Mount Sinai Oncology will work with patients on a case by case basis to review insurance coverage. Patients can expect a call from the office after booking to discuss these details. The practice will try to accommodate the time selected however the appointment date and time may need to adjusted to better suit the specific patient case. One hundred percent (100%) of my clinical practice is devoted to medical oncology care for breast cancer patients from all parts of the Tri-State area. It includes both male and female patients as well as all stages of breast cancer from DCIS through advanced disease, where my particularl interest lies. It includes chemoprevention strategies for many who have not been diagnosed with invasive disease but are at high risk making them appropriate for prevention. I see many premenopausal patients as well as the more common postmenopausal patients hoping to offer almost every patient an opportunity to enroll in a clinical trial, either with a new therapy (targeting patient’s unique tumor type and biology) or a new drug or drug combinations including biologics. I also encourage participation in integrative medicine such as YOGA to relax early stage breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy as well acupuncture for treatment related toxicities such as neuropathy and anxiety. I am proud to serve as the Chief Medical Officer of the Marisa Acocella Marchetto Foundation, a foundation dedicated to EMPOWER uninsured and underinsured women with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors to receive the best possible care without being concerned about the financial ramifications. Services from screenings to holistic care to the newest methods of empowerment are funded.

Education & experience

Education

Medical School - State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Doctor of Medicine

New York University, Residency in Internal Medicine

Bellevue Hospital Center, Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology

Practice

Mount Sinai Oncology

Affiliation

The Mount Sinai Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Medical Oncology (Internal Medicine)

Awards and publications

Castle Connolly Top Doctor

2015 Best Doctors-New York Magazine.

2014 Best Doctors-New York Magazine.

2013 Best Doctors-New York Magazine.

2006 Rubyfruit recognition of outstanding work and dedication in BREAST ONCOLOGY.

2000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Commander’s Certificate of Appreciation.

1998 Amgen Oncology Fellowship Program at New York University Medical Center.

1985 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

Chandana Kakani, Isabel Ruth Preeshagul, Rebecca Fisher, Paula Klein. Management of isolated leptomeningeal metastasis as the initial and sole site of recurrence in a patient with early-stage breast cancer: International Cancer Conference Journal: April, 2015 Volume 4, Issue 2 (2015), Page 101-104.

Kerin B. Adelson, MD1, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy2, MD, Joseph A. Sparano, MD3, Paul J. Christos, DrPH, MPH4, John J. Wright, MD, PhD5, George Raptis, MD, MBA6, Gang Han, PhD1, Miguel Villalona2, Cynthia X. Ma, MD7, Dawn Hershman, MD, MS8, Joseph Baar, MD9, Paula Klein, MD10, Tessa Cigler, MD, MPH4, Thomas Budd, MD11, Yelena Novik, MD12, Antoinette R. Tan, MD13, Susan Tannenbaum, MD14, Anupama Goel, MD15, Ellis Levine, MD16, Charles L. Shapiro, MD2, Eleni Andreopoulou, MD3, Michael Naughton, MD7, Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS8, Sam Waxman, MD17, Doris Germain, PhD17 Randomized Phase II Trial of Fulvestrant Alone.

Alsabbak H, Aljuboori Z, Spierer M, Klein P (2013) The Association of Adjuvant Trastuzumab (Herceptin) with Radiation Recall Dermatitis: A Case Study. J Cancer Sci Ther 5:427-429. doi: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000236.

D Hyams, A Chan, C de Oliveira, R Snyder, J Vinholes, M Audeh, V Alencar, J Lombard, B Mookerjee, J Xu, K Brown, P Klein. Cedarinib in combination with fulvestrant in hormone-sensitive metastatic breast cancer: Investigational New Drugs 10.1007/s10637-013-9991-2, June 2013.

AJ Olszewski, Y Migdady, SK Boolbol, P Klein, K Boachie-Adjei, BJ Sakr, W Sikov, T Shao Effects of adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2 positive or triple-negative pT1ab breast cancers: a multi-institutional retrospective study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment January.