Our Physicians/ Nicholas Vogelzang, M.D.
NICHOLAS J. VOGELZANG, M.D.
EDUCATION
Dr. Vogelzang received his medical degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and he completed his fellowship in Medical Oncology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He was a faculty member at the University of Chicago from 1983 to 2003.
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Genitourinary malignancies (prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancer) and mesothelioma
EXPERIENCE
Dr. Vogelzang is a renowned medical oncologist and cancer researcher who has authored/coauthored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and abstracts and has given hundreds of lectures and presentations to his peers. Dr. Vogelzang joined Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN) as a medical oncologist in 2009 and he also serves as Chair and Medical Director of the Developmental Therapeutics Committee and Co-Chair of the Genitourinary Committee for US Oncology Research. Prior to joining CCCN, Dr. Vogelzang was Director of the Nevada Cancer Institute from 2004 to 2009. His other prior experience includes serving as the Director of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center.
BOARD CERTIFIED
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Association of Cancer Research
American College of Physicians
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Urological Association
Chicago Urological Society
Clark County Medical Society
European Society for Medical Oncology
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Kidney Cancer Association
Mesothelioma Foundation
Nevada Oncology Society
Society of Urologic Oncology
IN THE NEWS
March 3, 2011
Cancer Network
Longer Prostate Ca Screening Intervals for Baseline PSAs < 3 ng/mL?
Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang interviewed
November 11, 2010
Medscape
Nicholas Vogelzang, MD, Receives Award From the Kidney Cancer
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July 26, 2010
MyNews3.com
Interview with Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang
July 20, 2010
Las Vegas Review Journal
“TREATMENT QUALITY: Care, research attract visitors”
For more than 30 years, local engineer Thomas Horen has traveled outside of Las Vegas for his health care needs. From kidney stones to knee surgery, Horen has found that he received better health care and cutting edge, possibly lifesaving, medical procedures at hospitals and clinics in San Diego and Houston. However, he’s recently found that the opposite is true when it comes to his beloved hometown.
Dr. Nicholas J. Vogelzang interviewed
June 18, 2010
Channel 8 News
“Paula’s Health Notes: Prostate Cancer Vaccine”
Dr. Nicholas J. Vogelzang interviewed
June 16, 2010
Las Vegas Review-Journal
“Cancer patients find new hope: FDA approves new but costly treatment for prostate cancer”
The prescription medication made from his own immune cells flowed into the arm of Jim Phillips as he sat inside a Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada transfusion room on Eastern Avenue.
Dr. Nicholas J. Vogelzang interviewed