Healthy RGV Issue 108 - MEET THE WORLD-CLASS SURGEONS AT THE HEART OF DRISCOLL’S PEDIATRIC CARDIAC CENTER

Nurul Wahid, MD
Medical Oncology/Hematology
Dr. Wahid was fellowship-trained in medical oncology and hematology at Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He is board certified in Hematology and Oncology. He has been
recognized as Physician of the Year at Rio Grande State Center in Harlingen where he has served as senior
attending physician for the past 13 years.
Rogelio Salinas, MD
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Salinas is a board-certified radiation oncologist. He completed his residency training at Memorial
Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York followed by his fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center.
Joseph Litam, MD
Medical Oncology/Hematology
Dr. Litam was fellowship-trained at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is well
known in the community and was in private practice for 27 years before joining Texas Oncology. He has special
interest in treating solid tumors.
Benjamin West, MD
Radiation Oncology
Dr. West is board-certified radiation oncologist. He was physicist prior to becoming a physician.
Phoebe Verano, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Phoebe Cepeda Verano is a certified Family Nurse Practioner, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, who
received her Masters degree at the University of Texas- Pan American (UTPA) in 2013. She has more than
30 years of experience as a registered nurse, most of it in an adult critical care setting. As a nurse
practitioner, she has the compassion to be a part of a patient’s journey through cancer care and believes
that patient education is an important first step following diagnosis and treatment plan development. “I
am committed to preparing cancer patients for their journeys and assuring they know that we are always
here to support them.”
Cristelita Parrocho, RN, BSN,CCRN,MSN,FNP-C
Nurse Practicioner
Cristy graduated as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in
California. She is also a certified Adult Critical Care Registered Nurse. Before joining Texas Oncology-McAllen
she was a hospitalist with IPC Healthcare. “Cancer is brutal but I believe loving and actually feeling while you
care for these patients will somehow bring upon sunshine in the darkest moments of their lives. It is not
how much time but how much love you put into it.”
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