Several of Englewood Health’s physician leaders have penned clinical guidelines for cancer care or are currently sitting on national guideline committees that are drafting clinical pathways for cancer. Steven T. Brower, MD, FACS, medical director of The Lefcourt Family Can - cer Treatment and Wellness Center and chief of surgical oncology at En- glewood Health, asserted, “Being chosen for these committees validates that our cancer center has nationally recognized leaders in the specific cancers we treat, whether that be colorectal, liver, pancreatic, or stomach cancer.” caret-right Dr. Brower sits on the program committee for the American Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association, as well as the constitution and bylaws committee of the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Brower is a for - mer Associate Board member for the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in New York City. caret-right Anna Serur, MD, chief of colon and rectal surgery at Englewood Health, has been a member of the rectal cancer committee of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons since 2018. The committee in - cludes leading colorectal surgeons tasked with establishing guidelines for the treatment of colorectal cancers and creating a path with which to assess surgical capability. caret-right Minaxi P. Jhawer, MD, Englewood Health’s chief of hematology/oncol - ogy and the associate medical director of The Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, co-authored a clinical guideline— published 2020 Journal of Clinical Oncology: The use of systemic therapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. caret-right Minaxi Jhawer Co-authored: Practical Assessment and Management of Vulnerabilities in Older Patients Receiving Systemic Cancer Thera - py: ASCO Guideline Update. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Published online July 17, 2023, and 2019. caret-right Dr. Jhawer is served on the ASCO clinical practice guidelines committee which sets guidelines for treatment and management of cancer. caret-right As members of the ASCO’s Supportive Care Guidelines Commit- tee, Vinnidhy Dave, DO, director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health and Dr. Jhawer are helping to develop and update guidelines to support the physical, psychological, and social needs of patients and their families. They have developed a clinical trial which addresses medications to improve weight loss in cancer patients. Englewood Health Physician Leaders Pen Cancer Care Guidelines
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Steven Brower, MD
Anna Serur, MD
Minaxi Jhawer, MD
Vinnidhy Dave, DO
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