Adult & Pediatric

Ochsner Health Network

The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center

1515 River Road
Jefferson, Louisiana 70121
United States

Contact Information

Existing patients +1 866 624 7637
New patients +1 866 624 7637
Referrals +1 866 805 3872
Financial liason +1 504 842 4190

Designations and Memberships

Sarcoma Foundation of America Treatment Center

Official MD Anderson Cancer Center Partner

American Society of Clinical Oncology's Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Accreditation

American College of Radiology's (ACR) Radiation Oncology Practice Accreditation

Louisiana Cancer Consortium

Sarcoma Faculty

Medical Director
Guston Zervoudakis MD NOMCOrthoOncBenson@Ochsner.org
Nurse Director
Mechelle Banks RN
Surgeons 10
Medical Oncologists 15
Surgical Oncologists 4
Orthopedic Oncologists 1
Radiologists 90
Interventional Radiologists 10
Sarcoma Pathologists 1
Physicians
Guston Zervoudakis, MD- Orthopaedic Oncology

Gregory Mayhall, MD- Pathology, Sarcoma

Russel Brown, MD- Surgical Oncology, Sarcoma

David Pointer, MD- Surgical Oncology, Sarcoma

Donald Muller Jr, MD- Radiation Oncology, Sarcoma

Shoichiro Tanaka, MD- Plastic Surgery/Reconstruction, Sarcoma

Daniel Johnson, MD- Medical Oncology, Sarcoma

Scott Sonnier, MD- Medical Oncology, Sarcoma

Nathan Bolton, MD- Surgical Oncology, Sarcoma

Marc Matrana, MD- Medical Oncology, Sarcoma

Cyrus Washington, MD- Radiation Oncology, Sarcoma

Christopher Babycos, MD- Plastic Surgery/Reconstruction, Sarcoma

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 4
Proton beam radiation therapy No
Dedicated institutional sarcoma registry No
Multidisciplinary tumor board Yes

Services Offered

Telemedicine consultations Yes
Sarcoma patient advocacy group No
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