Dr. Scardino practices
Oncology
in
New York, New York.
Physician Profile for Dr. Peter T. Scardino, MD
Address:
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Personal Facts
Personal Facts:
Male
Professional Interests:
Urologic Oncology; Prostate Cancer
Patient / Medical Philosophy
As Chairman of the Department of Surgery, I oversee a department widely recognized for its expertise and innovation in cancer surgery. In addition to my administrative responsibilities, I am a surgeon specializing in prostate cancer. My expertise is in early detection, prognosis, and surgical treatment of prostate cancer. Radical prostatectomy -- complete removal of the prostate -- can cure many men with prostate cancer. Our team has developed surgical techniques to preserve urinary and sexual function after prostatectomy, and we continue to seek ways to improve quality of life for patients after treatment.
Not all prostate cancers progress in the same way. Many cancers pose little or no threat to life and health, while others grow aggressively and are resistant to treatment. My colleagues and I have pioneered the use of statistical models to predict both the natural progression of prostate cancer and how it will respond to treatment. These predictive tools (nomograms) help us tailor treatment for individual men according to the specific characteristics of their cancer.
Today, nomograms are being used to help physicians and patients make medical decisions regarding a variety of other cancers, including pancreatic, lung, and breast cancer. Our prediction tools are available on our Web site at Prediction Tools.
In 2001, I received an NIH grant to establish an ongoing Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in prostate cancer at MSKCC. Our SPORE has an ambitious research program focused on developing therapies appropriate for patients with different types of prostate cancer at different stages of development. We hope to achieve this by using molecular and genetic data to improve our prediction models for prostate cancer, identifying the critical mechanisms by which prostate cancer grows and spreads, and developing drugs and immunological techniques for treatment-resistant metastatic cancers.
My position at MSKCC includes appointments as Head of the Prostate Cancer Program and as the Florence and Theodore Baumritter/Enid Ancell Chair of Urologic Oncology. I am also a Professor in the Department of Urology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.
I have written many articles and book chapters and edited the Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology. In 2005, with Judith Kelman, I wrote Dr. Peter Scardino's Prostate Book, a guide to prostate cancer, prostatitis, and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). I serve as Editor-in-Chief of Nature Clinical Practice Urology, and I am an editorial board member and reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. I am an active member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and the American Urological Association.
Experience / Training
Specialty:
Oncology
A self-designated specialty or practice area is not equivalent to, nor does it imply, ABMS Board Certification or special training and competence.
Medical School:
Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC
Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship:
National Cancer Institute
Disciplinary Actions
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Malpractice History
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Dr. Peter T.
Scardino, MD
in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, or West Virginia.
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