Dr. Donald Sonn : Cancer Treatment at Cooley Dickenson Hospital

The licensed urologist who has been practicing at the Urology Group of Western New England in Springfield, Massachusetts for nearly twenty years is Dr. Donald Sonn. After receiving his basic medical training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York, Dr. Donald Sonn completed his two residency programs, one in the Department of Surgery and the other in the Department of Urology, at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.

While at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts, Dr. Donald Sonn served as the Chief of Surgery for four years from 2007 to 2013. Before then, Sonn served on the hospital’s Cancer Committee. Cooley Dickenson Hospital’s Cancer Care Program provided cancer patients with care and the latest treatment available for the advancement in technology in a setting that is both comfortable for the patient and as effective as possible.

The diagnosis of cancer is a frightening situation for anyone to be in; those who are diagnosed with the condition come into the Dickson’s Cancer Care Program with many questions to ask the physician about the status of their condition and the treatment available. The treatment options available vary depending on the type of cancer that is ailing the body of the patient. Two of the most widely known treatments are radiation treatment and chemotherapy; patients often ask if the process is painful and what the side effects are.