In The News
Read the latest Texas Oncology news and stories highlighting Dallas practices and patients.
Media Outlet: KFDX-TV (NBC, Wichita Falls)
1/21/2020- Kent Ulrich, M.D., of Texas Oncology–Wichita Falls Cancer Center was featured on KFDX-TV discussing new data from the American Cancer Society that shows a record decline in cancer deaths across the U.S. Dr. Ulrich highlighted innovations in cancer care in recent years, including the benefit of immunotherapy on cancer treatment outcomes and survival.
Media Outlet: Oncology Times
1/20/2020- Darshan Gandhi, M.D., and Ananth Arjunan, M.D., of Texas Oncology–Methodist Charlton Cancer Center were featured in Oncology Times discussing how technology impacts their practices in 2020, and what they hope to see in future frontiers of medical technology. The story was part of a content series called “Colleague Conversations,” in which two colleagues – one with several years of experience and one newer to the field – discuss their approach to a specific topic.
Media Outlet: Oncology Business Review
1/20/2020- Lalan Wilfong, M.D., executive vice president of Value-Based Care and Quality Programs at Texas Oncology, discussed Texas Oncology’s participation in the Oncology Care Model. According to Dr. Wilfong, the fact that the alternative two-sided risk arrangement calculates financial payments and penalties on the basis of a practice’s revenue, not expenditures, was one reason Texas Oncology chose to move to downside risk.
Media Outlet: Managed Healthcare Executive
1/9/2020- Lalan Wilfong, M.D., executive vice president of value-based care and quality programs at Texas Oncology, discusses how electronic triage programs can improve patient care. Dr. Wilfong describes Texas Oncology’s implementation of Navigating Care, an electronic triage platform that improves efficiency of patient call transfers and returns.
Media Outlet: WFAA-TV (ABC, Dallas-Fort Worth)
11/26/2019- Wendy Mahone-Johnson, M.D., of Texas Oncology–Plano Prestonwood discusses esophageal cancer patient Shannon DiMascio’s story and the treatment she continues receiving to control her cancer. Shannon and Dr. Mahone-Johnson shed a light on how the shift toward treating cancer as a chronic disease allows patients to continue living their lives to the fullest.
11/8/2019- We’re proud to welcome medical oncologist Naveed R. Cheema, D.O., to Texas Oncology–Mesquite. Get to know Dr. Cheema and learn more about his career and passions in oncology.
Media Outlet: American Journal of Managed Care
10/29/2019- What would a successor to the Oncology Care Model (OCM) look like? Lalan Wilfong, M.D., medical oncologist with Texas Oncology–Presbyterian Cancer Center Dallas, and other community oncologists discussed ways to build on the investment at the Payer Exchange Summit sponsored by the Community Oncology Alliance.
Media Outlet: WFAA-TV (ABC, Dallas-Fort Worth)
10/23/2019- Katrina E. Birdwell, M.D, FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Dallas Cancer Center, appeared live on WFAA-TV to discuss breast cancer myths with an in-studio audience of breast cancer survivors and supporters. In the interactive segment, which aired during the station’s special morning show dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Birdwell clarifies common misconceptions about breast cancer occurrence and prevention.
Media Outlet: Shine Online
10/21/2019- Salon owner and hair stylist Ursulia Hall was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in October 2018, and now she’s using her salon to help breast cancer patients during chemotherapy. According to her breast surgical oncologist, Katrina E. Birdwell, M.D, FACS, of Texas Breast Specialists–Methodist Dallas Cancer Center, when patients like Ursulia have positive outlooks through treatment, they have better outcomes.
10/18/2019- Texas Oncology patients and families filled the stands of American Airlines Center on Friday to support Breast Health Awareness Night and the Dallas Mavericks.