The benefits of a team approach to cancer treatment – coordinating your care within a group of medical professionals from different specialties who work together to plan and carry out your treatment – are well established through research studies and years of experience. For that reason, the Riverside Cancer Care team consists of numerous physician specialists and sub-specialists along with nurses and radiation therapists who are trained in cancer care.

Additionally, pain management specialists, nutritionists, social workers and counselors, as well as a wide range of other medical and allied health care professionals regularly meet to discuss treatments, personal and emotional needs, and any other aspects of care and support that the patient needs. The Riverside team includes specialists in the following areas of cancer treatment:

Colorectal Surgery
Colorectal surgeons are general surgeons who have completed additional training in the surgical treatment of colon and rectal disorders, including cancer.

Practice: Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists

• Brian J. Billings, MD (office in Newport News)

General Surgery
General Surgeons are physicians who specialize in surgery, including breast, abdomen and stomach surgeries.

Practice: Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists

• Marshall Cross, MD (office in Newport News)
• Kendall C. Jones Jr., MD (office in Newport News)
• Ronald H. Post, MD (office in Newport News)

Practice: Riverside Shore Surgical Associates

• Charles Goldstein, MD (office in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore)
• Larry Weisner, MD (office in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore)

Gynecologic Oncology
Gynecologic oncologists treat women with cancers of the pelvic and reproductive areas.

Practice: Riverside Gynecologic Oncology

• William P. Irvin, MD (office in Newport News)

Medical Oncology and Hematology
Medical oncologists are physicians who are specially trained in the treatment of cancer with drugs.

Practice: Peninsula Cancer Institute

• Laura D. Kerbin, MD (offices in Gloucester & Williamsburg)
• George Kannarkat, MD (office in Newport News)
• Magi Khalil, MD (office in Gloucester)
• Flavia Kostov, MD (office in Newport News)
• John Miller, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Kimberly W. Schlesinger, MD (offices in Newport News & Gloucester)
• Guy W. Tillinghast, MD (offices in Newport News & Gloucester)
• Mashour Yousef, MD (offices in Newport News & Gloucester)

Practice: Riverside Shore Cancer Center

• David Klein, MD (office in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore)
• Drury Stith, MD (office in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore)

Practice: Cancer Specialists of Tidewater

• William P. Clark Jr., MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)
• Elizabeth Gunderson, MD (offices in Suffolk & Chesapeake)
• Craig Franzman, MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)
• William W. Maclaughlin, MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)
• Charles Reninger, III, MD (offices in Suffolk & Virginia Beach)
• Amy M. Skorupa, MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)

Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeons are physicians who specialize in surgeries of the brain and spine, including cancers of these areas.

Practice: Hampton Roads Neurosurgical and Spine Specialists

• Javier Amadeo, MD (offices in Newport News & Williamsburg)
• Matthew Y. Chang, MD (offices in Newport News & Gloucester)
• James E. Lesnick, MD (offices in Newport News & Williamsburg)
• William H. McAllister IV, MD (office in Newport News)

Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
ENTs are surgeons who specialize in treating problems of the ears, nose and throat, inclusing cancers of the head and neck.

Practice: Ear, Nose & Throat Physicians and Surgeons

• Peter T. Galantich, MD (office in Newport News)
• Pierre Martin, MD (office in Newport News)
• Joseph F. Wilson, MD (office in Newport News)
• Ross M. Younger, MD (office in Newport News)

Practice: Williamsburg ENT & Allergy Clinic

• Scott Y. Pharr, III, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Angela C. Stonebraker, MD (office in Williamsburg)

Radiation Oncology
A radiation oncologist is a physician specialist who uses radiation therapy to treat cancer.

Practice: Radiation Oncology Specialists

• Mark E. Chisam, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Lori K. Gillespie, MD (office in Newport News)
• C. R. Kersh, MD (offices in Williamsburg and Newport News)
• Joseph D. Layser, MD (office in Newport News)
• James A. Wassum, MD (offices in Gloucester)
• Ilene F. Stephan, MD (Dr. Stephan is an Internal Medicine Physician who works with the Radiation Oncology patients at all three offices.)

Practice: Riverside Shore Cancer Center

• Christopher Sinesi, MD (office in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore)
• Mathew Sinesi, MD (office in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore)

Surgical Oncology
Surgical oncologists have completed additional training in the treatment of cancer patients and concentrate their practices specifically in cancer surgery.

Practice: Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists

• Michael B. Peyser, MD (office in Newport News)

Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeons are physicians who specialize in chest surgery, including lung cancer surgeries.

Practice: Tidewater Thoracic and Cardiovascular

• Paul L. Evans, Jr., MD (office in Newport News)
• William L. Old, III, MD (office in Newport News)
• Steven S. Scott, MD (offices in Newport News & Williamsburg)
• Charles E. Umstott, MD (office in Newport News)

Urology
Urologists are physicians who specialize in the treatment of urological disorders, including treatment of bladder and prostate cancers.

Practice: Hampton Roads Urology

• Scott V. Burgess, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Steven E. Marks, MD (office in Newport News)
• Henry M. Prillaman, MD (office in Newport News)
• Bishop P. Read, MD (office in Newport News)
• Richard G. Rento, II, MD (office in Newport News)
• Roger E. Schultz, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Anthony J. Taylor, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Lawrence R. Volz, MD (office in Williamsburg)

Practice: Riverside Walter Reed Urology

• Frederick S. Arnold, MD (office in Gloucester)

Practice: Tappahannock Urological Center

• Jeffery M. Haskins, MD (office in Tappahannock)

Patient Navigation
Patient Navigators become a personal guide through the complexities of healthcare in general and cancer care in particular.

• Cyndee Willis, RN, MSN, Prostate Cancer Patient Navigator
• Francie Verniel, BS, RN, OCN Lung Cancer Patient Navigator
• Yvonne Pike, M.Ed, Breast Cancer Patient Navigator
• Harolette Kelley, RN, BSN, Colorectal/Pancreatic/Digestive Cancer Patient Navigator
• Jean Ames, Social Worker, Riverside Shore Cancer Center

Outreach and Education

• Fran Holcomb, RN, BSN, OCN, Nurse Educator