Cancer Care: If You Have Breast Cancer: How We Can Help

Our Dedicated Lung Cancer Program Team

We have established a comprehensive multidisciplinary program to fight lung cancer. Our program offers state-of-the-art-technology, support services and physician expertise. The team of primary care physicians, radiologist, cardiothoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologist, pathologists, research, respiratory therapists and a dedicated program coordinator come together to ensure that you receive the best possible care. This team approach in fighting Lung Cancer will lead to a thorough and timely evaluation, treatment planning and follow-up

How We Treat Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Treatment depends on the size and location of the tumor, whether the cancer has spread, and the person’s overall health condition. We can offer you access to surgery, clinical trials, and cutting edge anti-cancer drugs that earned our Cancer Program the maximum accreditation from the American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer. Our Radiation Oncology Department offers the new Trilogy System that delivers Ultra-Precise Radiation with greater speed and accuracy, making it possible to safely deliver the maximum treatment while not damaging surrounding tissue.

Our Lung Cancer program team meets regularly, for a multi-disciplinary treatment planning approach, to discuss each new patient’s treatment plan. You can rest assured that your individual situation will be discussed by our physicians with your best treatment designed specifically for you.

In addition to outstanding treatment, you will be supported throughout this experience by one of our compassionate patient care coordinators. Deciding on which type of treatment is best for you can be confusing – the patient care coordinator is here, along with your physician to listen and answer questions to enable you to make an educated choice.

Our Lung Cancer Program Coordinator

Patient care coordinator, Ivy Tuason, RN, MSN, FNP will be with you every step of the way. Her role is to guide you through the experience of diagnosis, treatment and recovery from Lung Cancer. She will work closely with all of your physicians to expedite and ensure you the best treatment possible. You can contact Ivy at (909) 865-9903 or ivy.tuason@pvhmc.org. She is here to help you and your family.

Members of Our Dedicated Lung Cancer Team:

Family Medicine

Keith Kusunis, MD; Cancer Program Medical Director

Radiology

Pomona Valley Imaging Medical Group

David Alvarez, MD

Johnson Lightfoote, MD

Pathology

PVCH Clinical Laboratory Medical Group

Purnima Chaurushiya, MD

David Nasca, MD

Philip Strassle, MD

Nancy Wu, MD

Pulmonology

Chaparral Medical Group

Heather Davis, MD

Nadir El Tahir, MD

Gurbinder Sadana, MD

Inland Pulmonary Medical Group

Elbert Chang, MD

Nicolaas Grobler, MD

Gene Hong, MD

Frank Hsu, MD

Amarin Kongchalalai, MD

Rohinder Sandhu, MD

Subhash Varshney, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Rajeev Gulati, MD

Sarika Jain, MD; Lung Cancer Team Co-Chair

Rohit Trivedi, MD; Lung Cancer Team Co-Chair

Medical Oncology

Swarna Chanduri, MD

Labib Hashimi, MD

Alaa Latif, MD

New Hope Cancer Institute, Inc.

Vandana Agarwal, MD

Imtiaz Malik, MD

Krishna Reddy, MD

Wilshire Oncology Medical Group, Inc.

Linda Bosserman, MD

Behnam Ebrahimi, MD

Richard Horns, Jr., MD

Swapnil Rajurkar, MD

Radiation Oncology

Royalty Radiation Oncology

Sri Gorty, MD

Ram Rao, MD; Cancer Program Medical Director

Dedicated Patient Care Coordinator

Ivy Tuason, RN, MSN, FNP – Program Coordinator

Support Members

Respiratory Care Team

Jerry Choppi, RCP, RRT – Respiratory Director

Michelle Geddes, RCP, RRT, AE-C – Pulmonary Outpatient

Tammy Magill, RCP, RRT – Smoking Cessation

Merlie Baello, RN – Nurse Manager Oncology

Tami Barto – Marketing

Robert Jacoby – Administrative Director, Radiology

Shellee Reese, RN – Administrative Director

Lori Vanyo, MD – Surgery; Cancer Program Medical Director

Kurt Weinmeister – Executive Vice President