of traveling to Houston, Boston or
Maryland to get the experimental
therapy, they can participate in these
programs right here with their family
members and friends nearby.
Since that time, Dr. Page has
put thousands of people on clinical
trials. “I have been an investigator on
over 220 studies involving over 100
experimental drugs,” Dr. Page said.
“During that time, I have gotten a few
articles out there. Housing these new
drugs has been amazing.”
One of the great benefits of
having Dr. Page living and work-
ing in Parker County is that cancer
patients in Parker County can reap
the benefit of participation in experi-
mental drug programs.
Dr. Page said, “One of the studies
that we did was in lung cancer that’s
usually treated with chemo and radi-
ation, afterwards we used this immu-
notherapy drug with the chemo and
radiation. It significantly improved
their survival by five times. We
haven’t seen that response in lung
therapy ever. We did that study right
here in Parker County. This allows
people here to participate in that kind
of study and have the advantage of
that kind of therapy even before we
knew the results would be so good
and get FDA-approved. This gives
people the advantage of getting this
type of therapy. That is one example
of some of my research that’s out
there.”
The question that comes up most
often when conversation turns to Dr.
Page is, “How did Parker County
manage to attract an oncologist of his
caliber?”
That story began more than three
Dr. Catherine Oseni
AlphaCare Wellness Center
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Lately, she’s gained fame for wellness
seminars she holds once a month,
as a gift to members of the commu-
nity. Dr. Catherine Oseni, Pharm.D.,
ABAAHP, FAAMFM, is highly-regard-
ed for her expertise in integrative and
functional medicine, the owner of
Alpha Care Wellness Center, and is
the leading resource for integrative
wellness solutions.
“I use functional medicine in
decades ago, when two young medi-
cal students at the University of North
Texas Health Science Center would
manage to get away for an evening
together and drive out west to their
favorite spot on a hill in Parker Coun-
ty and look out over the pastures.
“Sheila and I would just dream about
someday buying some land and rais-
ing our family there,” Dr. Ray Page
said.
They became doctors, got married
(they celebrated their 30th wedding
anniversary last November), bought
some land near their favorite hill,
built a house and raised five extraor-
dinary children there (Dr. Sheila Page
warrants a whole article on her own).
“So I’ve been living out a dream from
many years ago,” Dr. Page said.
At a recent AAPS (The Association
of American Physicians and
Surgeons) conference in Dallas,
attended by doctors from around the
nation, both Dr. Sheila Page and Dr.
Ray Page spoke. That was the first
time both gave a presentation at the
same conference.
After Dr. Ray Page was introduced
and a list of some of his most extraor-
dinary accomplishments were listed.
He walked to the podium and said,
“Without a doubt, the best thing that
I have ever done was marry Sheila
Page.”
The applause was thunderous.
Just a Few Details About
Dr. Ray Page:
Dr. Page has been actively engaged
administratively in numerous cancer-related
roles. He currently serves as an ASCO repre-
sentative to the American Medical Association
House of Delegates. He is the Chair-Elect of
ASCO’s Clinical Practice Committee. He also
collaboration with patient’s medi-
cal providers to help find answers to
the cause of illness and nutritional/
biochemical imbalances that might
be the cause of illness,” Dr. Catherine
said. “I utilize my advanced and
evidence-based training such as
personalized diet, supplements
(nutraceuticals), lifestyle change,
aromatherapy, in addition to patient’s
current medication regimen by their
providers.”
When asked why she approaches
healthcare in this manner, she
serves on ASCO’s Nominating Committee as
the community oncology representative. Dr.
Page also serves on ASCO’s Government Rela-
tions Committee. He was the previous Chair of
ASCO’s State Affiliates Council and is currently
the Texas Representative. Dr. Page serves on
several working groups involving Payment
Reform, Clinical Pathways, 340B, Site Neutral-
ity, Provider/Payer relationships, Drug Short-
ages, Sunshine Law, and the Conquer Cancer
Foundation Grant Review Committee.
He is the immediate-past president of the
Texas Society of Clinical Oncology and serves
on the Legislative, Education and Member-
ship Committees. Dr. Page is politically active
both in Texas and nationally working on
cancer-related legislative issues. Dr. Page has
served as a Consultant to the Texas Medical
Association Cancer Committee, and the Texas
Osteopathic Medical Association representa-
tive on the TMA Physician Oncology Educa-
tion Program. He also serves as one of the two
mentors of ASCO’s new Healthcare Policy
Fellowship program.
Dr. Page has been instrumental in the
development of a national oncology “Super-
group”, Quality Cancer Care Alliance (QCCA)
where he serves on the board, executive
committee, and chairs the membership
committee. He serves on the Physician Advi-
sory Boards of VitalSource GPO and Flatiron
Health. Dr. Page is a member of the Via
Oncology Pathways Steering Committee and
Publications Committee and serves on the
Lung Cancer and Melanoma Advisory Panels.
He was a member of the Weatherford Regional
Medical Center Board of Directors and is
currently the Vice-Chief of staff and member of
the Medical Education Committee for the Inter-
nal Medicine residency program. He previ-
ously served on the Tarrant County American
Cancer Society Board. Dr. Page is on the Fort
Worth Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Task
Force and Board. He also serves on the Board
of the Careity Foundation.
As Director of Research, Dr. Page remains
at the forefront of new drug development and
anticancer therapies, which enable patients to
get novel cancer treatments closer to home. He
has been the Principle Investigator of over 200
oncology clinical trials. He has a special inter-
est in improving chemotherapy drug delivery
resulting in better treatment responses and less
toxicities and does collaborate research with
Dr. Andreas Lacko at UNTHSC.
said she has “…always been holistic-
minded. I have always been curi-
ous about how to reverse and treat
disease. My personal health chal-
lenges and struggles, which were
getting worse, led me to countless
research 10 years ago looking for
answers. I’ve been able to overcome
my own health issues with the help
of integrating functional wellness to
my health practice.”
Dr. Catherine is a Diplomate,
board-certified and an advanced
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