Dr. John Mendelsohn thanks Kathy Kennerly, one of 1,650 volunteers who support more than 70 programs at M. D. Anderson. She often talks with patients about her experiences as a 22-year breast cancer survivor and also having a stem cell transplant after ovarian cancer was diagnosed in 1999. Photo by F. Carter Smith   click here to watch an introductory video (Length: 3:06 minutes)

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Hello, I'm John Mendelsohn, and I have the privilege of serving as President of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Strengthening the special partnership we have with you and your patients continues to be a primary priority of our faculty and staff.  We appreciate your trust as we all work together to improve the quality of care for your patients and their families.

This new Guide for Referring Physicians is designed to assist you and your patients in accessing our comprehensive services.  It includes information about approximately 700 clinical oncologists, medical specialists in supporting fields and other faculty caregivers.  They're listed according to the multidisciplinary care centers in which they evaluate and treat patients, and by clinical specialty departments.  There is also an alphabetical list of faculty with summaries of their training, credentials and clinical interests.  A separate section describes other programs and services available to physicians as well as patients.

M. D. Anderson’s Internet site www.mdanderson.org has been enhanced to expedite the referral process for you and your patients.  There's a dedicated link to enable you to communicate quickly with our Office of Physician Relations. This office recently initiated our bimonthly online CancerPro newsletter, which provides the latest information about clinical trials, research and patient care advances, as well as continuing medical education programs.  Currently, M. D. Anderson has 850 active clinical trials to evaluate new and emerging therapies for most forms of cancer.  In addition, we provide many clinical trials to a national network of community oncology centers to enable more patients to participate in promising clinical studies closer to where they live. 

Based on the success of the Web-based myMDAnderson service that allows patients to query medical professionals in their primary care centers, a companion myMDAnderson for physicians has been developed to improve status reporting on the continuing care of your patients.

We hope this additional online tool will help us communicate more effectively with you.

Please share your thoughts on how we can serve you and your patients better by completing a periodic Referring Physician Satisfaction Survey or by contacting the staff in the Office of Physician Relations.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely

John Mendelsohn, MD
President