My promise is to deliver expert, compassionate care with steady support and honest partnership.
Laura W. Salama, MDLaura W. Salama, MD, has joined Dartmouth Cancer Center. Seeing patients at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester and Nashua, Salama is the first breast medical oncologist in southern New Hampshire.
“At Dartmouth Cancer Center, I work with a team of experts to offer the best possible care,” Salama said. “It is important to explain what a diagnosis means and help choose treatment options that fit each person’s needs and lifestyle. Each plan is based on evidence and tailored to individual circumstances and goals. I support clinical trials, which give access to new therapies and help improve care. I am grateful to walk beside patients through every step. My promise is to deliver expert, compassionate care with steady support and honest partnership.”
Salama attended medical school at Alexandria University in Egypt, completed internal medicine residencies at the Presidential Armed Forces Hospital in Egypt and Florida Atlantic University, and was fellowship-trained in hematology and oncology at Brown University. Salama is board-certified in internal medicine and is an assistant professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Her areas of focus include early-stage and metastatic breast cancer, as well as clinical trials.
“Dr. Salama is already working on opening up three clinical trials at Dartmouth Cancer Center’s southern New Hampshire locations,” said Kimberly G. Ellis, MD, a breast surgeon with Dartmouth Cancer Center based at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester and Concord. “With her on board, we now have a full conglomerate of breast-specific trained physicians at our Manchester clinic. Having a team that has sub-specialty training means we can keep more patients close to home for their treatment, while receiving the latest and greatest in breast oncology innovation.”
To inquire about becoming a patient of Salama, call 603-629-1828 (Manchester) or 603-577-4170 (Nashua).
About Dartmouth Cancer Center
Dartmouth Cancer Center combines advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, with award-winning, personalized, and compassionate patient-centered cancer care and clinical trials based at the Norris Cotton Cancer Care Pavilion at Dartmouth Health's Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. With 14 locations around New Hampshire and Vermont, Dartmouth Cancer Center is one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Each year the Dartmouth Cancer Center schedules 74,000 appointments seeing more than 4,500 newly diagnosed patients, and currently offers patients more than 240 active clinical trials. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022, Dartmouth Cancer Center remains committed to excellence, outreach and education. We strive to prevent and cure cancer, enhance survivorship and to promote cancer health equity through pioneering interdisciplinary research and collaborations. Learn more at the Dartmouth Cancer Center website.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.