Adult & Pediatric

UMass Memorial Medical Center

55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
United States

Contact Information

Existing patients +1 508 334 3550
New patients +1 508 334 3550
Referrals +1 508 334 3550
Financial liason +1 508 334 3550

Designations and Memberships

Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI)

Sarcoma Faculty

Medical Director
Matthew Hemming MD PhD matthew.hemming@umassmemorial.org
Administrative Director
Matthew Hemming MD PhD matthew.hemming@umassmemorial.org
Surgeons 3
Medical Oncologists 2
Surgical Oncologists 2
Orthopedic Oncologists 1
Radiologists 17
Interventional Radiologists 1
Sarcoma Pathologists 3
Physicians
Medical Oncologists:
Matthew L. Hemming, MD, PhD – medical oncology, bone and soft tissue sarcoma
Stefanie Lowas, MD – pediatric oncology

Radiation Oncologists:
Thomas J. Fitzgerald, MD – radiation oncology
Alan C. Hartford, MD, PhD – radiation oncology

Surgeons:
Mathew J. Most, MD – orthopedic oncology
Ashely E. Russo, MD – surgical oncology
James M. Lindberg, MD – surgical oncology
Thomas Pieters, MD – Neurosurgery

Pathologists:
Ali Akalin, MD, PhD – bone and soft tissue sarcoma
Sindha Thomas, MD – bone and soft tissue sarcoma
Nupur Jadhav, MD – bone and soft tissue sarcoma

Radiologists:
Elisabeth R. Garwood, MD – radiology
Lacey J. McIntosh, DO, MPH – radiology
David Robinson, MD – radiology
Steve Baccei, MD – radiology
Christopher Cerniglia, DO – radiology
Elisabeth Garwood, MD – radiology
Christopher Sereni, MD – radiology
Ryan Tai, MD – radiology
George Watts, MD – radiology
Ganesh Joshi, MD – radiology
Joseph Jacob, MD – radiology
Matthew Mariyampillai, MD – radiology
Nadhezda Lushina, MD – radiology
Debajyoti Saha, MD – radiology
Elisa Franquet, MD – radiology
Evan Ruppell, DO – radiology
Brian Midkiff, MD – radiology

Interventional Radiologists:
Tomas Figueira, MD – interventional radiology

Sarcoma Information

New cases of sarcoma seen annually 76–100
Average number of sarcoma surgeries per year 51–75
Sarcoma clinical trials actively accruing patients in the past 12 months 3
Proton beam radiation therapy No
Dedicated institutional sarcoma registry No
Multidisciplinary tumor board Yes

Services Offered

Telemedicine consultations Yes
Sarcoma patient advocacy group Yes
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