ORLANDO, Fla., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer Centers of Florida has expanded its patient-care team by adding an oncologist who will see patients in two of the practice's Greater Orlando locations. Dr. Carlos Alemany will provide care at the practice's Altamonte Springs and east Orlando locations.
Alemany is a medical oncologist and hematologist. His addition brings the total number of oncologists on the Cancer Centers of Florida staff to 10, with seven medical oncologists and three radiation oncologists.
"Providing the very best patient care is our No. 1 priority, so we are pleased to welcome a patient-focused physician such as Dr. Alemany to our team," said Dr. Barry Berman, medical oncologist and president of Cancer Centers of Florida. "We are confident that he will strengthen our efforts to offer patients throughout the Orlando area the most effective cancer care available today."
Alemany, who most recently provided patient care at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, received his medical degree from the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He completed three years of residency at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio, where he also completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology. He participated in research projects focused on kidney cancer, colon cancer, multiple myeloma and Hodgkin's lymphoma. He has been published in medical literature in the fields of multiple myeloma, targeted oncological therapies and the use of aromatase inhibitors in breast cancer.
Alemany is board certified in internal medicine and is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, Association of American Medical Colleges and Puerto Rico Medical Association.
Cancer Centers of Florida is a regional oncology and hematology practice with physicians who treat approximately 5,000 Orlando-area patients annually. The practice has four locations: 505 N. Maitland Ave. in Altamonte Springs, 1111 N. Blackwood Ave. in Ocoee, 7975 Lake Underhill Dr. in east Orlando and 52 West Gore St. in downtown Orlando.
Cancer Centers of FloridaCONTACT: Nancy Payne of Cancer Centers of Florida, +1-407-297-6735, orNancy.Payne@usoncology.com