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Saint John’s Health Center – 2121 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (map & directions)
Translating Innovative Science into Compassionate, Patient-Centric Care
Saint John’s Cancer Institute is renowned for advancing therapeutics, translational science, and establishing standards of care. We foster robust fellowship programs, implement and initiate clinical trials, and collaborate with academic and industry partners worldwide.
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Saint John’s Cancer Institute (SJCI) is a pioneer in drug discovery, therapeutics, clinical trials, and research. SJCI established the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy under the late Dr. Donald L. Morton, which has become the standard of lymph node care for melanoma and breast cancer worldwide.
Today, our patients continue to have access to innovative treatments, therapeutics, and trials. We are at the forefront of understanding the biology of cancer as well as expanding treatment for under-served communities.
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Your Healthy Dose Podcast: Thoracic Surgical Oncologist, Dr. Robert McKenna, discusses lung cancer, facts and myths
Lung Cancer, What You Need to Know
Listen to Dr. McKenna, Director, Minimally Invasive Chest Surgery and Thoracic Surgical Oncology, and Professor of Surgery at Saint John’s Cancer Institute, in his first podcast with Kym Douglas, hosted by Saint John’s Health Center Foundation’s Your Healthy Dose.
News & Podcast Video (19:32): Your Healthy Dose Podcast: Dr. Robert McKenna Discusses Lung Cancer – What You Need to Know
Saint John’s Cancer Institute Welcomes Baiya Krishnadasan, MD
Dr. Krishnadasan is a General Thoracic Surgeon specializing in minimally invasive approaches for benign and malignant esophageal, lung, mediastinal, and pleural diseases. Dr. Krishnadasan joins Dr. Robert McKenna and the thoracic care team.
Bio: Learn more about Dr. Krishnadasan.
Center of Excellence: Minimally Invasive Chest Surgery and Thoracic Surgical Oncology.
Lung Cancer Awareness: Minimally Invasive, Robotic-assisted Bronchoscopy now available at Saint John’s Health Center
Nurse navigator of the lung screening program, Sara Belton, Ph. D, RN, describes the Ion robotic system by Intuitive Surgical Systems as, “a GPS for lung surgery.”
Learn More: Lung Cancer Survivor, Gary Bethel, and his wife Laura, share their lung screening experience and describe the surgery performed by Dr. Robert McKenna.
Pancreas Cancer Awareness: Dr. Anton Bilchik, Chief of General Surgery, Director of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Program and Research at Saint John’s Cancer Institute, Chronicles Pancreas Cancer.
“Management [of pancreatic cancer] requires a multi-disciplinary team…It’s no specialty alone that helps cure pancreas cancer.”
– Anton Bilchik, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FACS
Listen to Dr. Bilchik describe the challenges of pancreas cancer.
BLOG & VIDEO (2:37): Hear from the Expert: Pancreatic Cancer Prevention
Stomach Cancer Awareness: Dr. Anton Bilchik, Chief of General Surgery, Director of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Program and Research at Saint John’s Cancer Institute, Discusses Stomach Cancer.
You don’t need a stomach to live a normal life. If the entire stomach needs to be removed, the esophagus can be attached directly to the small intestines.
– Anton Bilchik, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FACS
Listen to Dr. Bilchik describe how stomach cancer differs in the U.S.
BLOG & VIDEO (3:46): Hear It From An Expert: You Don’t Need A Stomach To Live A Healthy Life: Stomach Cancer Facts
Actively Recruiting: New Precision Medicine Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Open
Dr. Parvin Peddi, Director of Breast Medical Oncology and Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, is the Principal Investigator in 4 New, Targeted Therapy Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer.
BLOG: New Precision Medicine Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Open, and Actively Recruiting.
Dr. Parvin Peddi, Director of Breast Medical Oncology at Margie Petersen Breast Cancer Center, specializes in breast cancer treatment and recently achieved the Super Doctors Southern California 2023 award.
Actively Recruiting: Clinical Trials for Patients with Melanoma Cancer
Kim Margolin, MD, Medical Director of the Melanoma Program at Saint John’s Cancer Institute, is Principal Investigator of 5 Active and Enrolling Melanoma Clinical Trials.
BLOG: Kim Margolin, MD is Principal Investigator of Active and Enrolling Melanoma Clinical Trials.
Actively Recruiting: White Button Mushroom Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Open
A novel approach aimed at early prostate cancer progression – Saint John’s Cancer Institute is now enrolling patients for this trial.
“We have had prior evidence that it may have anti-cancer activity in patients with early-stage prostate cancer.”
– Przemyslaw Twardowski, M.D., Principal Investigator
Learn more about trial eligibility.
What is it like to Participate in a Clinical Trial?
Mark Perzely was diagnosed with small-cell carcinoma—a rare and aggressive cancer that developed in his bladder.
“Once small-cell spreads, it won’t stop, and there are no approved treatments,” according to Mark’s video testimonial.
Read more about Mark’s story and listen to his outlook several years after the trial.
BLOG & VIDEO (5:43): What is it like to Participate in a Clinical Trial?
A Legacy of Research Excellence
“He was ahead of his peers in anticipating the genetics era of cancer research, for decades he carefully maintained archival specimen resource for correlative translational studies.”
– Laura Morton Rowe, Chief Human Resources Officer, Saint John’s Health Center
Learn more about the Donald L. Morton Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship.
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