Dr. Vernon K Sondak
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10920 N. McKinley Drive
Tampa, FL, United States
33612
Dr. Vernon K Sondak's Credentials
Accepting New Patients
Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients
Biography
Dr. Sondak is Chair of the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida. He holds the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cutaneous Oncology, and is also a Professor in the Departments of Oncologic Sciences and Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Since 2004, when he came to Tampa, the Cutaneous Oncology Clinic at Moffitt has grown into one of the largest multidisciplinary treatment centers for pediatric melanoma and related conditions in the world. Dr. Sondak has been a leader in studies of surgical treatment of melanoma and other cutaneous malignancies, particularly in the application of sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymph node dissection to the staging and treatment of melanoma, and has been instrumental in training many surgical oncologists in these techniques over the years. Dr. Sondak also has a strong research background: he served as Principal Investigator of the Moffitt Skin SPORE, a major NCI-funded "team science" grant conducting translational research in melanoma and other cutaneous malignancies. His research interests include surgical treatment of melanoma in adults and children; adjuvant (postoperative) and neoadjuvant (preoperative) therapy of melanoma; and evaluation of new therapies for patients with localized or disseminated melanoma.
Education
- Boston University School of Medicine (Grad. 1980)
Areas of Expertise
- Lymphoma
- Skin Cancer
- Vascular Disease
- Melanoma
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
Dr. Sondak is an incredibly knowledgeable, no nonsense surgeon, tells it like it is and treats his patients as individuals not a medical record #.
Submitted Dec. 5, 2014