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Eddy C. Hsueh, M.D.
Eric J. Sutphen, M.D.
Gregory J. Bailey, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael Gu, M.D.
Peter Fonseca, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
R. William Morris, M.D., M.B.A.
William J. Moriconi, M.D.
“It is like night and day with all the new technology and drugs,” he said. “Everything is evolving. I don’t practice at all like I used to – we are seeing much better outcomes because there are better drugs for cancers than we had 10 or 15 years ago. There has been dramatic change.”
Dr. Moriconi became interested in cancer as a student at the University of Kansas, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in physiology and cell biology.
“In college I took a series of courses on the molecular biology of cell cancer, which I thought was really interesting. Then I went to medical school and got involved in cancer care and thought it was great. That was the direction I went,” he said.
The variety of patients and constant change that characterize medical oncology are a good fit for “my type of personality,” Dr. Moriconi said. “In my practice we see lung, breast, colon and prostate cancer and blood disorders.”
Dr. Moriconi has been practicing on the St. Anthony’s campus since he completed his fellowship. “It is a great hospital. It gave me a great opportunity when I started. I am totally content here.”
The medical center offers his patients comprehensive and personal care, he said. “St. Anthony’s has state-of-the-art diagnostic services and a great radiation therapy center with state-of-the-art equipment. They have a very nice outpatient infusion center and excellent doctors in surgery and primary care. All of the support services are here.
“The patients receive personalized attention when they see the doctors here, and I can get things done quickly. The nurses on the eighth floor at St. Anthony’s are used to taking care of cancer patients, so care there is personalized, too. We have a similar philosophy of really accommodating patients.”
Dr. Moriconi believes cancer care should stress emotional support as well as medical treatment.
“When a new patients calls for an appointment, I will work them into the schedule within 24 to 48 hours. If I were a cancer patient, I wouldn’t want to wait to learn about what is going on, so that is something personal I do for them,” he said. “We bend over backwards for our patients. People who are interested in cancer care really go out of their way to take care of patient needs, not only medical but also psychological.
“Cancer care can be difficult, so you have to have a different perspective. Even though you may not be able to cure some patients, you may give them the best quality they can have for the time that they have. Even for the incurable patients you can provide a great service. I love what I do.”
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