Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada doctors awarded

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

December 4, 2011 - 7:53 pm

More than a dozen physicians from Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada have been named top doctors by U.S. News & World Report.

The following CCCN doctors were honored: Mary Ann Allison, Fadi Braiteh, Khoi Dao, Clark Jean, Paul Michael, Wolfram Samlowski, Nicholas Vogelzang and Ann Wierman (medical oncology); Dan Curtis, Farzaneh Farzin, Raul Meoz and Michael Sinopoli (radiation oncology); and Ronald Kline (pediatric hematology-oncology).

The center said in a statement that the magazine collaborated with Castle Connolly Medical LTD to identify the top doctors in the nation. Doctors were nominated by their peers during a survey of thousands of American physicians.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada is an oncology group of medical, pediatric and radiation oncologists, breast surgeons, and 12 treatment centers and offices throughout Southern Nevada.

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