PENSACOLA, Fla. - Dr. James Watkins, a medical oncologist, has joined the Sacred Heart Medical Oncology Group in Pensacola.

Dr. Watkins earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed residency training in internal medicine at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, La. Dr. Watkins completed advanced fellowship training in medical oncology and hematology at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He has special interests in melanoma, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and general medical oncology and hematology.

Dr. Watkins is currently accepting new patients at the Sacred Heart Medical Oncology Group office located at the Sacred Heart Cancer Center on 9th Avenue. He will join the practice of Drs. Thomas Sunnenberg, Tarek Eldawy, and Dee McLeod and will begin seeing patients on July 6. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 850-416-6933.

About Sacred Heart Cancer Center
Sacred Heart's comprehensive cancer program provides patients with the highest standard of cancer care and the most advanced technologies available to fight cancer. Led by highly-skilled cancer specialists and radiation oncologists, our therapies include onsite pharmacy-supervised chemotherapy, radiotherapy, infusion therapies, as well as the newest diagnostic and surgical techniques for treating cancer. Sacred Heart Hospital is the only hospital in Northwest Florida affiliated with M. D. Anderson Physicians Network®.

For more information about Sacred Heart Cancer Center or Medical Oncology Group physicians, call 877-904-4673 or visit online at www.sacred-heart.org/cancercenter.