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
Since 1972, Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) has combined groundbreaking and advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine with award-winning, personalized, compassionate, patient-centered cancer care and clinical trials. At its flagship location at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, with 14 locations across New Hampshire and Vermont, DCC is one of fewer than 60 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationally. Each year, DCC manages 74,000 appointments, treats more than 4,500 newly diagnosed patients, and currently offers more than 240 active clinical trials. DCC remains committed to excellence, outreach and education. DCC strives to create new knowledge and impact, accelerate integrated and collaborative research to prevent and cure cancer, enhance survivorship and promote cancer-related health equity. Learn more at cancer.dartmouth.edu.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.