Suggestions for good surgeon in NE Area?
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Suggestions for good surgeon in NE Area?

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    • July 2, 2011 at 2:10 pm
    MariaH
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    Does anybody have any experience/suggestions for a good surgeon in the New York, Pennsylvania, area?  We want Dave to get a second opinion on his enlarged lymph nodes (they are large and matted) – the surgeon at Roswell won't consider removing them.  We just want to make sure that this is the right call – and for those of you who have done second opinions, how do we go about doing it and what medical records do we need?  There are so many options out there today as opposed to when he was diagnosed in 2008 – and for that, I am very thankful!!

    Does anybody have any experience/suggestions for a good surgeon in the New York, Pennsylvania, area?  We want Dave to get a second opinion on his enlarged lymph nodes (they are large and matted) – the surgeon at Roswell won't consider removing them.  We just want to make sure that this is the right call – and for those of you who have done second opinions, how do we go about doing it and what medical records do we need?  There are so many options out there today as opposed to when he was diagnosed in 2008 – and for that, I am very thankful!!

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      • July 2, 2011 at 3:32 pm
      jim Breitfeller
      Participant

       

      Maria,

      I would contact John M. Kirkwood in Pittsburgh. He is a Melanoma Specialist for 35 + years.

       

      I would get a second opinion.

      John M. Kirkwood, MD
      Usher Professor of Medicine and Dermatology
      University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

      Director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
      Hillman Cancer Center Suite L1.32c
      5117 Centre Avenue
      Pittsburgh 15213-2584 PA

      Office 412 6237707
      Fax 412 6237704
      KirkwoodJM@upmc.edu

      I wish you all the best.

      Jimmy B

       

      • July 2, 2011 at 3:32 pm
      jim Breitfeller
      Participant

       

      Maria,

      I would contact John M. Kirkwood in Pittsburgh. He is a Melanoma Specialist for 35 + years.

       

      I would get a second opinion.

      John M. Kirkwood, MD
      Usher Professor of Medicine and Dermatology
      University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

      Director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
      Hillman Cancer Center Suite L1.32c
      5117 Centre Avenue
      Pittsburgh 15213-2584 PA

      Office 412 6237707
      Fax 412 6237704
      KirkwoodJM@upmc.edu

      I wish you all the best.

      Jimmy B

       

        • July 2, 2011 at 6:41 pm
        LynnLuc
        Participant

        I had the same issue in the beginning, but DR Shen at Mayo Clinic agreed to do it and that what helped me to become NED.

        • July 2, 2011 at 6:41 pm
        LynnLuc
        Participant

        I had the same issue in the beginning, but DR Shen at Mayo Clinic agreed to do it and that what helped me to become NED.

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