Dr. Ghafoori has seen firsthand how frightening a cancer diagnosis can be for patients, along with their need for compassion and personal attention. He is deeply affected by the courage...
“I have always been interested in human physiology, and I enjoyed science classes more than other subjects in high school and college. But it was an emergency appendectomy that sparked...
"What I can guarantee to my patients is not only providing state-of-the-art, evidence-based medicine but also my respect, time, honesty, and passion for the fields of oncology and...
“In the 1970s, as a radiation oncology specialist from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, I came to Austin to bring leading-edge cancer treatments to people who needed it. My mission has...
“Cancer is an enormous health problem, and it affects many, many people’s lives each year. My own experience with a loved one who had cancer forever made me aware that this disease is as...
Dr. Coombs-Skiles received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She completed her five-year residency in general surgery at Baylor University...
“I have always wanted to be a doctor, even as a young child. I’ve long felt that it was something that I was ‘born to do.’ I also believe that this is what drove me to specialize in the...
Benjamin Joel Downie, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician and board-certified, fellowship-trained hematologist-oncologist. Dr. Downie's special interest is in benign and...
“Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to be a doctor. My interest in cancer was piqued during middle school when my grandfather was diagnosed with leukemia and I promised him...
When cancer starts to spread, the bone is often one of its first destinations. Pain is the most common symptom of bone metastasis (spread). A new device has been approved to handle this often crippling pain.
