Kennedy & Black Medical Group

Ever since I started in health care, I wanted to be a nurse practitioner. It was just a matter of how to get there. Working in the outpatient diagnostic area, working with the GI patients during procedures, made me really realize how much GI issues can alter their quality of life. I'm really passionate about this work because, as a provider, I will have more hands on with creating a plan with the patient and then being able to see them come back with a better quality of life, back to their health. We love to have a patient come back and tell us how great it is. Sometimes you get those, sometimes you don't, but knowing at the end of the day that you did everything you could for this patient makes it worth it.

Every day, I?m humbled by my patients? resilience in the face of the adversity of living with Crohn?s disease and Ulcerative Colitis (IBD). Their stories inspire me at a deep personal level to be the absolute best physician I can be. I want to build a partnership with my patients, so they know we are treating their IBD together and that every decision we make is a shared decision. I will help them understand their disease better, understand the tests they go through and the medicines they?re on. Beyond prescribing medications, I will offer my patients the latest research on effects of sleep, exercise, meditation, and healthy eating so to empower them to take control of their symptoms. My commitment to my patients is to treat them with the dignity they deserve and to advocate for them every step of the way.

Mercy Oncology in Oklahoma City, led by Dr. Vikki A Canfield, MD, is part of the expansive Mercy health system, which boasts 44 acute care specialty hospitals across multiple states. With over 700 physician outpatient clinics in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Mercy is committed to providing comprehensive and compassionate care to patients in need of oncology services. Generated from their website's infomation