Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary Clinic

The University of Arizona Cancer Center's multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Team combines excellent patient care with research to fight the number one cause of cancer deaths for U.S. men and women. The team takes a comprehensive and individualized approach to patient care and offers a wide variety of services ranging from evaluation of abnormal radiographs to cancer prevention and diagnosis, treatment, research and supportive care.

The team's efforts include the design of clinical trials that bring the most active new agents to our patients, laboratory research on the biology of lung cancer, and the exploration of new strategies to prevent, diagnose and cure lung cancer. Highly targeted drugs that act more selectively on cancer cells and have less toxic effect on normal cells are available in our clinic. In addition, patients are offered minimally invasive thoracic surgery and radiation therapy with the latest state-of-the-art equipment, including stereotactic body radiosurgery and TomoTherapy^®.

The multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Team at The University of Arizona Cancer Center — North Campus has new patient appointments available for patients with undiagnosed pleural diseases including nodules and effusions, indeterminate lung nodules or masses, already diagnosed lung, mediastinal, pleural and esophageal malignancies, undiagnosed or benign esophageal masses and airway disorders.

The Team

Linda L. Garland, MD, Medical Oncologist and director of the Clinical Lung Cancer Program

Emad Elquza, MD, Medical Oncologist

Farid Gharagozloo, MD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon

James L. Knepler, Jr., MD, Associate Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Sarah Kratz, MD, Medical Oncologist

Afshin Sam, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine