General Surgery
General Surgeons are physicians who specialize in surgery, including breast, abdomen and stomach surgeries. 

Practice: Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists

• Erik M. Bashkoff, MD (office in Newport News)
• Marshall Cross, MD (office in Newport News)
• Kendall C. Jones Jr., MD (office in Newport News)
• Ronald H. Post, MD (office in Newport News)

Medical Oncology and Hematology
Medical oncologists are physicians who are specially trained in the treatment of cancer with drugs.

Practice: Peninsula Cancer Institute

• Mark E. Ellis, MD (offices in Gloucester & Williamsburg)
• Laura D. Kerbin, MD (offices in Gloucester & Williamsburg)
• Kimberly W. Schlesinger, MD (offices in Newport News & Gloucester)
• Guy W. Tillinghast, MD (offices in Newport News &Gloucester)
• Mashour Yousef, MD (offices in Newport News & Gloucester)

Practice: Cancer Specialists of Tidewater

• William P. Clark Jr., MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)
• Craig Franzman, MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)
• William W. Maclaughlin, MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)
• Amy M. Skorupa, MD (offices in Chesapeake & Virginia Beach)

Practice: Stark Oncology

• James J. Stark, MD (office in Suffolk)

Radiation Oncology
A radiation oncologist is a physician specialist who uses radiation therapy to treat cancer.

Practice: Radiation Oncology Specialists

• Mark E. Chisam, MD (office in Williamsburg)
• Lori K. Gillespie, MD (office in Newport News)
• C. R. Kersh, MD (offices in Williamsburg and Newport News)
• Joseph D. Layser, MD (office in Newport News)
• James A. Wassum, MD (offices in Gloucester)
• Ilene F. Stephan, MD (Dr. Stephan is an Internal Medicine Physician who works with the Radiation Oncology patients at all three offices.)

Surgical Oncology
Surgical oncologists have completed additional training in the treatment of cancer patients and concentrate their practices specifically in cancer surgery.

Practice: Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists

• Michael B. Peyser, MD (office in Newport News)

Patient Navigation
Patient Navigators become a personal guide through the complexities of healthcare in general and cancer care in particular.

• Yvonne Pike M.Ed, Breast Cancer Patient Navigator

Outreach and Education

• Fran Holcomb, RN, BSN, OCN, Nurse Educator