It is with profound  sorrow that we report  the death of David H. Polinger ,
on July 1, 2007. He was the President of the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation  since its inception in 1968. His professionalism, devotion and friendship will be missed and forever remembered.
The Board of Directors, officers, and staff of the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation extend deepest sympathies to his wife, Donna, and family

Foundation Medical Advisors

Medica Director:

Richard R.P. Warner, M.D
Professor of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Medical Center,
NEW LOCATION as of January 1, 2008
FPA Practice Associates
5 East 98 th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10029-6574
Tel: 212-241-4299
Fax: 212-426-5099
Specialty: Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine Tumors (all locations)
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The following medical professionals serve as advisors to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation:

Josef Machac M.D.
Nuclear Medicine Associates
Professor of Radiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Specialty: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology/Cardiology
Clinical Interest: Cardiac Nuclear Medicine; Endocrinologic Radiology; Lung Cancer Imaging; Oncologic Imaging; Position Emission Tomography

Michail K Shafir, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Attending
New York, NY
Specialty: Surgical Oncology
Clinical Interest: liver tumors, malignant melanoma, breast diseases; Breast Cancer; Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Cancer; Liver Surgery; Melanoma

Lynn H. Ratner, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neoplastic Diseases
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Prof. Dr. med. Bertram Wiedenmann
Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt
Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie
Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow
Germany
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Clinical Interest: Neuroendocrine tumors

Eugene A. Woltering, M.D. , FACS
Professor of Surgery and Neuroscience
Chief, Sections of Surgical Endocrinology and Oncology
Director of Surgical Research
Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center
The James D. Rives, Section.of Surg. Oncology
New Orleans, LA
Specialty: Surgical Oncology
Clinical Interest: Neuroendocrine tumors

Jerome S. Zacks, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Specialty: Cardiology