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Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Director, Mesothelioma Program
UChicago Faculty Physicians Open for more information
UChicago Faculty Physicians hold faculty positions with the University of Chicago and provide care for patients on the academic health system’s main campus in Hyde Park and in care centers throughout the Chicago region.
CloseDr. Kindler is an associate editor of Lung Cancer and has published numerous journal articles, review articles, book chapters, and abstracts. A popular speaker, she has been invited to lecture at hundreds of scientific meetings around the world.
Dr. Kindler is the immediate past-president of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group. She is an active member of several committees and boards, including the Science Advisory Board of the Mesothelioma Foundation, the NCI Pancreatic Cancer Task Force and the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.
Repeatedly listed in Best Doctors in America, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, and Top Doctors in Chicago. Dr. Kindler was recently awarded the Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Malignant Mesothelioma
- Pancreatic Cancer
Medical Education
- State University of New York College of Medicine
Internship
- University of California Los Angeles Health
Residency
- University of California Los Angeles Health
Fellowship
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
- International Mesothelioma Interest Group
- Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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