SquamousCellCarcinomaofSkin near Wichita, KS

Biography: Dr. Mattar received his medical degree from St. Joseph University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon in 1993. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Mattar also completed a fellowship in Oncology/Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, in 1999. Following the completion of his fellowship in 1999, he joined the Cancer Center of Kansas team. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the Southwest Oncology Group and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Mattar continues to be active in clinical cancer research as a Principal Investigator in our Wichita NCI Community Oncology Research Program, a National Cancer Institute sponsored program, and other areas of clinical research with interest and expertise in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. In 2005, Dr. Mattar became the Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program, which is an integrated program of the Cancer Center of Kansas and Via Christi Hospital St. Francis. Since joining the Cancer Center of Kansas in 1999, he has greatly contributed to the mission of the center, providing the highest quality patient care with the latest advances in clinical cancer research.

Biography: Dr. Truong, a native of Wichita, received his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1999. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita in 2002. Dr. Truong then completed a three-year fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2005. He completed a visiting fellowship in Blood and Marrow Transplantation at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Truong is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and the American Medical Association. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Truong is active in clinical cancer research having served as a Principal Investigator of the Wichita NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP), a National Cancer Institute sponsored research program.Dr. Truong serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He also is the Oncology Medical Director at Wesley Medical Center. Since joining the Cancer Center of Kansas in 2005, Dr. Truong has become a significant member of the group, providing the high quality care patients have come to expect.

Care Philosophy: The opportunity to work in my home town and join the premier Oncology practices in the Midwest made my decision to return to Wichita an easy one. Cancer patients reserve the very best from their Oncologists, and our practice strives to meet that need for every patient everyday. From cutting edge clinical research which has drawn national recognition to personal hometown service provided in our satellite offices, CCK has earned its quality reputation over many years of service to our community.