Oncology Services at Wilcox

Update on Oncology Services at Kauai Medical Clinic - May 2007

Aileen E. Denny, MD, board certified oncologist, is presently an Oahu-based cancer specialist who flies to Kauai each week to provide care for oncology patients at the Kauai Medical Clinic.

In addition to Dr. Denny, other visiting oncologists are from Straub Clinic and Hospital. Drs. Galen Choy, Randall Liu and Ruben Guerrero round out the schedule so that patients can be seen and receive treatment here at home.
 

Kauai Medical Clinic has been recruiting for an oncologist for a year now and is using the assistance of a national physician search firm to find and hire an oncologist for the Clinic. However, because of the nationwide shortage of oncologists and the preference of most oncologists to work in group practices or in settings where they can team and collaborate with other cancer specialists, recruiting an experienced, independent oncologist to Kauai continues to be a challenge.

All of the neighbor islands face the same challenge in recruiting and retaining board certified medical oncologists. Our efforts to recruit an oncologist to Kauai continue, and in the meantime, cancer patients here receive accessible and excellent care without having to leave the island. We have four days of chemotherapy and physician visits each week. Although when compared to other communities our size, this is viewed as excellent coverage, we are not satisfied. We are committed to continue to improve cancer care on Kauai and we are thankful in the meantime that our patients are benefiting from the experience and skills of visiting local cancer specialists that include Dr. Denny and the Straub oncologists.

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