Our integrated approach to exceptional cancer care

At NYU Langone Health, providing exceptional care is a team effort. One example of our all-star team approach to care is the Pancreatic Cancer Center, part of Perlmutter Cancer Center, where gastroenterology, medical, and surgical oncology experts work with radiologists, pathologists, nurse practitioners, researchers, and other specialists to provide the highest standard of comprehensive and coordinated care, with one goal in mind: To help our patients achieve the best possible outcome.

Our integrated approach to individualized patient care combines the expertise of our medical care teams with innovative research and cutting-edge clinical trials to provide patients with access to the latest treatment options and advances in cancer care across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island.

The most important member of this team, at the center of all we do, is the patient. Surrounding each patient are Perlmutter Cancer Care team members, including experts such as ...

Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD
Director, Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology

Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD
Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Science and Chief Science Officer at NYU Langone Health
Saul J. Farber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Chris Wolfgang, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

Paul E. Oberstein, MD
Assistant Director, Pancreatic Cancer Center at Perlmutter Cancer Center

Gary B. Deutsch, MD
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

Adam J. Goodman, MD
Section Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn

Tamas A. Gonda, MD
Chief of Endoscopy and Director, Pancreatic Disease Program

Kerrian Cohen, MSN, FNP-C, BSN, RN
Surgical oncology nurse practitioner