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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
Professor of Surgery
Director, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Chief of Staff, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute

Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer

Edmund Kassis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Vincent Daniel, MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Medical Oncology

Gregory Otterson, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine/Division of Medical Oncology

Miguel Villalona, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology/Division of Medical Oncology
Director, Division of Medical Oncology
Director, Solid Tumor Experimental Therapeutics

Erin Bertino, MD (coming soon)
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology

Pulmonary Medicine

Shaheen Islam, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Radiation Oncology

John Grecula, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

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