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When facing cancer, one of your most important decisions is where to go for treatment. An Initial consultation with Dr. Gaynor is a 2 1/2 to 3 hour evaluation. Dr. Gaynor will review all treatment options and work with you as well as with colleagues at Weill-Cornell to develop a customized treatment plan tailored to your needs. This includes therapies to treat cancer as well as underlying medical conditions and support for your immune system, strength and quality of life.
LIVING LONGER. LIVING BETTER. Cancer Treatment and Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities—Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D.
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Curriculum VitaeMITCHELL L. GAYNOR, M.D. |
| Personal: | |
| Date and Place of Birth | June 5, 1956 |
| Marital Status: | Married, two children |
| Citizenship: | United States Citizen |
| Education: | |
| 1978 | B.S., Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas |
| 1983 | M.D., University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School, Dallas |
| Professional Appointments: | |
| 2003- | Founder and President, – Gaynor Integrative Oncology, New York, NY |
| 2000-2002 | Medical Director, Director of Medical Oncology, Cornell Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, New York |
| 1997-2000 | Associate Medical Director, Director of Medical Oncology, The Strang Cancer Prevention Center, New York |
| 1997-2000 | Director, Integrative Medicine Program, The Strang Cancer Prevention Center, New York |
| 1993-1997 | Associate Director, The Strang-Cornell G.I. Cancer Prevention Center, New York |
| 1992-1994 | Director, Chemotherapy Service Beth Israel Hospital North Division, New York |
| 1991-1994 | Elected to General Faculty Council, Department of Medicine The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| 1989-Present | Attending Physician and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| 1988-1989 | Chief Medical Resident The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| 1987-1988 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biology Rockefeller University, New York |
| 1985-1988 | Clinical Fellow, Hematology-Oncology The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| 1984-1985 | Assistant Chief Medical Resident The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| 1983-1984 | Junior Assistant Resident The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| 1983-1984 | Internship, Internal Medicine The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
| Honors: | |
| 2002 | Environmental Advocacy Award – New York State Assembly |
| 2002 | Environmental Advocate of the Year Award – Mid Hudson Options Institute |
| 2002 | Top Doctors: New York Metro Area |
| 1999 | The Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine |
| 1998 | The Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine |
| 1998 | Board of Advisors, Healthy Living Magazine |
| 1997 - 2010 | Listed in “How to Find The Best Doctors-New York Metro Area |
| 1997 | Executive Review Panel, of the United States Army Medical Research and Medical Command Section on Nutrition and Breast Cancer |
| 1985-1986 | Special Protocol Fellow of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B |
| 1978 | Thesis Honor Award in Zoology, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1977 | Phi Beta Kappa |
| Boards | |
| 1986 | Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 1987 | Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Oncology |
| 1988 | Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Hematology |
| 2001 | Medical Board of Advisors, Sass Foundation of Medical Research |
| 2004 | Editorial Review Board, Journal of Cancer Integrative Medicine |
| 2005 | Center for Environmental Oncology (CEO) |
| 2007 | Board of Director - Susan G. Komen Foundation |
| Invited Lectureships: | |
| 11/7/91 | Breast Cancer Symposium: The Current Management of Breast Cancer. Beth Israel Hospital North. |
| 1/14/92 | Grand Rounds: Acute Leukemia’s. The New York –Beekman Hospital. |
| 4/7/92 | Gastroenterology Grand Rounds: Recent Advances in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer. The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. |
| 4/8/92 | Invited Lecture: Recent Advances in the Treatment and Diagnosis of Metastatic Melanoma. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. |
| 3/30/94 | Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: Once Folklore Now Science: Symposium. Beth Israel Medical Center. |
| 4/12/94 | American Cancer Society Symposium on Colorectal Cancer Treatment. The New York Hospital Medical Center, Queens. |
| 9/13/94 | National Tea Council: The Nutritional Effects of Tea: Current Status and Future Directions. Salisbury, Connecticut. |
| 5/31/95 | Endocrinology Grand Rounds: The Role of Nutrition in Cancer Prevention. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| 10/22/95 | Holistic Healthcare Conference: SYNTHESIS OF MIND-BODY HEALING, NUTRITION AND TRADITIONAL WESTERN MEDICINE IN CANCER PATIENTS. Lenox Hill Hospital. |
| 5/19/96-5/25/96 | Salzburg Seminars-Salzburg, Austria. New Developments in Oncology, Sponsored jointly by The Soros Foundation and The Austrian-American Foundation. |
| 11/27/96 | 92nd Street Y, Invited Lecturer for Health Week: A Cancer Doctor Updates the Role of Nutrition in Cancer Prevention. |
| 10/13/97 | Huxley Institute, “Integrative Medicine in the 21st Century”. |
| 11/7/97 | Guest of Honor at Fund Raising Dinner for Friends of The Institute of Noetic Sciences, New York, New York. |
| 11/18/97 | Marble Collegiate Church- Distinguished Author lecture series “Nutrition and Mind Body Medicine”. |
| 11/20/97 | Medical Grand Rounds: St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa “Nutrition and Cancer Prevention”. |
| 11/22/97 | Holistic Health Fair, Iowa City, Iowa: Keynote speaker “Building The Bridge Between Alternative and Conventional Therapies”. |
| 1/15/98 | Medical Grand Rounds: Beth Israel North, NY “Nutrition and Cancer Prevention”. |
| 4/3/98 | Plenary Session of Annual Meeting of the Journal, Alternative Therapies In Health and Medicine, San Diego: “ Integrative Care for Patients with Cancer” |
| 6/5/98 | Symposium on New Frontier in Breast Cancer and the Environment: Detection, Treatment and Prevention, Smithstonian Institute. Guest Speaker: Novel Nutritional Approaches to Primary and Secondary Prevention of Breast Cancer |
| 3/2/99 | American Cancer Society Symposium on Prostate Cancer. “Adjunctive Nutrition in Patients with Prostate Cancer” School for Ethical Culture. New York, NY |
| 5/12/99 | SHARE: Self-Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer “New Frontiers: Nutritional and Pharmacological Means to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer”. NY |
| 6/9/99 | PATHWAYS: Life After Cancer Asheville, North Carolina. |
| 6/12/99 | Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA. |
| 6/14/99 | INNOVATIONS IN NATURAL MEDICINE A symposium sponsored by S.H.A.R.E at The Rockefeller University’s Caspary Auditorium, NY, NY |
| 6/27/99 | Unity Church of Austin: Guest Speaker, “Your Innate Capacity to Heal”. Austin, Texas |
| 7/22/99-7/23/99 | York Health System Invited speaker. Community presentation: “Essence of Healing/Spirituality” Grand Rounds for Family Practice & Internal Medicine: “Total Health Care…Today”. York Hospital York, PA. |
| 7/28/99 | Invited Lecturer, “The Energy Role of Nutrition, Sound, and Music in Cancer Prevention and Treatment. 92nd Street Y, New York, NY |
| 7/30/99 | Moderator: Special Lecture on: Integrative Medicine Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing Larry Dossey, MD. Uris Auditorium Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY |
| 10/4/99 | Seminar: Invited Speaker Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment at the Millennium. Complimentary Therapy Uris Auditorium Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY. |
| 10/14/99 | Speaker: An Evening to Prevent Breast Cancer in Women Under Forty. Bridgewaters & Museum Club, NY |
| 11/6/99 | Omega Institute: Healing the Whole Self. Conference Logistics & General Information Fort Lauderdale, Fl. |
| 11/13/99 | Invited Speaker: Living Beyond Breast Cancer Philadelphia, PA. |
| 03/25/00 | Invited Speaker: Scripps International Board Symposium Cancer: The Mind – Body Connection Cancer Care: Science, Prevention, Physicians and Patients La Jolla, CA |
| 06/07/00 | Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference: Creating Integrative Oncology Practices. Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, VA. |
| 08/27/00 | Keynote Speaker: Integrative Therapy in The New Millennium Center for Well-Being, The Ross Institute. East Hampton, NY |
| 10/8/00 | Invited Speaker: Nutrition and Cancer The Sass Foundation For Medical Research 6th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Day East Hampton, NY |
| 10/18/00 | Keynote Speaker: 2000 WOMEN’S HEALTH SYMPOSIUM: The Cutting Edge: Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Cure New York, NY |
| 11/18/00 | Invited Speaker: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer: Real Change for the Real World: 5Th Annual Integrating Mind, Body, and Spirit in Medical Practice. The William and Ida Friday Center For Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. |
| 12/9/00 | Invited Speaker: 6TH ANNUAL BREAST CARE ADVANCES FOR THE PRIMARY CARE PRACTITIONER: The Role of Nutrition in Cancer Prevention The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
| 2/20/01 | Invited panelist: Integrative Health Series, The Colony Club, New York |
| 2/21/01 | Psychiatry Grand Rounds – Weill Cornell Medical Center The Future of Integrative Medicine. |
| 3/17/01 | Keynote Speaker: Bio-Diversity Laboratory Opening Bio-Diversity and Human Health Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
| 4/17/01 | Health & Wellness SEMINARS Food As Medicine: Prospects for Cancer Prevention New York Presbyterian The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell, New York |
| 7/28/01 | Invited Lecturer: Sound Healing Ross Institute Center For Well-Being East Hampton, New York |
| 7/29/01 | Workshop: Sound and Meditation Ross Institute Center for Well-Being East Hampton, New York |
| 5/15/02 | Invited Guest Panelist: Beyond Drinking Tea Asia Society and Museum New York, NY |
| 7/26/02 | Keynote Speaker: Sixty-Fourth Dietetic Internship Class Department of Nutrition New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York |
| 8/12/02- 8/13/02 | Guest Speaker/Round Table Discussion: Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Foundation Speaker Series. Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 11/17/02 | Keynote Speaker – Mid Hudson Options Institute – The Role of Nutrition and the Environment in Breast Cancer Risk |
| 11/18/02 | The Role of Sound, Voice and Music in Cancer Support Programs - 92nd Street Y |
| 2/2/03 | Mind-Body Medicine Symposium 92nd Street Y. |
| 4/11/03 | Keynote Speaker – Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference sponsored by MD Anderson: One Oncologists View of Integrative Care Washington, DC |
| 4/24/03 | World Information Transfer (WIT) Twelfth International Conference: Health and Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions Topic:“Water and Health: Problems and Solutions United Nations Secretariat, NY |
| 6/31/03 | Speaker: Second Annual Breast Cancer Congress: Integrating Nutrition, Mind-Body Practices, and Environmental Medicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Breast Cancer. Banff, Canada |
| 9/13/03 | Keynote Speaker – The Best Cure Integrative Approaches to Health and Wellness SUNY Ulster/Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge, NY |
| 10/26/03 | Second Annual Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer 2003 The Role of Nutrition, the Environment and Mind-Body Practices in Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment. The Plaza Hotel, New York, NY |
| 11/27/03 | Speaker – “Diet for Life” N’shei C.A.R.E.S. New York, NY |
| 1/16/04 | Keynote Speaker – Natural Supplements in the Prevention and Treatment
of Cancer. Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine – First Annual Natural Supplements in Evidence-Based Practice: A clinical and Research Update La Jolla, CA. |
| 2/24/04 | Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA) Speaker: “Integrative Oncology” Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom New York, NY |
| 4/29/04 | Fourteenth Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon Speaker: Women’s Health and the Environment American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY |
| 5/13/04 | Lecturer: Natural Supplements in Cancer Prevention Columbia Integrative Medicine Program, Milstein Hospital Bldg. Fort Washington, NY. |
| 6/21/04-6/23/04 | Guest Speaker: Exploring health and healing connecting body, mind and spirit. A conference for health, business and community leaders on the art and science of total health presented by the Calgary Health Region. Lake Louise, Alberta Canada. |
| 8/2/04 | Keynote address: Environmental Oncology Symposium – 16th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology NYU, New York. |
| 10/8/04-10/10/04 | Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine. Beyond
Technique: The Heart of Healing.
Workshop: Prevention is the Only Cure: Complementary Medicine TCM And Breast Cancer |
| 10/16/04 | The Sass Foundation for Medical Research/10th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Presentation: The Role of Nutrition, the Environment and Mind Body Practices in Breast Cancer and its Prevention. Long Island, New York. |
| 10/17/04 | Breast Cancer Options/ Annual Meeting: Keynote Address: New Avenues in Breast Cancer Prevention. Kingston, NY |
| 11/20/04 | Pathways to Healing/The Multicultural Healthfair Speaker: Cancer and The Environment Barouch College, New York, NY |
| 2/06/05 | 92nd Street Y: Lecturer: Nurture Nature/Nurture Health – Your Health and the Environment. New York, NY |
| 3/5/05 | Keynote Presentation: The role of Nutrition and Environmental Pollution in Cancer Prevention and Treatment Lesley University, Cambridge MA |
| 9/21/05 | Speaker, Your Health and the Environment, Baruch College New York, NY |
| 10/9/05 | Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine The Healing Power Of Sound/An Experimental Journey Workshop: Nurture Nature/Nurture Health-Your Health and the Environment |
| 1/20/06-1/22/06 | Pre-Conference Workshop: Natural Supplements in Cancer Care Speaker: Treatment and Prevention of Environmental Causes of Disease Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, La Jolla, CA |
| 3/18/06 | Speaker: Executive Education course “Comparative Health System Baruch College, NY |
| 5/21/06 | Speaker: Mind/Body Training in Positive Psychology Harvard Conference Center, Boston, MA |
| 4/19/09 | Speaker: 8th Annual Breast Cancer Options Complementary Medicine Conference Topic: Epigenetics – The Link Between the Breast Cancer Epidemic & the Environment SUNY New Paltz, NY |
| 5/23/10 | Speaker: The 17th International Symposium on Functional Medicine The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) functionalmedicine.org Topic: Living Longer and Better: Cancer Survivorship Challenges and Opportunities La Costa Resort and Spa Carlsbad, CA |
| Publications: |
| 1. Gaynor, M.L., Ferguson ,E.R. and Knochel, J.P.: The Effect of Prostaglandin Synthesis Inhibitors on Glucose Intolerance in Potassium Deficiency, Clin. Res., 30 (2): 571a, 1982. Secondary Prevention of Breast Cancer. |
| 2. Gaynor, M.L., Ferguson, E.R. and Knochel, J.P.: The Effect of Prostaglandin Synthesis Inhibitors on Glucose Intolerance in Potassium Deficiency, Am. Soc. Nephrol. 14th Annual Meeting. |
| 3. Coleman, M., Armitage, J.O., Gaynor, M.L., et al: The COPBLAM Programs: Evolving Chemotherapy Concepts on Large Cell Lymphoma, Sem. In Hematology 25(2): 23-33, 1988. |
| 4. Bernahardt, B., and Coleman, M., Gaynor, M.L., et al (1989): COPBLAM IV: Combination Chemotherapy for Large Cell Lymphoma.ASCO Proc., Vol. 8, 1989. |
| 5. Fine, S.L., Gaynor, M.L., Isom, W., et al (1990): Carcinoid Tumor Metastatic to Heart (Case report). American Int. Med. 89(2): 690-92, 1990. |
| 6. Gaynor, M.L., When You’re Hurting… How to help yourself heal by Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D., Fitness Magazine, September 1996. |
| 7. Rafi, S., Coleman, M,. Kaufmann, T., Cesarman, G., Papish, S.W., Bernardt, B., Gaynor, M.L., Reisman, A.M., CODBLAM IV; Chemotherapy for Large Cell Lymphoma. Am. J Clin Oncol (CCT) 20(1): 90-96, 1997. |
| 8. Gaynor, M.L., Nutrition & Mind-Body Healing,
Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D., To Your Health Magazine Volume V111, Number 10, July/August 1997. |
| 9. Gaynor, M.L., The Capacity to Heal. (Interview): Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. Vol. 4, No.2, March 1998. |
| 10. Devra Lee Davis, Deborah Axelrod, Lisa Bailey, Mitchell L.Gaynor, and Annie J. Sasco, Rethinking Breast Cancer Risk and the Environment: The Case for the Precautionary Principle. Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 106, Number 9, September 1998. |
| 11. William R. Fair, MD; Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD; James S. Gordon, MD., Mack T. Ruffin, MD, MPH; David Spiegel, MD. Cancer Prevention: What really Works. Patient Care, The Practical Journal For Primary Physicians. Pgs. 65-94. |
| 12. Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D., How to Put the Healing Power of Sound To Work for you. Bottom Line Tomorrow Magazine. Volume 8 Number 2. February 2000. |
| 13. Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D., It’s not too late To Prevent Cancer Healthy and Natural Magazine, October Vol.7, No.5, Issue 36 |
| 14. Devra Lee Davis, Deborah Axelrod and Mitchell Gaynor: Waiting for Science Can Cost Lives: Newsday, Inc. New York, NY |
| 15. Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D., A New Healing Alternative – An introduction to the Weill-Cornell Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine Whole Foods/June 2001 |
| 16. Gaynor, M.L., Soy Isoflavones and Prostate Health, Cleveland Clinical Journal of Medicine. Vol.70, No.3; March 2003. |
| 17. Mitchell Gaynor, M.D., Carcinogens, Water and Health – World Ecology Report Vol.XV, Nos. 2,3,& 4, 2003. |
| 18. Gaynor, M.L., One Oncologist’s View of Integrative Care: Keynote Address, Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference, Integrative Cancer Therapies 3(1); 2004 pp 82-87 |
19. Davis, D., Hetbermen, R., Gaynor, M., et.al. The Need to Develop Centers for E nvironmental Oncology. Biomed Pharmacotheraphy. July 2007 |
| Books: |
| 1. Gaynor, M.L., Healing E.S.S.E.N.C.E.: A Doctor’s Practical Program for Hope and Recovery. Kodansha International, August, 1995. |
| 2. Gaynor, M.L., Jerry Hickey, RPH: Dr. Gaynor’s Cancer Prevention Program. Kensington Books, January, 1999. |
| 3. Gaynor, M.L., The Healing Power of Sound: Recovery from Life Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice and Music. Shambhala Publications 2002. |
| 4. Nurture Nature Nurture Health / Your Health and the Environment, Nurture Nature Press, October 2005 |
