survey. More than 23,000 New Jersey-based physicians were asked to give recommendations, which yielded more than 3,000 individual nominations. Nominees were subject to a professional review by a panel of doctors resulting in the final list of more than 980 physicians.

Rutgers Cancer Institute physicians on this year’s list are also faculty members at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and practice at the Rutgers Cancer Institute’s Flagship Hospital Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Those named to the 2015 list are:

 David A. August, MD, Section Chief, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology; specialty: gastrointestinal malignancies  Darlene G. Gibbon, MD, Chief, Gynecologic Oncology; specialty: gynecologic cancers Bruce G. Haffty, MD, Chair, Radiation Oncology; specialty: breast cancer Laurie J. Kirstein, MD, FACS, surgical oncologist; specialty: breast cancer Roger Strair, MD, PhD, Chief, Hematologic Malignancies/Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; specialty: leukemia and lymphoma Robert E. Weiss, MD, urologic oncologist; specialty: urologic cancers

“Providing the highest quality of patient care is part of the mission of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey as the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Our physician-scientists work diligently to exceed this level in both developing and delivering the latest in anti-cancer therapies and cutting-edge technology. It is an honor for our doctors to be recognized by colleagues in the field for their skill and dedication,” says Rutgers Cancer Institute Director Robert S. DiPaola, MD.

A full listing of ‘Top Doctors’ can be found at http://njmonthly.com/. Full profiles of Cancer Institute doctors named to the list can also be found at http://www.cinj.org/physician/index.php.