Meet the Prostate Cancer Team

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

Practice: Riverside Urology Specialists

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

Peninsula Cancer Institute

Riverside Shore Cancer Center (in Nassawadox until late February 2017):

Cancer Specialists of Tidewater

  • Craig Franzman, M.D. (offices in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach)
  • Lauren Salmon, D.O. (offices in Suffolk and Virginia Beach
  • William W. Maclaughlin, M.D. (offices in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach)
  • Amy M. Skorupa, M.D. (offices in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach)
  • Aisha S. Zaidi, M.D. (offices in Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Suffolk)
  •  Jody Filion, NP (offices in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach)


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

    Patient Navigation

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

    • Mary Cleckler, RN, BS, OCN  Prostate Cancer Patient Navigator

    Outreach and Education

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