Dr. Jerry Finklestein, medical director of the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital, has been recognized as a top pediatric hematology-oncology physician by his peers in Consumers Checkbook Magazine's 2009 "Consumer's Guide to Top Doctors," the hospital announced today.
Published annually, the guide provides a state-by-state listing of medical specialists who have been most frequently mentioned by their peers in a survey. Finklestein, who has worked with pediatric hematology-oncology patients for nearly 40 years and is the founding medical director of the cancer center, is the only pediatric hematology-oncology physician in Los Angeles county on the list.
"When we first opened the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center more than 25 years ago, we did so with the intention of providing our young patients with a holistic treatment approach to meet their complete medical, emotional, scholastic and social needs from the time of diagnosis to treatment and beyond," said Finklestein, created the hematology-oncology service at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach in 1976. "Through this innovative and compassionate care, we're able to see a patient throughout their entire lifetime. There is simply no greater joy in life than watching a patient, diagnosed with a serious illness at a young age, walk down the aisle on their wedding day."
Finklestein attended McGill University in Montreal Canada, and completed his pediatric training at the Montreal Children's Hospital and hematology-oncology training at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
Published annually, the guide provides a state-by-state listing of medical specialists who have been most frequently mentioned by their peers in a survey. Finklestein, who has worked with pediatric hematology-oncology patients for nearly 40 years and is the founding medical director of the cancer center, is the only pediatric hematology-oncology physician in Los Angeles county on the list.
"When we first opened the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center more than 25 years ago, we did so with the intention of providing our young patients with a holistic treatment approach to meet their complete medical, emotional, scholastic and social needs from the time of diagnosis to treatment and beyond," said Finklestein, created the hematology-oncology service at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach in 1976. "Through this innovative and compassionate care, we're able to see a patient throughout their entire lifetime. There is simply no greater joy in life than watching a patient, diagnosed with a serious illness at a young age, walk down the aisle on their wedding day."
Finklestein attended McGill University in Montreal Canada, and completed his pediatric training at the Montreal Children's Hospital and hematology-oncology training at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
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