Shaw Regional Cancer Center
Learn more about our physicians by clicking on their names listed below.

Patricia Hardenbergh, MD

 Alexander Urquhart, MD
James Downey, MD  Reginald Franciose, MD
Anthony Elias, MD Leonard Michael Glode, M.D.
Janice Joyce Ugale, MD  Jeffrey I Resnick, MD 
  

 

 

 

 

Patricia Hardenbergh, MD 

EDUCATION: Brown University / Dartmouth College
RESIDENCY Harvard Medical School
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Radiology
CONTACT INFO: 970-569-7429

Patty Hardenbergh
I am the Director of Radiation Oncology at the Shaw. I have been at the Shaw since 2001, when we opened and treated our first patient. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College, followed by a medical degree from the Dartmouth/Brown University Program in Medicine. I completed a medicine internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado and had my residency training at the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy at Harvard Medical School. I came to The Shaw from Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Therapy where I was on the faculty. At Duke, my clinical activities included cancer research, teaching students, and treating cancer patients. I have written over 20 original publications on cancer biology, brain tumors, and breast cancer. I have also been an invited speaker at breast cancer conferences and have presented my research at numerous national meetings. I was awarded grants from the National Institute of Health, Department of Defense Program for Breast Cancer Research, Duke University SPORE project, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, American Society for Clinical Oncology, and the American Association of Cancer Research. I look forward to working with you as we journey through cancer treatment.
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Alexander Urquhart, MD

EDUCATION/HONORS: University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas
RESIDENCY: University of Colorado School of Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Internal Medicine
CONTACT INFO: 970-569-7429

Dr Urquhart

I am the Director of Medical Oncology at the Shaw Cancer Center. I received my undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College, and graduated with honors from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. I completed my Internal Medicine Residency as well as my Medical Oncology and Hematology Fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver where I served as Chief Medical Oncology Fellow. After Fellowship I was on faculty at the University of Colorado and attending physician at Denver Health Medical Center, with a particular focus in breast cancer. Prior to coming to the Shaw, I served as Director of the Medical Breast Oncology Clinic at Denver Health Medical Center, and as an attending physician in the University of Colorado Breast Center Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic. I have a particular interest in breast cancer as well as general oncology and with a special interest clinical research. While at the University I was active in the development and patient accrual to clinical trials and since moving to the Vail Valley have maintained a clinical faculty appointment at the University of Colorado. Clinical trials offer the cutting edge treatments of tomorrow today and through cooperation with the University of Colorado, we are able to offer a wide variety of clinical trials here at the Shaw. Our goal at the Shaw is to provide cutting edge cancer care to patients in a personable and comfortable setting.
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James Downey, MD

EDUCATION/HONORS: University of Colorado School of Medicine/University of California at Berkeley
RESIDENCY: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery
CONTACT INFO: 970-479-5036 
Dr. Downey
I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with honors before moving to Colorado. After graduating the University of Colorado Medical School, I completed my surgical residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1997. I am certified by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, an instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado.  I practiced in Boulder for 9 years before being recruited to bring advanced laparoscopic and breast surgery techniques to the Vail Valley. I am actively involved in many committees and departments at Vail Valley Medical Center, and travel yearly as a team physician with the US Ski Team.
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Anthony Elias, MD

EDUCATION/HONORS: New York University School of Medicine/Princeton University
RESIDENCY: Johns Hopkins Hospital/Harvard/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women's Hospital
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Internal Medicine Oncology Subspecialty
CONTACT INFO: 970-569-7429
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Reginald Franciose, MD

EDUCATION/HONORS: George Washington University School of Medicine/University of Massachusetts
RESIDENCY: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/Denver Health Medical
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
CONTACT INFO: 970-479-5036

Dr Franciose

I am a member of the multidisciplinary breast clinic team. I have been with VVMC since 2000. I received my Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts, followed by a medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. I had my residency training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and completed a Trauma Research Fellowship at Denver Health Medical Center. My experience includes Surgical Staff member at Denver Health Medical Center. In 2001 I received the Department of Surgery Chief Resident Teaching Award at the University of Colorado Health Science Center. I have written over 30 original publications on surgical and trauma topics and breast cancer.
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Leonard Michael Glode, M.D.

EDUCATION/HONORS: Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
RESIDENCY: Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School,Boston, MA
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology Subspeciality
CONTACT INFO: 970-569-7429

 
I am the medical oncology specialist for prostate cancer at the Shaw Regional Cancer Center. I have a long standing interest in GU oncology. I was PI on the study leading to approval of leuprolide and am currently PI on the only national NCI sponsored adjuvant treatment protocol for high risk prostate cancer patients following surgery. My laboratory interests include studies on a toxin-conjugate of GnRH which appears capable of directly killing tumor cells aberrently expressing the GnRH receptor as well as eliminating pituitary gonadotropes. I also have additional funded research evaluating the efficacy of a flavanone found in milk thistle, silibinin. This interesting polyphenol has significant anti-tumor activity in animal models and no apparent toxicity. An ongoing study is evaluating the human tolerance (Phase I) and lab studies continue to look at its efficacy as a bladder cancer prevention agent. and enhancer of chemotherapeutic agents.
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Jeffrey I Resnick, MD
 

EDUCATION/HONORS:  Yale, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
RESIDENCY:  General and Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
BOARD CERTIFICATION:  American Board of Plastic Surgery
CONTACT INFO:  970-569-7656 or 1-877-569-6643
Vail Institute for Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery 
Dr Resnick
Dr. Resnick is a nationally known plastic surgeon who received his undergraduate degree from Yale followed by his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  After completing a full general surgery residency, he pursued a plastic surgery residency, both at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School.  He then went to California for a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at UCLA. He has been on the faculty of both UCLA and USC in Los Angeles.  He recently joined Vail Valley Medical Center and the Shaw Regional Cancer Center, specializing in reconstruction following cancer surgery.
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Janice Joyce Ugale, MD

EDUCATION/HONORS:  University of Glasgow Medical School, Glasgow, Scotland M.B., Ch.B.
RESIDENCY:  Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow, Scotland, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
BOARD CERTIFICATION:  American Board of Radiology
CONTACT INFO:  970-569-7690 Sonnenalp Breast Imaging Center
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