Colleen Darnell, MD, a Hematologist-Oncologist with St. Elizabeth Cancer Center – Edgewood & St. Elizabeth Grant Hospital

Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Colleen Darnell, who serves patients in Kentucky.

Passionate about providing high quality care to patients with cancer and blood disorders, Dr. Darnell is affiliated with St. Elizabeth Cancer Center – Edgewood. She can also be found on staff at St. Elizabeth Grant Hospital in Williamstown. 

Her specialties include lung cancer, bone cancer, hemophilia, leukemia, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), and sickle cell anemia.

Founded by Henrietta Cleveland with the help of the Diocese of Covington and the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor with one small hospital in 1861, St. Elizabeth has been proudly serving the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati region ever since. From extraordinary physicians, nurses and associates to convenient locations, award-winning care, advanced technology and robotics membership in the Mayo Clinic Care Network, St. Elizabeth delivers the highest quality of care to the people they serve.

With a broad educational background, Dr. Darnell earned her medical degree at Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2008. She then went on to complete her residency in internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in 2011, and her fellowship in hematology-oncology at the same educational venue in 2014.

With more than 13 years of experience in her field, the doctor is board-certified in internal medicine, hematology, and medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Licensed to practice medicine in Kentucky, Dr. Darnell is affiliated with various other medical venues, including St. Elizabeth Florence, St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Burnet Campus, and Mercy Health – Fairfield Hospital.

Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A hematologist-oncologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer, malignant blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and blood disorders such as iron-deficiency anemia, clotting abnormalities, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease.

Learn More about Dr. Colleen Darnell:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/597476-Colleen-Darnell-Oncologist or through St. Elizabeth Healthcare https://www.stelizabeth.com/providers/bio/colleen-darnell-md 

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