JamesAEasthamMD

Surgical Oncology

Chief of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Overview of Dr. Eastham

Dr. James Eastham is an urologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and allied Diseases. He received his medical degree from University of Southern California School of Medicine and has been in practice 34 years. Dr. Eastham accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 73 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and one of 16 doctors at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and allied Diseases who specialize in Urology. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
353 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065
Book by Phone+1(724) 383-5047

Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Urologic Surgical Oncology, 1993 - 1995
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Urology, 1987 - 1993
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2000 - 2026
CA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
TX State Medical License 1994 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1995 - 2020
American Board of Urology Urology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2008-2014
Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Surgery With or Without Docetaxel and Leuprolide or Goserelin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 May 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Lycopene in Treating Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Prostate Biomarker Study Start of enrollment: 2007 May 01
Completed
Clinical and Quality of Life Outcomes After Open or Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2005 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Molecular Studies and Clinical Correlations in Human Prostatic Disease Start of enrollment: 1990 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2004 Dec 28
Completed
Study of Focal Cryoablation in Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 14
Completed
Phase 2
Feasibility and Safety Study Using Preoperative High-Dose Single-Fraction Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy at High-Risk for Extraprostatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Withdrawn
Phase 1
ClariCore™ Biopsy System in Patients Undergoing Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Multi-arm Multi-modality Therapy for Very High Risk Localized and Low Volume Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 21
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2847 citations
Integrative genomic profiling of human prostate cancer
Barry S. Taylor, Nikolaus Schultz, Haley Hieronymus, Anuradha Gopalan, Yonghong Xiao
Cancer Cell. 2010-07-13
93 citations
Prostate Cancer, Version 4.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
Edward M Schaeffer, Sandy Srinivas, Nabil Adra, Yi An, Daniel Barocas
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2023-10-01
88 citations
Hyperpolarized MRI of Human Prostate Cancer Reveals Increased Lactate with Tumor Grade Driven by Monocarboxylate Transporter 1
Kristin L. Granlund, Sui Seng Tee, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Serge K. Lyashchenko, Ed Reznik
Cell Metabolism. 2020-01-07

Lectures

CALGB 90203 (Alliance): Radical prostatectomy (RP) with or without neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy (CHT) in men with clinically localized, high-risk prostate cancer ...
2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019

Press Mentions

American College of Surgeons Experts Available to Speak on Concerning Trends in Advanced Prostate CancerFebruary 2nd, 2023
More U.S. Men Holding off on Prostate Cancer SurgeryFebruary 13th, 2019
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Ranked the Best Cancer Center in the Northeast and First in the Nation for Urology Care by U.S. News & World ReportAugust 2nd, 2023

Grant Support

Comparative Analysis Of Surgical Treatment Options For Localized Prostate CancerNational Cancer Institute2009–2010

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
QualCare HMO
QualCare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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