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WVU Medicine welcomes oncologist
WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and University Health Associates
welcome Hematologist/Oncologist Sam O. Wanko, M.D., F.A.C.P., as the new
regional medical director of the WVU Cancer Institute in Martinsburg.
He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville and completed an internal medicine residency at Naval Medical
Center in Portsmouth, Virginia followed by fellowships in hematology/oncology
and stem cell transplantation at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. Wanko, who brings over 20 years of experience of medical practice to WVU
Medicine including 13 years in hematology/oncology, is board certified in
Internal medicine and medical oncology. He treats all malignant tumor types as
well as benign hematologic concerns, and has special clinical and research
interests in gastrointestinal, genitourinary and hematologic cancers.
In his new role, Wanko will oversee hematology/oncology care at both Berkeley
Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center. He is an assistant professor of
medicine at the WVU School of Medicine. He joins WVU Medicine from Walter
Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland where he was on active
duty with the United States Navy.
The WVU Cancer Institute is located in the McCormack Center on the Berkeley
Medical Center campus, 2000 Foundation Way, Suite 2600 in Martinsburg with a
satellite clinic at Jefferson Medical Center. For more information or to schedule
an appointment, phone 304-267-1944.
VISION STATEMENT:
University Healthcare, as a unified health system, is the first choice for excellence in
patient-centered care and the best place for staff and physicians to practice.
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