Clinical Leadership

We've put together an outstanding cancer team which includes dedicated staff who have been treating cancer patients at Southcoast for decades, and new staff who include top-tier clinicians with a wealth of experience from some of the major academic cancer centers around the country.

Our Team

• Medical Oncologists
• Radiation Oncologists
• Oncology Nurses
• Patient Navigator

Patient Navigator: A clinical team member whose sole responsibility will be to coordinate your patients' care so they and their families can focus their energies on getting well.

• Arrange appointments
• Answer questions
• Coordinate all aspects of care

Therese M. Mulvey, MD, Physician-in-Chief / Medical Oncologist

Therese M. Mulvey, MD Physician-in-Chief

Dr. Mulvey has dedicated her career to providing state-of-the-art community-based care for cancer patients. Her philosophy is to empower patients to receive high-quality care in their own communities, with shared decision making among specialists and patients.

As Physician-In-Chief for the Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care, she continues her affiliations with many leading academic medical centers to ensure patients have access to high-quality oncology services and leading-edge clinical cancer research without having to travel.

• Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Hematology/Oncology, Tufts-New England Medical Center
  
• Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center
  
• Medical Degree: Tufts University School of Medicine

Board certified in Medical Oncology & Internal Medicine

Teresa Boyle, MD, Radiation Oncologist

Teresa Boyle, MD Radiation Oncologist

Dr. Boyle joined Southcoast from Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Tex., an affiliated institution of the Texas A&M Health Science Center. She has published articles, abstracts and book chapters in numerous medical journals that are nationally recognized by her peers on topics such as breast cancer, lung cancer and the use of radiation therapy in various modalities. She has special expertise in lymphoma, breast and head and neck cancer.

• Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Carney Hospital
  
• Medical Degree: Loyola University, Chicago

Board certified in Radiation Oncology & Internal Medicine

Herbert Hansen, MD, Medical Oncologist

Herbert Hansen, MD Medical Oncologist

Dr. Hansen has been a medical oncologist with Southcoast for the past 22 years. He was a medical oncologist at University Hospital-State University of New York Health Sciences Center in Syracuse before coming to the South Coast region. He also served as a staff physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital for Cancer & Allied Diseases, both in New York.

• Fellowship: Medical Oncology, Memorial Hospital for Cancer & Allied Diseases, New York
  
• Residency: New York University Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
  
• Medical Degree: New York University School of Medicine

Board certified in Medical Oncology & Internal Medicine

Harry Matelski, MD, Medical Oncologist

Harry Matelski, MD Medical Oncologist

Dr. Matelski has been an oncologist with Southcoast for the past 23 years.

• Fellowship: Medical Oncology & Hemotology, Harvard Medical School, New England Deaconess Hospital & VA Medical Center, Boston
  
• Residency: Allentown General Hospital
  
• Medical Degree: Hahnemann Medical School

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology & Hematology

Todd F. Roberts, MD, MSc., Medical Oncologist

Todd F. Roberts, MD, MSc. Medical Oncologist

Dr. Roberts joined Southcoast from New Orleans where he was a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Tulane University Hospital & Clinics with their stem cell transplant program. He also served as Director of Bone Marrow & Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation at Hematology & Oncology Specialists LLC in New Orleans. Dr. Roberts also has a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering. He has special expertise and interest in stem cell transplantation and treatment of leukemia, myelodysplasia (MDS, formerly known as "preleukemia"), Hodgkin's disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma (cancer that begins in plasma cells).

• Fellowship: Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tufts Medical Center; Medical Oncology, University of Toronto
  
• Residency: University of Toronto
  
• Medical Degree: University of Toronto

Board certified in Medical Oncology & Internal Medicine

Mark Shparber, MD, Medical Oncologist

Mark Shparber, MD Medical Oncologist

A medical oncologist on the South Coast for 20 years, Dr. Shparber has a unique perspective of the needs of cancer patients in our region. He also serves as the Medical Director of Hospice Outreach program in Fall River.

• Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center
  
• Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell Medical Center
  
• Medical Degree: Tufts University School of Medicine

Board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology & Internal Medicine