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Stuart M. Lichtman, MD, FACP
For the past 20 years, I have been actively involved in treating older patients with cancer. As life expectancy has been increasing, the number of older patients with cancer has also been increasing. They have become the majority of the patients that we evaluate and treat, and as such, they need to become the focus of our endeavors. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has organized the 65+ Clinical Geriatric Group, part of its Cancer and Aging program, to achieve that goal. The group is composed of experts in geriatrics, finance, nutrition, occupational therapy, music therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, psychiatry, social work, palliative care, medical and surgical oncology. We meet on a monthly basis to plan on an ongoing basis the building of an infrastructure for multidisciplinary geriatric oncology care in the institution. A database is being organized to assess the group’s activity and evaluate outcomes. The work of the 65+ Clinical Geriatric Program to date has demonstrated that a geriatric evaluation and support program can be conducted in the setting of a comprehensive cancer center. Future activities will include development of institutional guidelines for multidisciplinary geriatric care and further research in this area. We need guidelines for treating our aging cancer population; they deserve nothing less.
In addition, I have also been an active participant in a number of research organizations, including the Cancer and Leukemia Group B’s (CALGB) Committee on Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and the Cancer in the Elderly Committee; the Scientific Advisory Board of the Geriatric Oncology Consortium; the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and its Taskforces on Geriatric Assessment, Renal Dysfunction, Chemotherapy and Gynecologic Oncology. I was on the Program Committee for the 2005 and 2006 meetings of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and led the Patient Care Tract. There was a special edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology in May 2007 on the topic of Geriatric Oncology which I edited. I currently serve on the NCCN Guidelines Taskforce for the treatment and Evaluation of Older Women with Breast Cancer. In 2008 I was a faculty member of the ASCO Educational Session devoted to the pharmacology of chemotherapy in older patients. I will also continue my faculty position for the Vail ASCO/AACR Clinical Trails Workshop. In 2010 I will on the faculty of the annual ASCO meeting as part of an educational session and be the Scientific Chair of the 11th International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) meeting.
My clinical interests have been in the treatment of gynecologic malignancies, colon cancer solid tumors, and the study of supportive care and quality of life, especially as it relates to the older cancer patient.
Phone
631-623-4100
Education
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residencies
North Shore University Hospital; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Fellowships
North Shore University Hospital
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Hematology; Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Expertise
Solid Tumors; Colorectal Cancer; Gynecologic Medical Oncology; Geriatric Oncology; Lymphoma
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