Cancer Services Medical Team

Certification: Board Certified in Gastroenterology

Medical School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Certification: Board certified in gastroenterology, hepatology and internal medicine

Medical School: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, WI

Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine

Medical School: University of Leicester, England

Certification: Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology and the American Board of Internal Medicine

Education: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Certification: General Surgery (Board Certified)

Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Certification: Board Certified in General Surgery

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign

Residency: State University of New York, Internal Medicine

Internship: State University of New York, Internal Medicine

Medical School: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency: St. James Hospital, Olympia Fields, IL, Internal Medicine

Medical School:Benedictine University

Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica, West Indies

Certification: American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria

Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Certification: Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine

Certification: Board Certified – American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale

Certification: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada in the West Indies

Professional Organizations: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association

Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology

Medical School: University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Education: Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA.

Certification: Board certified with American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Management, Interventional Pain Practice (Fellow)

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago

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Medical School: Damascus University Faculty of Medicine

Certification: Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology

Medical School: Madras Medical College

Sheena Garland has worked in healthcare since graduating from Parkland College in 1987. In her 30 year nursing career, she has provided bedside patient care at both Presence Medical Center and Carle Hospital. She comes to Christie Clinic from a large insurance provider where she worked as a Complex Care Manager. Sheena has personal experience navigating the healthcare system with her now adult child who is successfully managing chronic pulmonary disease. Her work and life experience enables her to identify and help address barriers patients encounter while receiving care. Sheena has lived in Central Illinois since 1981 and now makes her home in Mahomet.

Certification: Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, and Quality Assurance

Medical School: University of Nairobi, Kenya

Certification: Internal Medicine, Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care

Medical School: Madras (Chennai) Medical College and Research Institute

Certification: Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine

Medical School: Bagalore Medical College, India

Certification: Board certified Radiation Oncologist

Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Radiation oncologists are the only doctors who have specialty training and have passed a national board examination in the use of radiation to treat cancer. Our team is led by our board certified Radiation Oncologist, Steven Damore, M.D. Dr. Damore graduated cum laude with a B.S. in biology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and then earned his M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed internship at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco and then residency training at the University of California, Irvine, where he served as chief resident. He served as an assistant clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine prior to coming to Christie Clinic.  He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He is a member of a ASTRO and the AMA.

Dr. Damore has 19 years of experience fighting all types of cancer at every stage. He has subspecialty experience and interest in prostate, breast, and CNS cancers. He has extensive experience in the use of stereotactic radiation therapy and has published several articles on the use of brachytherapy.

Dr. Damore sees patients in consultation, confers with patients’ other doctors to coordinate the treatment plan that includes the radiation dosage and number of treatments needed, sees patients each week during the treatment, manages side effects, monitors the response to treatment, and manages patients after treatment.   He oversees a dedicated team that includes a board certified medical physicist, medical dosimetrist, certified radiation therapy technicians, and a registered nurse. The team works together and with other doctors to keep everyone informed during each step of the patient’s journey.

Certification: American Board of Radiology

Medical School: Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine, Forest Park, IL

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Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Certification: Board Certified in Radiology

Medical School: Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL

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Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria

Certification: American Board of Urology

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington