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Dr. Alfred Bennette Brooks M.D.
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
2530 CRYSTAL DR ARLINGTON VA, 22202About
Dr. Alfred Brooks is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Brooks specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Dr. Brooks’ career in medicine began in 1977, when he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia. After obtaining his medical degree, he completed his internship and residency at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, before completing a fellowship at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Alfred B. Brooks is a vastly experienced physician who has been in practice for over four decades. Dr. Brooks is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, but it is in this latter field that he has become a renowned expert. He diagnoses and treats a comprehensive variety of cancers in patients of all ages. He is also known as a specialist in the provision of hospice and palliative care. Alfred B. Brooks, MD, is Hematologist and Oncologist with his own practice in Arlington, Virginia. In addition to his expertise and repute as an oncologist, Dr. Brooks also enjoyed a distinguished career in the United States Army, and he is a retired Colonel. A hematologist-oncologist who is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of blood diseases and cancers such as iron-deficiency anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. They will be trained in hematology, the study of blood and oncology, the study of cancer, but will specialize in treating blood cancers, such as Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphomas, leukemias and multiple myelomas. A hematologist-oncologist may also specialize in the management of solid tumors.
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