Department of Family and Community Medicine
Welcome to our new faculty - Rebecca Campos, MD
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We are delighted to welcome Rebecca Campos, MD back home to the El Paso area and as a part of the department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Campos was born in El Paso and brought up in Fabens, Texas. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2004 and then moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) to complete her MD degree in 2008. She completed her residency at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program in San Antonio in 2011. UPDATE: August 15, 2011 |
Department receives $2.7 Million for Colorectal Cancer Screening from CPRIT
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has just announced that the Against Colorectal Cancer In our Neighborhoods (ACCION) project has been funded for $2.7 million over the next 3 years. The project is led by Navkiran Shokar, MD MPH, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Associate Director of Cancer Prevention and Control in the Cancer Center of Excellence at TTUHSC- Paul L Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM) and by Theresa Byrd, RN DrPH, Professor of Medical Education and Family and Community Medicine at TTUHSC-PLFSOM.
ACCION is a collaboration between TTUHSC-PLFSOM Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Cancer Center of Excellence and over 20 academic and community-based organizations throughout El Paso County, including University Medical Center Hospital and Clinics, the Cancer and Chronic Disease Consortium, Centro San Vicente, La Fe, Project Vida, and the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation, among others. The project goal is to reduce the burden of colorectal cancer in our community and it brings much needed resources to our area. ACCION will increase community awareness and knowledge about colorectal cancer and the importance of screening, will provide access to no-cost screening and diagnostic colonoscopy, and will increase the use of all needed follow up tests and treatment services for eligible underinsured and uninsured residents of El Paso County.
Dr. Navkiran Shokar has been investigating disparities in colorectal cancer screening for over a decade. She has been in Texas for 15 years and in El Paso for just over a year. She trained at Oxford University Medical School in England and did Family Medicine residency training in the UK and then again in Houston. She is a passionate advocate for prevention of colorectal cancer and has this to say..."Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cancer killer in Americans, killing men and women of all races and backgrounds, yet it is not on the radar for most people. The tragedy is that people should not be dying from this disease because this cancer is one of the few that can actually be prevented by screening, beginning at age 50. That is why this project is so important, it will not only raise awareness of this issue, but it will also make screening available to the most vulnerable members of our community.”