Dr. Derrick D. Nguyen

Brian Shimkus is an Oncologist and a Hematologist Oncology provider in Austin, Texas. Dr. Shimkus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Febrile Neutropenia, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Familial Prostate Cancer.

Dr. Adapala grew up in India and came to the United States in 2002. He moved to Texas to attend UTMB Galveston for residency/fellowship. Dr. Adapala practiced at Austin Diagnostic clinic for 3 years before he joined Baylor Scott & White Health in 2015. Dr. Adapala is married and has two children. He enjoys traveling, playing tennis and spending time with his family. Dr. Adapala is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia. His top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS), Schnitzler Syndrome, and Polycythemia Vera.

Dr. Bhat is a board-certified hematologist/ medical oncologist who has formed a niche in breast oncology. She joined BSW at Temple's main campus in 2011 soon after completing her fellowship, and her medical practice mostly consists of breast cancer patients. She also supervises the trainee fellows in their continuity clinic and is one of the core faculty in Baylor Scott & White's 3-year hem-oncology fellowship program. Dr. Bhat has been the site director of NSABP and is currently the chair of the breast tumor board, a weekly interdisciplinary case discussion conference, where NCCN guidelines and optimal treatment options for all their breast cancer patients are discussed. She is passionate about taking care of breast cancer patients and believes in providing them with a comprehensive, yet personalized care plan when it comes to their cancer. Their clinic offers several state-of-the-art treatments like novel chemotherapies, biotherapies, targeted therapies, and immunotherapies. In addition to these standard treatments, she strives to bring on relevant and pertinent clinical trials that would benefit our breast cancer patients. She frequently offers second and third-opinion consults on complicated cases that are referred from our peripheral clinics. Dr. Bhat is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia. Her top areas of expertise are Angiosarcoma, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Endoscopy.