Dr. Kio joins Goshen Center for Cancer Care

GOSHEN, Ind. - Dr.Ebenezer Kio, a board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist, has joined Goshen Center for Cancer Care where he provides general oncology and hematology care with a special interest in lung cancer.

Prior to joining the cancer center, Kio was an attending physician in hematology and medical oncology at the Southern Ohio Medical Center cancer center in Portsmouth, Ohio, and also served as chairman of the cancer committee and a clinical instructor at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Northfield, Ohio.

Kio received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria. He completed internships at University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria, University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, and Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, Jamaica. He completed a residency in primary care and internal medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Kio also completed a hematology and oncology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. where he received an Amgen Fellowship Award.

In addition to his fellowship, Kio has been awarded the Professor Hill Prize for Best Student in Pathology and John Aghaowa Memorial Prize for Best Student in Pathology, both from the University of Benin, Benin, Nigeria; the University of Benin Scholar's Award for Best Student in the Faculty of Medicine, 1989 and 1991-93; and Mobil Oil Nigerian Universities Scholar Award, 1990-94.

Throughout his career, Kio has participated in research in leukemia and lymphoma.He has published articles and abstracts on breast cancer, sickle cell disease and leukemia.He has also lectured on several topics related to cancer, including screening and oncologic emergencies.

About Goshen Center for Cancer Care:
The Goshen Center for Cancer Care is a leader in innovative cancer treatment. They were among the first to adopt a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment. They offer holistic programs for strengthening minds as well as bodies, place a premium on family involvement and spiritual needs, and encourage patients to play a decision-making role in treatment selection. Through this integrative team approach, the center provides medical, radiation, nuclear and surgical oncology as well as naturopathic medicine.

The Goshen Center for Cancer Care is involved in, and sponsors, a number of clinical trials. Additionally, prevention, screening, diagnostic and treatment trials are conducted at the Goshen Center for Cancer Care, as well as quality of life trials and genetic trials. Clinical trials offered include treatments for breast cancer, colon cancer, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, head and neck cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, myeloma, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer. To find out more about the Goshen Center for Cancer Care or Goshen Health System visit www.goshencancer.org.

About Goshen Health System
Goshen Health System is a not-for-profit provider of health care that includes Goshen General Hospital, The Goshen Center for Cancer Care, Park Home Medical Equipment, PrimeCare Physician Network, Team:Bariatrics, The Retreat Women's Health Center and Indiana Lakes Managed Care Organization. The health system is an affiliate partner of Clarian Health. For more information about Goshen Health System, contact Bridget Levitz, Public Relations Coordinator at 574.535.2776 or visit www.goshenhealth.org.