Dr. James Lasker, MD

Expert Publications

• Synchronous tumors: Hodgkin disease presenting in mesenteric lymph nodes from a right hemicolectomy for colon carcinoma.
• Solitary myeloma of the talus bone.

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Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. James C. Lasker, who serves patients throughout the State of Alabama.

A seasoned hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Lasker joined Alabama Oncology in 1996, serving as President and Managing Partner from 2011 through 2018. He currently tends to patients at their Alabaster and Princeton offices.

“When I was five, I decided I wanted to be a physician. I enjoyed putting Band-Aids on my family members and friends, as well as looking in their mouths with a tongue depressor.  I chose medical oncology as a specialty, because of my personal experiences with losing loved ones at an early age. I am motivated to come to work by the pure enjoyment of looking after the needs of cancer patients and their families” stated the doctor.

Obtaining his undergraduate degree from Yale University, he went on to complete his medical training at the Temple University School of Medicine in 1979, before completing his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine in 1986. Later, he completed his fellowship in hematology & medical oncology at the Baylor College of Medicine in 1990.

As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified in medical oncology, hematology, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Dr Lasker served as president and manager of The Baptist Physician  Alliance (BPA) 2009-2019.  BPA is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Professionally, Dr. Lasker is an active member of the Medical Association of Alabama, the Jefferson County Medical Society, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A hematologist-oncologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer, malignant blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and blood disorders such as iron-deficiency anemia, clotting abnormalities, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease.

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