Lung Cancer Treatment Team

The following treatment team members specialize in lung cancer at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. To make an appointment, please call The James Line at (614) 293-5066 or toll-free 1-800-293-5066. The James Line is a free, 24-hour, confidential telephone service staffed by oncology nurses weekdays from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. to provide callers with cancer information and physician referrals throughout central Ohio. For further information about a physician listed below, click on the name:


Thoracic Surgery

Patrick Ross, Jr, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director of Thoracic Surgery

Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Alexandru Vaida, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Medical Oncology

William Hicks, MD
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine/Division of Hematology/Oncology Outreach Services

Gregory Otterson, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine/Division of Hematology/Oncology

Miguel Villalona, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine/Division of Hematology/Oncology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology

Kavitha Donthireddy, MBBS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine/ Division of Hematology/Oncology

Pulmonary Medicine

Shaheen Islam, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine/Division of Pulmonary, Alergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine/Division of Pulmonary, Alergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Radiation Medicine

John Grecula, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine

Nurse Practitioners/Physicians Assistants

Kristine Browning, MS, CNP
Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology

Tracy Ruegg, MS, CNP
Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology

Lora Terry RN, BSN
Patient Care Resource Manager, Thoracic Surgery

Contacts

Carletta Berry
Program Coordinator, Medical Oncology

Jobina Pearson
Program Coordinator, Medical Oncology

Penny Powell
Appointment Scheduling, Thoracic Surgery

Jackie Sharpnack-Turlo
Thoracic Program Coordinator, Medical Oncology