Medical Oncologist

Responsibilities:

• Examining patients and ordering diagnostic tests.
• Analyzing patient symptoms and test results and making a diagnosis.
• Prescribing treatments, developing treatment plans, and coordinating with other doctors to treat or manage side effects.
• Using various methods of treatment, such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, stem cell transplants, radiation therapy, and surgery.
• Leading a treatment team of other physicians and healthcare workers.
• Counseling patients and family members and promoting the well-being of patients and their long-term survival.
• Maintaining patient records.
• Conducting clinical, transitional, and science-based research in order to remain up to date and to find new ways to treat cancer and blood disorders that possibly lead to a cure.