Dr. Thomas William Leblanc MD, MA
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
4220 N. Roxboro Rd. Durham NC, 27704Rating
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About
As a blood cancer specialist and also a palliative care physician, I bring a different focus to cancer care. I m working hard to improve the treatment experience for patients who are living with blood ...
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2009
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primary care--lifelines and shortages.
- What is the role of friends when contributing care at the end of life? Findings from an Australian population study.
- Grief, interrupted.
- Research in end-of-life settings: an ethical inquiry.
- Young caregivers in the end-of-life setting: a population-based profile of an emerging group.
- Developing the evidence base for palliative care: formation of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative and its first trial.
- Palliative care and oncology: integration leads to better care.
- Considerations in reporting palliative care clinical trials: standardizing information reported and authorship practices.
- The message isn't as mean as we may think.
- Defining quality, disseminating evidence, and enforcing guidelines for cancer treatment.
- Overcoming recruitment challenges in palliative care clinical trials.
- On Goldilocks, care coordination, and palliative care: making it 'just right'.
- In the sandbox: palliative care and hematologic malignancies.
- Building the palliative care evidence base: Lessons from a randomized controlled trial of oxygen vs room air for refractory dyspnea.
Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa induction, Brown University 2002
- Appleseed Teaching Award, Davison Council, Duke University School of 2008
- The Ideal Physician Award, Class of 2006, Duke University School of M 2006
- Haskell-Schiff Award for Excellence in Clinical Me, Department of Med 2009
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Hematology
Fellowships
- Hematology/Oncology, Duke University Medical Center 2009
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Duke University Medical Center 2011
- Medical Oncology Research, Duke University Medical Center 2012
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