Department of Internal Medicine
The Hematology-Oncology Division:
"State-of-The Art Cancer Care, at Home"
Division of Hematology-Oncology (From left to right):_ Javier Corral, MD; Nieves Contreras (research lab technician); Julie Lopez(administrative assistant);Rose Heydarian, NP; Sumit Gaur, MD; Zeina Nahleh,MD, FACP; Adolph Ulloa , MD (research coordinator);Claudia Castro (Nurse assistant); Cristina Dominguez, RN (research coordinator)
Welcome
The Division of Hematology/Oncology is part of the Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) El Paso Campus, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine PLFSOM), and the University Medical Center (UMC) of El Paso. The program is urban based and is focused on the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer. Our fellowship-trained, board certified physicians are dedicated to patient care, research and education in the area of cancer. Our division is committed to excellence in patient care. We work with multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with other institutions in our research efforts.
Our mission is to provide cancer patients in El Paso withs tate-of - the -art cancer care, here at home and access to potentially groundbreaking research and clinical trials. According to Dr. Nahleh, chief of the oncology division, our goal is to ensure that the citizens of El Paso have a top cancer program available to them that can provide all the clinical services and research opportunities that they deserve, as well as foster education and first rate training of medical students, residents and soon fellows, as well as develop community outreach programs.
Our plan is to work alongside our partners and colleagues in the community to disseminate the latest information about cancer. We would also like to raise cancer awareness in the public, clear up any myths and misconceptions about cancer and clinical trials, and grow our clinical and research efforts to make a difference in people's lives through quality service and research. We believe our newly established program will allow cancer-related health concerns in our El Paso and border community to be addressed.
Our goals can be summarized as follows:
- Provide multidisciplinary state-of-the art specialized care for new and established cancer patients.
- Develop and conduct clinical trials.
- Establish collaborative links with appropriate TTUHSC basic science programs
- Provide educational programs and train medical students, TTUHSC, and community physicians.
Bienvenidos
La Division de Hematologia/Oncologia es parte del Departamento de Medicina Interna en Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUSC) El Paso Campus, la Escuela de Medicine Paul L. Foster, y University Medical Center (UMC) of El Paso. El programa esta basado en \ambito urbano y esta enfocado en prevencion, tratamiento y cura del cancer. Nuestros doctores, certificados por la junta nacional de doctores, estan dedicados al cuidado del paciente, investigacion y educacion en el area del cancer. Estamos comprometidos a aportar un cuidado excelente a nuestros pacientes, trabajando en cooperacion con diferentes disciplinas y en colaboracion de otras instituciones en nuestros esfuerzos hacia la investigacion.
Nuestra mision es proveer el cuidado mas innovador a pacientes con cancer, aqui en casa y con facil acceso investigaciones con gran potencia e investigaciones clinicas. La Dra. Nahleh, Jefa de la Division de Oncologia, "Nuestra meta es asegurarnos que los ciudadanos de El Paso tenga un programa de Cancer Superior al alcance de ellos que provee todos los servicios clinicos y apoyo de investigaciones que ellos merecen. De igual manera queremos fomentar la educacion y tener estudiantes de medicine, residentes y companeros de oncologia que reciban entrenamiento de primera, al igual crear un programa de educacion para la comunidad.
Nuestro plan es trabajar en colaboracion de nuestros companeros y colegas en la comunidad para proporcionar la informacion mas reciente acerca del cancer. La division tambien quiere promover conciencia acerca del cancer, y erradicar los mitos y los conceptos erroneos acerca del cancer y las investigaciones clinicas, al igual crecer nuestros esfuerzos clinicos y de investigacion para hacer la diferencia en las vidas de los pacientes por medio de servicio con calidad e investigacion. Nosotros creemos que nuestro nuevo programa nos dara la oportunidad de resguardar las preocupaciones de la comunidad de El Paso y la frontera.
En resumen nuestras metas son las siguientes:
- Proveer el cuidado m as innovador con diferentes disciplinas a nuevos pacientes diagnosticados con cncer y aquellos en tratamiento.
- Desarrollar y conducir investigaciones clinicas.
- Establecer conexiones necesarias con programas basicos cientificos en TTUSHC.
- Proveer un programa de educacion y entrenar estudiantes medicos,TTUSHC y doctores en la comunidad.
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