Banner Cancer Center Specialists - Palliative Care

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I believe that providing excellent pain and symptom management and maximizing physical and psychosocial functioning are integral to good quality of life.

Kerry Tobias, D.O.

Specialty:
Medical Oncology, Pain Management, Palliative Medicine, Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation

Locations:
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
2946 E. Banner Gateway Drive
Gilbert, AZ 85234

Phone:

(480) 256-6444

Fax: (480) 256-4607

Profile:

Dr. Tobias works to alleviate pain and other symptoms related to cancer or cancer treatment.

A graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Tobias completed her internship at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Penn. She then completed fellowships in hospice and palliative medicine at The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. and pain management at the University of California-Davis, Sacramento.

Interests and Activities:
I enjoy running, sculling, reading, listening to music, playing piano and attending theatre, arts and cultural events.

Medical School:
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Me.

Internship:
Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Residency:
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.

Post-graduate training:
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; Pain Management, University of California-Davis, Sacramento

Board Certification:
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with Subspecialty Certifications in Pain Management and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Specializing in the following Diseases, Conditions, Procedures:
Cancer- and treatment-related pain and other symptoms, lymphedema, physical and functional deficits.

Affiliations:
International Association for the Study of Pain; World Institute of Pain; American Academy of Pain Medicine; American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine; American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; American Medical Association; American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Language(s):
English

Practicing Since:
September, 2008