Meet the Team at Comprehensive Cancer

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada’s physicians, medical staff, support staff and executives exhibit and fulfill its mission to patients every day. The team is dedicated to providing the most effective treatments, both existing and emerging, in order to diagnose and successfully treat cancer and blood diseases. We support this goal with state-of-the-art facilities across Southern Nevada, all of which integrate the latest diagnostic, therapeutic and research capabilities in a professional yet caring setting.

Our team is comprised of the following departments:

  • Administration/Operations (accounting, compliance, human resources, IT, marketing, practice management)
  • Clinical and Nursing Support (medical assistants and other clinical support staff)
  • Clinical Research (research coordinators, registered nurses, assistants and regulatory affairs)
  • Laboratory (lab techs and medical technologists)
  • Medical Records
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy (admixture technicians and pharmacists)
  • Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine (respiratory therapists, polysomnographic techs)
  • Radiation (radiation techs, dosimetrists, nuclear medicine, PET technologists, physicists, radiation therapists)
  • Revenue Cycle/Front Office (insurance specialists, managed care, patient benefits representatives, patient services coordinators, pre-service coordinators, telephone operators and other)

2019 Board of Directors:

  • Rupesh Parikh, MD, Practice President and Medical Oncologist
  • Andrew Cohen, MD, Radiation Oncologist
  • Oscar B. Goodman, Jr., MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist
  • Matthew Schwartz, MD, Radiation Oncologist
  • Michael Sinopoli, MD, Radiation Oncologist
  • Margaret Terhar, MD, FACS, Breast Surgeon
  • Anu Thummala, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • George S. Tu, MD, FCCP, DABSM, Pulmonologist
  • Nicholas, Vogelzang, MD, FASCO, FACP, Medical Oncologist

Site Medical Directors:

  • Northwest – Clark Jean, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • Horizon Ridge – Muhammad Ghani, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • Siena – G. H. Kashef, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • Southeast Henderson – Anthony Nguyen, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • Central Valley – H. Keshava Prasad, MD, FRCP FRCPath, Medical Oncologist
  • Southwest – Karen Jacks, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • Summerlin Medical Center I-II – Brian Vicuna, MD, Medical Oncologist
  • Lung Center Mountain View – George S. Tu, MD,FCCP, DABSM, Pulmonologist
  • Lung Center Sunset – James S. J. Hsu, MD, MD, FCCP, DABSM, Pulmonologist

Administrative Team:

  • Jon Bilstein, CEO
  • James Kildea, Practice Director
  • Lara Tobias, Business Office Manager
  • Lisa Santwer, Director of Marketing & Communications
  • Scooter Freeney, Director of Human Resources