The Palo Alto Medical Foundation provides a team approach in the treatment of your cancer. We partner with you during each stage of your care process, from diagnosis to treatment and beyond, and provide you with comprehensive, integrated, world-class care.

• Medical Providers
• Medical Services

Medical Providers

Our primary care physicians, specialists, nurses, technicians and other staff members confer regularly to ensure you receive the most comprehensive and coordinated care possible.

Here is a list of some of the providers that work regularly with brain cancer patients:

Clinical Care Coordinator(s)
Angela Jenstad

Patient Service Representative
Sophia Mua

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Oncology/Genomics
Frank delaRama, R.N., M.S., AOCNS

Medical Social Worker
Coleen Travers, ACSW, MSW

Financial Counselor
Caren Silber

Registered Dietician
Erica Framsted, M.S., R.D.

Registered Nurse
Natalie Siemers, R.N.

Medical Oncology
Priya Chakravarthi, M.D.
Natalia Colocci, M.D., Ph.D.
Paula Kushlan, M.D.
David Leibowitz, M.D., FACP

Radiation Oncology
Pauling Chang, M.D.
Robert Lundahl, M.D.
Gordon Ray, M.D.

Neurosurgery
Paul Jackson, M.D.
Cecil Chang, M.D.
Michael Christensen, N.P.
Larisa Petrison, P.A.

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Medical Services

Several departments at PAMF play an integral role in your cancer care.

Depending on your diagnosis, you may interact with physicians and other clinicians from:

• Cancer Care Clinic
• Medical Oncology
  
• Radiation Oncology
  
• General Surgery
  
• Laboratory
  
• Nuclear Medicine
  
• Radiology

These departments share information via PAMF's electronic health record (EHR) system and work collaboratively.
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