Get to know Surgical Oncologist Dr. Donald A. McCain, who serves patients in New Jersey & New York.
Recognized as the face of surgical oncology, Dr. McCain’s major interests are melanoma, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, hepatobiliary cancer, sarcomas, and micrometastases. He is the Chief of Surgical Oncology (Department of surgery) and Vice Chairman of the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center. He opened his private practice in 2000 and, in 2015, he opened his second practice in New York to accommodate patients in the city. He has credentials in New Jersey’s Holy Name Medical Center and Mountainside Medical Center & New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Alongside his clinical work, he holds an academic appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Academically, Dr. McCain received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from C.U.N.Y. in 1986, as well as a Master of Science degree in 1988 and a Ph.D. in 1989 in molecular biophysics from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Columbia University Graduate Programs. He continued on to receive his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1991.
Donald A. McCain, MD, PhD, FACS, attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York, and received his medical degree in 1991. Furthermore, he conducted his general surgery residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York (1991 – 1996). In addition, he completed his fellowship training in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York (1996 – 1998). Dr. McCain received board certification in general surgery and surgical oncology from the American Board of Surgery. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he maintains professional memberships with the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, the National Pancreas Foundation, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. In addition to his medical degree, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from CUNY (1986), a Master of Science degree (1988) and a PhD in molecular biophysics (1989) from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. For more information about Dr. Donald A. McCain, please visit