Debra Welker, MD

Specialty: Oncology - the branch of medicine that deals with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Hematology - the science encompassing the medical study of the blood and blood-producing organs.

Certified by: American Board of Internal Medicine and ADIM in Oncology

Joined SCMC team in: 1999

Affiliated with: Medical Oncology & Hematology Associates, Des Moines, Iowa

Education & Accomplishments: Dr. Welker is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago.  She graduated from Chicago Medical Center and went to the University of Kentucky for her internship and residency.  She did a fellowship at the University of Kentucky in Hematology and Oncology.

Common Procedures Done at SCMC:

• Blood/Platelet Transfusion
• Chemotherapy
• Blood Disorder Treatment