Three
fellowship-trained medical oncologists join Beebe Healthcare
Three fellowship-trained
medical oncologists/hematologists have joined the medical team at Beebe
Healthcare’s Tunnell Cancer Center. Fellowship-trained physicians have
additional years of advanced study and experience in their specialty fields and
have participated in expanded clinical, educational and research programs.
The three
fellowship-trained and Board Certified cancer specialists are: Porselvi
Chockalingam, MD, Philomena Marie Colucci, DO, MS, and Nataliya Melnyk, MD.
Tunnell Cancer Center
invites the public to meet the physicians at an open house Thursday, Nov. 6,
from 5 to 7 p.m. The open house will take place at the Center, Beebe Health
Campus, 18941 John J. Williams Highway, Rehoboth Beach.
Each of the three brings
experience and knowledge to Beebe Healthcare from large, U.S. medical research
centers. They will participate in the team approach taken at Beebe Healthcare
in offering care and treatment to patients, whether at Tunnell Cancer Center,
which is an outpatient facility, or as inpatients at the medical center in
Lewes.
“We are proud to announce
the arrival of these three, fellowship-trained and Board Certified
oncologists,” says Cherrie Rich, RN, MSN, executive director of Oncology
Services at Beebe Healthcare. “Our cancer program has continued to grow and
expand as has the population in southern Delaware. We have been recruiting
medical oncologists/hematologists for several months to join our team to make
sure that we continue to meet the needs of our community. Throughout the
extensive interview process, we know that these oncologists will work closely
with our Board Certified radiation oncologists and our Fellowship-trained and
Board Certified surgical oncologists, our oncology nurse practitioners and the
rest of our team of clinical experts to assure that we can provide our patients
with the highest quality of cancer care.”
Chockalingam, known to her
patients as Dr. Selvi, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Oncology and
Hematology. She completed her fellowship in Oncology and Hematology at
Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. While there, her research focused
on Kaposi’s sarcoma, breast cancer and treatment of elderly patients with acute
myeloid leukemia.
She also served as chief
fellow during her third year at Maimonides. Before her fellowship
accomplishments, Dr. Chockalingam earned her medical degree in 2001 at the
Kasturba Medical College in India, and completed her residency at the Coney
Island Hospital in Brooklyn. She treats all types of cancer and blood
disorders. She is also trained in transfusion medicine. Chockalingam joined
Beebe with patient care experience at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in West
Virginia, and in private practice in Harrisburg, Pa.
Colucci joined Beebe from
Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich. She completed her Fellowship in
Oncology and Hematology at Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine.
In her third year, she was appointed chief fellow.
Colucci earned her doctor
of osteopathy in 2000 from Michigan State University. Previously, she earned
her master of science in Toxicology from University of Michigan.
She is Board Certified in
Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Oncology and has published several research
articles in peer-reviewed medical publications. She graduated from Michigan
State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She treats cancers of the
breast, bladder, colon, esophagus, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, and prostate,
among others.
Melnyk joined Beebe
following completion of her Fellowship in Hematology Oncology at Rutgers-Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. While there, she
participated in several cancer research efforts, including those for advanced
melanoma and sarcoma. She also has completed research on hematological
abnormalities in pregnancy and neurological syndromes associated with tumors.
Melnyk earned her medical
degree in 2002 at the Ternopil State Medical Academy in Ukraine, and completed
her internal medicine residency at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.
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