Dr. Alan D. Kritz named to Best Doctors Inc. List
Physician peers name Dr. Kritz one of North Carolina’s top
medical oncology/hematology doctors
RALEIGH, N.C., May 4, 2006 – Dr. Alan D. Kritz, a medical oncologist/hematologist with Cancer Centers of North Carolina (CCNC), was recently named to Best Doctors Inc.’s annual list of best doctors practicing in the U.S. The annual survey asks doctors whom they would select to treat themselves or their families.
Business North Carolina, a monthly business magazine based in Charlotte, publishes the North Carolina-based honorees each year in its July issue. This is the third consecutive year that Dr. Kritz has been named to the list.
According to Business North Carolina, some 30,000 doctors nationwide made the cut. About 4 percent of the 20,000 who practice in North Carolina made the list.
Dr. Kritz received his doctorate from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and a fellowship in Medical Oncology-Hematology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. For four years, Dr. Kritz was on the faculty of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center as an assistant professor and served as an attending physician in bone marrow transplants and hematology. He then joined North Carolina Oncology Associates, where he developed an outpatient stem cell transplant program. Dr. Kritz is board certified in hematology, medical oncology and internal medicine, and he is a member of the American Societies of Hematology and Clinical Oncology.
About CCNC
Established as Raleigh Hematology Oncology Associates in 1979 by Dr. William R. Berry, Cancer Centers of North Carolina is a comprehensive outpatient cancer treatment practice consisting of 15 board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, oncology-certified nurses, research specialists, laboratory technicians and administrative and support staff. The practice currently serves four sites of care in the greater Triangle, with services in Raleigh, Cary and Dunn. CCNC’s physicians are specially trained in hematology, medical oncology, radiation therapy, stem cell transplantation and clinical research. Comprehensive practice services include laboratory services, administration of chemotherapy, pharmacy services, clinical research trials and financial and insurance counseling. The practice works closely with Hospice of Wake County and various home care providers, and provides resources for a number of patient and family support groups. For more information about CCNC, go to www.cancercentersofnc.com.
