General Practitioners

• Nutritional Counseling
  A Patient Advocate will verify insurance benefits for nutrition services and call you before the scheduled appointment to review coverage/charges
• Primary Care
• Immunizations
  Please consult with your CCNW oncologist to determine when and which drug treatments may need modification or schedule changes to support your vaccination goals. Click here to access CCNW's full list of guidelines for cancer patients considering a COVID-19 vaccine.

Internists

• Ovarian Cancer
  Dorothy's cancer experience began when was out shopping one day and experienced an unusual pain in her shoulder and back. After meeting with her doctor, she discovered that she had suffered a mild heart attack. Her physician performed a thorough exam and discovered another malady: Dorothy had a baseball-sized tumor in her abdomen which was later diagnosed as Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer. Before the tumor could be addressed, she underwent a double bypass surgery to ensure that she was healthy enough to endure cancer treatment.
• Cancer Care
  We would love to hear from you at Cancer Care Northwest. Please email us if you have a general question, comments, suggestions or complaints.
• Lung Cancer

Psychiatrists

• Stress Management
• Behavioral Health
  Through this venture, Advanced Behavioral Health will provide dedicated counseling services to CCNW patients, including individual counseling, couples counseling, and family therapy. Additionally, they will work with other therapy offices to further expand access and support across the community.

Radiologist

• Chemotherapy
  To combat her cancer, Dorothy was scheduled for surgery to remove both of her ovaries and a portion of the intestine. The operation was a success, but she was told that she would have to have chemotherapy to eliminate unseen cancer cells in her body. Now, after several years of working together to battle Dorothy’s cancer, the two have formed a great friendship. "I have never met a doctor that was more caring, considerate, and willing to listen,” Dorothy said, “You’re never on a timetable with her."
• Radiation Therapy
  Th transplant performed by Dr. Kaya and the Inland Northwest Myeloma/Lymphoma Transplant Program. Additionally, Vicki has received radiation therapy and suffered breaks in her myeloma-weakened bones.  On her current regimen she lost most of her sense of taste and half of her fingernails.
• Radiation Oncology
  Cancer Care Northwest is comprised of over 30 physicians and advanced practice providers, specializing in medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, along with a complete health care team, to help give you the best treatment for your cancer. We serve patients at six locations in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene metropolitan area.

Surgeons

• General Surgery
  Dr. Rebecca Kirschner is a fellowship trained surgical oncologist with an interest in peritoneal malignancy (cancer on the lining of the abdomen), skin cancer, and GI cancers. Originally from central Florida, she completed her undergraduate education at the University of Florida where she participated in basic breast cancer research at Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Working in the field of cancer research became a passion and Dr. Kirschner continued her bench research throughout medical school at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, working at Virginia Bio-Informatics Institute researching the genetics of neuroblastoma and hepatoblastoma and during residency at the University of Chicago working on vasculogenesis and tumorogenesis research. After graduating from medical school, she completed a year-long internship at the University of Vermont Medical Center and then went back to Virginia to complete her general surgery residency at Carilion Clinic. During this time, Dr. Kirschner developed a focus for cancer treatment due to her original passion for cancer research.
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
  Using the da Vinci® Surgical System, surgeons maneuver an advanced set of instruments to perform robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery. During this procedure, the surgeon makes a few tiny incisions to insert small instruments and a high-definition camera inside the patient. The camera allows the surgeon to view a highly magnified, 3-D image of the surgical site. The surgeon, seated at an ergonomically designed console, uses controls to move the instrument arms and camera. The da Vinci® Surgical System translates, in real time, the surgeon’s hand, wrist and finger actions into precise movements of the instruments inside the patient. Throughout a da Vinci robotic surgery procedure, the surgeon controls every surgical maneuver. The system cannot act in any way without the surgeon’s input.
• Robotic Surgery
  Robotic surgery is a type of surgical procedure that is done using robotic systems. The term “robotic” often misleads people. Robots don’t perform surgery. Very small tools and a camera are attached to a robotic arm, which is then maneuvered by a surgeon by way of a computer console. Cancer Care Northwest is proud to use the da Vinci® Surgical System for all robotic-assisted surgical procedures.
• Hysterectomy
  Melody Coombs first heard of PMP—short for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei—in November 2004 when she was diagnosed with the disease after a hysterectomy follow-up. PMP is a rare type of abdominal tumor that spreads through the abdominal lining or peritoneum that often begins as a burst tumor of the appendix. “The physician told us to go to Dr. Ryan Holbrook, right here in Spokane. As Doctor Holbrook was out of town, I sought a second opinion at the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle,” said Melody. The recommendation there was exactly the same: return to Spokane to see Dr. Holbrook who is nationally and internationally recognized for his treatment of PMP.
• Laparoscopy
  Cancer Care Northwest remains on the forefront of cancer treatment, offering the most advanced treatment options to patients throughout the Inland Northwest. Dr. Maryam Parviz has been performing robotic-assisted surgery since 2014 using the da Vinci® Xi Surgical System.  The Xi system is one of the more advanced robotic systems in use to allow for greater visualization and precise dissection in complex surgical procedures.  Robotic-assisted surgery has been demonstrated to be a safe and effective minimally invasive technique for complex oncologic surgeries.  It is being used more and more frequently as an alternative option to both conventional open surgery and laparoscopy.

Dermatologists

• Skin Cancer