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Anil Vachani, MD
Dr. Vachani is an attending physician at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. His primary clinical interests are in evaluating new diagnostic techniques for patients with suspected lung cancer, better defining patient prognosis for patients with lung cancer, and novel methods for early detection and screening. Dr. Vachani sees patients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and at the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Barbara Campling, MD
Dr. Campling is a medical oncologist with an interest in the chemotherapy of lung cancer, in particular small cell lung cancer. Her research has focused on mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in lung cancer. She has a clinical and research interest in smoking and smoking cessation in lung cancer patients.

Beth Eaby, MSN, CRNP, OCN
Beth Eaby, MSN, CRNP, OCN is a board certified nurse practitioner and is also a nationally certified oncology nurse. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society and is currently President of her local ONS chapter. She specializes in the treatment of patients with lung cancer. Her areas of interest and research, in addition to lung cancer, include rash management of cancer treatments, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and supportive care of cancer.

Stephen M. Hahn, MD
An Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hahn specializes in the use of radiation for the treatment of a variety of malignancies. His research interests include the clinical and basic research applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT), the use of agents against molecular/genetic targets in combination with radiation, and the investigation of hypoxia in cancer.

Vicki Sherry, MSN, CRNP
Vicki Sherry, MSN, CRNP is a certified advanced practice oncology nurse. She has many years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner caring for inpatients undergoing chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. She currently works coordinating the care and clinical management of patients with lung cancer.