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Breast Nurse Navigator New Britain and Bradley campuses:
860-224-5900, X6307

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Our physicians


George Bray Cancer Center Director
Peter D Byeff, M.D.

Oncology Research Director
Brian J Byrne, M.D.

Surgery Chief
James L Massi, M.D.

Oncologist / Hematologists
Barbara G Fallon, M.D.
Kenneth J Smith, M.D.

Radiation Oncologist
LaDonna J Dakofsky, M.D.

Radiologists
Anita L Bourque, M.D.
Dena L Miller, M.D.
Alisa S Siegfeld, M.D.
Jean M Weigert, M.D.

Surgeons
Nirupama Anne, M.D.
Terrence K Donahue, M.D.
Robert S Napoletano, M.D.
Michael G Posner, M.D.
Patrick M Rocco, M.D.
Akella S Sarma, M.D.
Rekhinder Singh, M.D.

Surgical Oncologist
James F Flaherty, M.D., F.A.C.S.




George Bray Cancer Center Director

Peter D Byeff, M.D.

Peter Byeff Education

Medical degree, Johns Hopkins University; postgraduate training, Georgetown University Hospital and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.


General Info

Hematologist/oncologist and medical director, George Bray Cancer Center. Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and its sub-specialties of hematology and medical oncology. Chief of Hematology/Oncology, HCC Bradley Memorial campus. Associate professor of Medicine, attending physician, University of Connecticut John Dempsey Hospital. Principal investigator for the Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG), and National Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP). Author of several scientific articles and abstracts.


Primary Practice

40 Hart St., New Britain: (860) 224-4408

Additional Practice

55 Meriden Ave., Southington: (860) 621-9316




Oncology Research Director

Brian J Byrne, M.D.

Brian Byrne Education

Medical degree, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia; residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C

General Info

Hematologist/oncologist and director of Oncology Research, George Bray Cancer Center

Primary Practice

40 Hart St., New Britain: (860) 224-4408

Additional Practice

55 Meriden Ave., Suite 1A, Southington: (860) 621-9316




Surgery Chief

James L Massi, M.D.

James Massi Education

Medical degree, St. Louis University School of Medicine; internship and residency, University of Connecticut.


General Info

Surgeon and chief of Surgery, Hospital of Central Connecticut

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut, 100 Grand St., New Britain: (860) 224-5513




Oncologist / Hematologists

Barbara G Fallon, M.D.

Barbara Fallon Education

Medical degree, Yale University School of Medicine; post-graduate training in medical oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

General Info

Assistant professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; fellow of the American College of Physicians. Certified in hospice and palliative care; member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and American Pain Society.

Primary Practice

Grove Hill Medical Center, 300 Kensington Ave., New Britain: (860) 224-6254

Kenneth J Smith, M.D.

Kenneth Smith Education

Medical degree, Cornell Medical College; residency, the Hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh; fellowship in hematology and oncology, Hospitals of the University of Washington in Seattle.

General Info

Special interest and experience in lymphomas, leukemia, and myelomas. Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Primary Practice

40 Hart St., New Britain: (860) 224-4408

Additional Practice

55 Meriden Ave., Southington: (860) 621-9315




Radiation Oncologist

LaDonna J Dakofsky, M.D.

LaDonna Dakofsky Education

Medical degree, New York University School of Medicine; internship, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; residency, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.




Radiologists

Anita L Bourque, M.D.

Anita Bourque Education

Medical degree, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; internship, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.; residency, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut, 100 Grand St., New Britain: (860) 224-5556

Dena L Miller, M.D.

Dena Miller Education

Medical degree, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City.; residency, radiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital; fellowship, women's imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Alisa S Siegfeld, M.D.

Alisa Siegfeld Education

Medical degree, Albany Medical College, Albany, N.Y.; internship and residency, Hartford Hospital; fellowship, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Conn.

Jean M Weigert, M.D.

Jean Weigert Education

Education: Medical degree, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse N.Y.; flexible internship, Overlook Hospital, Summit, N.J.; residency, diagnostic radiology, and fellowship, abdominal imaging, Columbia -Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y.



General Info

Fellow of the American College of Radiology, 2008. Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of Connecticut.

Primary Practice

Mandell and Blau, 40 Hart St., New Britain: (860) 229-2059




Surgeons

Nirupama Anne, M.D.

Nirupama Anne Education

Medical degree, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.; internship and surgical residency, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, N.Y.; fellowship, surgical oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y.

Primary Practice

Connecticut Surgical Group, 40 Hart St., Building C, New Britain; 399 Farmington Ave., Suite 200, Farmington; and 85 Seymour St., Suite 415, Hartford: (860) 246-2071

Terrence K Donahue, M.D.

Terrence Donahue Education

Medical degree, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.; internship, St. Joseph Hospital, Omaha, Neb.; residencies, New Britain General Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital/University of Connecticut; fellowship, Kansas University.

Primary Practice

40 Hart Street Building D, New Britain: (860) 826-5288

Robert S Napoletano, M.D.

Robert Napoletano Education

Medical degree, Boston University; nternship and residency in general surgery, New Britain General Hospital.



General Info

Associate chief of Surgery at The Hospital of Central Connecticut; co-director of the Vascular Center. Clinical instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut. Teaches surgical residents and medical students at The Hospital of Central Connecticut.

Primary Practice

Grove Hill Medical Center: (860) 826-4457

Michael G Posner, M.D.

Michael Posner Education

Medical degree, SUNY Upstate Med Center, Syracuse, NY; internship Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans; fellowship, University of Pittsburgh.

Primary Practice

Grove Hill Medical Center, One Lake Street, New Britain: (860) 826-4457

Patrick M Rocco, M.D.

Patrick Rocco Education

Medical degree, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; residency, Waterbury Hospital Health Center; fellowship, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y.



General Info

Specializes in general and thoracic surgery.

Primary Practice

279 New Britain Rd., Kensington: (860) 829-5225

Akella S Sarma, M.D.

Akella Sarma Education

Medical degree: Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India; internships, King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, India, and Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Blackburn, England; residencies, Lancaster Royal Infirmary, Lancaster, England and Halifax Roayl Infirmary, Halifax, England. Additional residencies, New Britain General Hospital, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in Bronx, N.Y. ; fellowship in surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford.



General Info

Associate clinical professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Primary Practice

Surgical Associates Inc.: (860) 225-9431

Rekhinder Singh, M.D.

Rekhinder Singh Education

Medical degree, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago; residency, general surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; research fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery; surgical critical care fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.



General Info

Clinical instructor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut, 100 Grand St., New Britain: (860) 225-6244




Surgical Oncologist

James F Flaherty, M.D., F.A.C.S.

James Flaherty Education

Medical degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.; residency in general surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center; fellowship in surgical oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia.



General Info

In practice for 10 years.

Primary Practice

Central Connecticut Surgical Oncology, 40 Hart St., Building D: (860) 827-1981