Maria Constantinou, MD, a Hematologist-Oncologist with Lifespan Cancer Institute, Rhode Island Hospital

Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Maria Constantinou, who serves patients in Providence, Rhode Island.

 

A board-certified and fellowship-trained hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Constantinou practices at the Lifespan Cancer Institute within Rhode Island Hospital. She specializes in breast cancer and melanoma.

 

Rhode Island Hospital is the state’s largest hospital, and its only Level I trauma center and verified burn center. The principal teaching hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, it provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services, as well as expertise in cancer, cardiology, emergency medicine, neurosciences, orthopedics and more.

 

Graduating with her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine, Dr. Constantinou completed her residency in internal medicine at the Yale New Haven Medical Center, and her fellowship in hematology/oncology at Rhode Island Hospital.

 

Following her training, the doctor attained board certification in hematology, medical oncology, and internal medicine through 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.

 

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.

 

Dr. Constantinou specializes in Oncologic care of melanoma and breast cancer.

 

Learn More about Dr. Maria Constantinou:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3632871-Maria-Constantinou-Hematologist-Oncologist or through Lifespan Cancer Institute, Rhode Island Hospital, https://www.lifespan.org/providers/maria-constantinou-md

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