Kindler, Hedy Lee

Kindler, Hedy Lee

Hedy Lee Kindler is a board-certified oncology and internal medicine physician who specializes in mesothelioma.

  • Internationally recognized expert.
  • Serves as director of the hospital’s Mesothelioma Program.
  • Research focuses on cutting-edge treatments; currently leading a number of clinical trials to validate those treatment innovations.
  • Associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Lung Cancer; written numerous journal articles, review articles, book chapters and abstracts.
  • Regular lecturer at important meetings of mesothelioma specialists around the world.
  • Immediate past-president of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group; active participant on several committees and boards, including the Science Advisory Board of the Mesothelioma Foundation; member of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, and American Society of Clinical Oncology.
  • Named multiple times to “Best Doctors in America,” “America’s Top Doctors for Cancer,” and “Top Doctors in Chicago.”


Education:

  • M.D. degree from State University of New York Buffalo.