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is patient forward,” she said. “I’m interested in addressing the problems that patients experience, especially with regards to supportive care, including psychological care and pain management, and delivering the most recent recommendations for tumor surveillance and other health risk factors such as hypercholesterolemia, stroke and heart disease.” She also wants to bring more clinical trials to UAB to “try to push the envelope as far as developing novel therapies for their conditions.”

In addition, she offers a resection clinic to remove cutaneous tumors. After going through special training, she started it for two reasons. “The first is that patients have a difficult time finding a surgical specialist who has the interest and the bandwidth to remove these tumors,” she said. “And second is that the out-of-pocket costs can be prohibitive.” She can remove multiple tumors in a single 90-minute session, reducing both the financial burden and time commitment for patients.

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