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The goals of cancer treatment are to get rid of the cancer; prevent it from recurring; prolong life, and, if necessary, provide palliation, or easing of symptoms to improve quality of life.
Meet Our Physicians
Usha Venkatraj, M.D.
Dr. Venkatraj, Diplomate of the American Board of Oncology, received professional training in internal medicine at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She completed both an oncology and hematology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
Formerly, Dr. Venkatraj served as an attending physician and Medical Supervisor on the Oncology Apheresis Unit at Montefiore Medical Center; an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center; and Co-Director of the Breast Cancer Center at Albert Einstein University Hospital in Bronx, New York. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Hematology, and the American Board of Oncology.