Dr. McLeod

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Dr. Dee McLeod, a medical oncologist with Sacred Heart Medical Oncology Group, has successfully passed rigorous reviews to become credentialed by M. D. Anderson Physicians Network®, a subsidiary of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center – the nation’s leader in cancer care.

 To be credentialed by M. D. Anderson Physicians Network®, doctors must provide quality diagnostic and treatment services consistent with M. D. Anderson’s state-of-the-art guidelines for treating cancer. The lengthy credentialing process includes an assessment of their office practices and a medical records review, in order to ensure compliance with the program.

 Dr. McLeod earned her medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. She completed residency training in internal medicine and received advanced fellowship training in oncology and hematology at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y.  She is board certified in internal medicine and is board eligible in oncology/hematology.

 Employed by Sacred Heart Medical Oncology Group, a network of medical oncology physicians providing cancer care to patients throughout Northwest Florida and South Alabama, she sees patients at the 9th Avenue location of the Sacred Heart Cancer Center in Pensacola.

 Patients of credentialed physicians receive care in accordance with M. D. Anderson’s multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, in which physicians from various specialties, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and cancer surgeons, join together to plan the patient’s cancer treatment. Physicians Network also provides Sacred Heart Hospital with ongoing rigorous review of its standards and practices to ensure it meets M. D. Anderson Physicians Network high standards of care.

 Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola formed an affiliation with M. D. Anderson Physicians Network® in 2006 to further enhance the level of cancer care available to patients in Northwest Florida and South Alabama. For more information about Medical Oncology Group, call 850-416-6933.

 

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