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Brownsville Brownsville WWW.HEALTHYMAGAZINE.COM Balesh Sharma, MD Medical Oncology/Hematology Oncology/Hematology Balesh Sharma, MD specializes in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. He is board board certified certified by by in in medical oncology. Dr. Sharma received an MD Delhi University in New Delhi, India, in 1990, 1990, where where he he also also completed his residency in Anesthesia and Critical Care in 1991. He completed his medical internship internship at at Lincoln Lincoln Medical Center in New York in 1992-93. Dr. Sharma completed his residency in internal medicine medicine at at St. St. Vincent’s Vincent’s Medical Center in affiliation with Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut. In 1998, he he completed completed a a fellowship in hematology and oncology from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Dallas, and and has has been in private practice since then. Marcelo Boek, MD Medical Oncology/Hematology Oncology/Hematology Dr Marcelo M Boek specializes in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology/Hematology. He is board board certified certified in in Medical Oncology and Hematology. He received his medical degree from Federal University of Rio Rio Grande Grande do do Sul Sul in Brazil. He also completed his Internal Medicine residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital- University University of of Miami. Miami. In 2003 he completed his Fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology at John Strogger- Strogger- Cook Cook County County Hospital in Chicago. Dr Boek then worked as a Medical Oncologist at The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Agency at at The The Allan Blair Cancer Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and as an investigator affiliated affiliated with with The The North North Central Cancer Treatment Group and the National Cancer Institute of Canada. He was also appointed appointed as as a a Clinical Clinical Assistant Professor with the Division of Oncology, College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan and and held this job until he moved back to the United States. Dr Boek joined Texas Oncology in 2006 Carlos Gonzalez-Angulo, MD Radiation Oncology Oncology Dr. Gonzalez specializes in radiation oncology and internal medicine. He is certified by the American American Board Board of of Internal Medicine as well as the American Board of Radiology, and is a member of the American American Society Society of of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO). He He completed completed his his fellowship in radiation oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, in Buffalo, New York, and also also completed completed a a second residency in radiation oncology at Jackson Memorial Hospital/Sylvester Comprehensive Comprehensive Cancer Cancer Center, Center, in Miami, Florida. Aside from his medical practice, Dr. Gonzalez is a Christian lay minister and a a student student of of ancient Greek. – Sweat is magic. Cover yourself in it daily to grant your health wishes. Mariza D. Oliver, MSN, APRN, FNP-C FNP-C Advanced Practice Practice Provider Provider Mariza is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, and has a Masters Masters degree degree in in Nursing Administration. She has over 17 years experience in nursing and has worked in healthcare healthcare areas areas such such as as medical-surgical, post-partum, hospice, and home health. She has extensive experience in providing providing care care for for the the adult and geriatric population of the Rio Grande Valley. 2150 N. Expressway 83 83 Brownsville, Brownsville, TX TX 78521 78521 PH: PH: 956-548-0810 956-548-0810 FAX: FAX: 956-548-2239 956-548-2239 www.TexasOncology.com www.TexasOncology.com