Cancer Specialists
Your Cancer Support Team
You're not alone
When you come to the AIS Cancer Center for care, you have an entire team devoted to yourtreatmentand recovery. Our caring specialists help you during every step of your journey, from diagnosis to recovery, so you can focus on what’s most important: your healing.
Working with your doctor to fight your cancer
When you have cancer, your provider plans your treatments, dispenses vital medications and orders key tests. The AIS Cancer Center’s team of experts includes:
Medical Oncologist and Hematologist
- Neeraj Agnihotri, MD
- Vikas Ghai, MD
- Gurpreet Singh Jawanda, FNP
- Ather Mehboob, MD
- Kristi Mendez, FNP
- Ricardo Salas, MD
- Brenda Varela, FNP
Radiation Oncologist
Breast Surgeon
Our nurse navigators handle the details so you don’t have to
Managing appointments, handling paperwork and addressing side effects is vital, but can be hard to do when you're living with cancer. Our nurse navigator helps you understand your cancer treatment options and makes sure all your questions get answered; assists you with making appointments, referrals, obtaining clinical documents and your admission to the hospital if needed; helps when you have side effects; and refers you to any other resources you may need.
Key treatment for cancer, without the hassle
When you're fighting cancer, you may not have the energy to handle the details of insurance billing and payment. Your patient service coordinator and social worker help determine your eligibility for resources, maximize your insurance benefits and handle the details and paperwork for you.
Support for the whole you
You also have access experts in nutrition, pain management and spiritual and emotional support.
We encourage you to see the difference for yourself. To learn more, call(661) 323-4673.
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