Photos and Bios of Physicians

Robin Hardie-Hood, M.D.

SPECIALTY

Medical Oncology & Hematology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Regional Cancer Care Durham, NC

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

• Medical Oncology Fellowship
  UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
• Internal Medicine Residency
  UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
• Doctor of Medicine
  Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

CERTIFICATIONS

• Internal Medicine
• Hematology
• Medical Oncology

PERSONAL

Dr. Hardie-Hood’s interests include travel, reading novels, and spending time with family.

James W. Hathorn, M.D.

SPECIALTY

Medical Oncology & Hematology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Regional Cancer Care
  Durham, NC
  February 1998–Present
  
• Duke University Medical Center
  Durham, NC
  January 1987–February 1998
  
• National Institutes of Health
  Bethesda, MD
  July 1981–January 1987
  

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

• Medical Oncology Fellowship
  National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health
  
• Internal Medicine Residency
  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  
• Doctor of Medicine
  Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  
• Infectious Diseases
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
  University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
  

CERTIFICATIONS

• Internal Medicine
  
• Infectious Diseases
  

PERSONAL

Dr. Hathorn’s interests include reading, running, traveling, going to the beach and watching sports.

Jennifer L. Garst, M.D.

SPECIALTY

General Medical Oncology & Hematology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Regional Cancer Care
  Durham, NC
  2008 – Present
  
• Duke University Medical Center
  Durham, NC
  1993 – 2008
  

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

• Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
  Duke University Medical Center
  
• Internal Medicine Residency
  University of Texas, Southwestern
  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
  
• North Carolina Oncology Society
  
• North Carolinians Against Lung Cancer – Chairman of Board
  
• National Lung Cancer Partnership – Board Member
  

CERTIFICATIONS

• Internal Medicine
  
• Oncology Subspecialty
  

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

• Leonard B. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Nomination – 2008
  
• Triangle Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award – 2008
  
• Master Clinician Educator Award Nomination – 2008
  
• Relay for Life Professional Caregiver Award – 2007
  
• Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for Humanitarian Care – 2003
  

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Dr. Garst’s interests include lung cancer (non-small cell and small cell), lung cancer as a women’s health issue, lung cancer clinical trials and clinical research, general hematology and medical oncology, supportive care for lung cancer patients, multimodality treatment approaches for lung cancer, lung cancer vaccine clinical trials, genomic approaches to managing lung cancer.

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