Overview
Tsering Tamang is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Tamang has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. His top areas of expertise are Anemia, Thrombocytopenia, Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), and Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
2531 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Ravi Patel, M.D., Inc.
Dr. Ravi Patel is a board certified Medical Oncologist who has been practicing for more than 30 years. He completed his residency at the University of Illinois after obtaining a medical degree from Gujarat University Medical College in India. He went on to complete a fellowship in Hematology/ Oncology from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.From the early stages of his career, Dr. Patel was exposed to and focused on bone marrow transplantation along with a wide variety of oncology and hematology training.Dr. Patel founded Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center in 1984, growing it from a 1,200 square foot office with one employee into the comprehensive, community focused, diagnostic, treatment, educational and research-based cancer center it is today with over 250 employees and a 120,000 square foot campus.While serving as managing director of the center, Dr. Patel continues to actively care for his patients and serve as principal investigator on the center's many clinical research studies. Dr. Patel is actively involved with the leading pharmaceutical manufacturers and academic research programs to assure that cancer patients in Kern County have access to the most cutting-edge medicines and treatments available anywhere in the world.Through choosing to work with the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center TRIO-US Network, UCLA employees manage clinical trials alongside CBCC's own research staff. Several of the treatments tested at CBCC have proven to be highly successful and have gone on to receive approval from the Federal Government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These breakthrough treatments have changed the way many forms of cancer are now being managed around the world.As a result of his clinical research experience, Dr. Patel has authored several scientific papers in such respected journals as the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Lymphoma. He is sought after as a lecturer and consultant on clinical oncology issues and patient care. He serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and is actively involved with the Residency Program in Internal Medicine at the Kern County Medical Center. Dr. Patel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Ampullary Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).
Ravi Patel, M.D., Inc.
Shawn Shambaugh is a Hematologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Shambaugh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. His top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Anemia, Leukocytosis, and Congenital Hemolytic Anemia.
Ravi Patel, M.D., Inc.
David Kanamori is a Hematologist in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Kanamori is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. His top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Anemia, Breast Cancer, and Hemolytic Crisis.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Adult Immune ThrombocytopeniaDr. Tamang isExperienced. Learn about Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia.
- AnemiaDr. Tamang isExperienced. Learn about Anemia.
- AngiosarcomaDr. Tamang isExperienced. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Tamang isExperienced. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia SyndromeDr. Tamang isExperienced. Learn about Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)Dr. Tamang isExperienced. Learn about Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).
