Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

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(Baton Rouge) - Dr. Maurice King has recently been named medical director of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. “Since joining Southeast Louisiana Radiation Oncology Group (SLROG) in 2003, the radiation oncology group of physicians practicing exclusively at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center locations, Dr. King has demonstrated outstanding leadership and has remained dedicated to providing cancer patients in our area with the most effective radiation treatment programs available,” said Todd Stevens, Mary Bird Perkins’ president and CEO.

A native of New Orleans, King received two BS degrees from Tulane University --one in Chemical Engineering and one in Applied Physics. After receiving his Medical Doctorate from LSU School of Medicine, King completed a general surgery residency at Ochsner in New Orleans before becoming the director of the emergency department at Seventh Ward General Hospital in Hammond.  He then completed a Fellowship in Radiation Oncology at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis, MO.

King currently serves as an assistant clinical professor in Radiology and Medicine at Louisiana State University at Earl K. Long Hospital and an adjunct professor with the LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy’s medical physics program. 

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About Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years. It is the only independent, nonprofit cancer treatment, education and research facility in Louisiana providing state of the art
radiation therapy to all community residents regardless of ability to pay. Mary Bird Perkins has integrated cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. These  programs are accredited by the American College of Surgeons –
the gold standard for community-based cancer care. The Center also enjoys a  long-standing relationship with North Oaks Hospital in Hammond.

About the C.A.R.E. Network:
The mission of the C.A.R.E. Network (Cancer Support Services, Awareness and Education, Research and Early Detection) is to lessen the burden of cancer in the community. Established in 2002, it is funded by gifts from the community and provides hundreds of programs and services, including free cancer screenings, to thousands of people every year. The research and academic medical physics partnership with MBP and Louisiana State University is also funded in part by the C.A.R.E. Network. The Center has locations in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond.