Four Minnesota Oncology Physicians Named 2018 Rising Stars by Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine

Four Minnesota Oncology doctors are physicians-to-watch in 2018, according to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine.

Earlier this month, the magazine released the 2018 edition of Twin Cities’ Top Doctors—Rising Stars list, which recognizes four Minnesota Oncology physicians. To be selected for inclusion the list, the doctors must have been practicing for 10 years or less. Each physician named to the list was chosen by their peers in the field.

Congratulations to the following 2018 Rising Stars from Minnesota Oncology!

Stephanie Krejcarek Childs, MD
Radiation Oncology

Maplewood Cancer Center
1580 Beam Avenue
Maplewood, MN 55109
(651) 779-7978

*also named to the Rising Stars list in 2016, 2017

Raina Ferzoco, MD
Medical Oncology/Hematology

Maplewood Cancer Center
1580 Beam Avenue
Maplewood, MN 55109
(651) 779-7978

Samith T. Kochuparambil
Medical Oncology/Hematology

Minneapolis Clinic
910 E. 26th Street, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 884-6300
 

Jessica Thomes Pepin, MD
Gyncologic Oncology/Surgery

Woodbury Clinic
6025 Lake Road, Suite 110
Woodbury, MN 55125

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