Phillip J. Manno, M.D., FACP
Chief of Clinical Oncology and Hematology Services
Phillip J. Manno, M.D., FACP, is the chief of Clinical Oncology and Hematology Services. Dr. Manno has been treating cancer patients in Las Vegas since 1992. His interests include breast cancer, malignant melanoma and CNS tumors. He also has an interest in coagulation. He serves on a number of committees at NVCI including chairman of the protocol review committee.
At Sunrise Hospital, he was chair of the Cancer Committee, chief of Oncology and director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit where he was the first physician to complete a bone marrow transplant in Las Vegas. At Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, he served as chief of Staff, chief of Medicine and director of the Cancer Center. He continues to serve on the Summerlin Hospital Medical Center Board of Trustees. He was also the past-president of the Nevada Oncology Society and has been a past-director of outpatient care for Odyssey Hospice.
He served in a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, and a fellowship in Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the University of Nebraska. Dr. Manno has been recognized as the “Best Medical Oncologist” by the Las Vegas Life magazine, as well as “Best Fellow in Bone Marrow Transplantation” at the University of Nebraska. He has also taught at UNLV in the department of biological sciences in both immunology and cell/molecular biology. He has also taught at the UNLV Dental School for 3 years in oral cancer.
He is a member of a number of community and professional organizations including the Clark County Medical Society, Nevada State Medical Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Cancer Society, American Association for Cancer Research and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Personal interests include complexity theory and cellular automata in mathematical modeling. He is currently pursuing research in these areas as it applies to genetics, signal transduction and carcinogenesis in cancer. He is also pursuing a master’s degree in statistical analysis.
Dr. Manno was recently honored by being named one of the “top doctors” in Las Vegas in the June 2007 issue of Las Vegas Life magazine, which annually compiles a list of the best physicians practicing locally, based on reader surveys.
