James Goydos

James Goydos, M.D. is a Board Certified Surgeon specializing in Surgical Oncology. He is an experienced Professor Of Surgery with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & healthcare industry. He is a strong education professional with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) focused in Medicine from Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Recognized for his leadership in patient care by the Melanoma Research Foundation and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), James Goydos is a leading expert in his field. As one of the original faculty members of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Goydos built the first clinical program focused on the treatment of patients with melanoma, other advanced cancers of the skin, and soft tissue sarcomas in New Jersey. Over the past 25 years, he has assembled a multidisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice nurses, and support personnel at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in order to offer patients state-of-the-art therapies and access to cutting-edge treatments. Since completing his training as a Surgical Resident at the University of Connecticut and as a Surgical Oncology Fellow at The University of Pittsburgh he has had a strong interest in melanoma research. He is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded investigator. Many of his collaborative laboratory discoveries have translated into clinical trials for patients with melanoma.James Goydos is the author or co-author of more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, review articles, book chapters, and published abstracts. He currently serves on the editorial board of the journal Clinical Cancer Research.