Cancer Care Teams: Breast | Gastrointestinal | Gynecologic | Head & Neck | Leukemia, Myeloma & Stem Cell Transplant | Liver, Pancreas and Gallbladder | Lung | Neuro-Oncology | Pediatric | Prostate, Renal, Bladder & Testicular | Sarcomas & Bone | Skin | Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery
Learn More About Screening & Treatment • Liver, Pancreas and Gallbladder Care Team
The Gastrointestinal Multidisciplinary Team focuses on all the organs of the digestive system. They have expertise in treating cancers of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gall bladder, small bowel, colon, rectum and anus. The team includes medical oncologists, surgical oncologists and radiation oncologists, and also radiologists, pathologists, basic scientists, epidemiologists and population scientists. In addition to treating people with these kinds of cancers, the team conducts basic and clinical research.
To make an appointment, call us at 505-272-4946.
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Ursa Brown-Glaberman, MD, Team Leader
Treat cancer using chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy.
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Use radiation to kill cancer cells. They manage how much radiation to use and how to apply it to the tumor. Radiation oncologists at UNM Cancer Center offer stereotactic body radiation, stereotactic radiosurgery and intensity modulated radiation therapy.
Sarah Popek, MD
Vinay Rai, MD
UNM Cancer Center surgical oncologists remove advanced cancers from the delicate tissues of the digestive tract. They can perform Whipple procedures, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC) procedures, and other advanced surgical procedures using open, laparoscopic and robotic surgical methods.
Lisa Kroll, RN
Lynn Saavedra, RN, BSN, OCN
Guide you in your treatment and serve as your regular point of contact.
Are trained to interpret many different kinds of images to find cancer and understand its impact.
Gloria Darrah, CNP
Steven Perez, PA-C
Hector Stephenson, PA
Suzanne Gagnon, CNP
May give medications or injections, take medical histories, perform medical exams or perform certain medical procedures under the guidance of a physician. Not pictured: Gwendoline Chuba, CNP; Lora Komensky, CNP; and Anna Munoz, CNP