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Your Team

Our Staff

The goal of the TCS staff is to work with our patients and their families to achieve the very best outcome possible. Our staff is highly experienced and well trained to provide the utmost in medical care and personal attention to each patient who walks through our doors.

Currently, Tennessee Cancer Specialists employs approximately 75 premier medical professionals and 55 experienced office support staff.

Our medical professionals are the top in their respective fields and continuously seek personal and professional excellence.

From our friendly receptionists to financial counselors and billing specialists, our office staff will ensure that each appointment runs smoothly and all paperwork is complete and properly handled for maximum efficiency and ease for our patients.

Practice Leadership
We believe premier staff leadership helps lead to superior care for our patients. Please meet a few of our managers below.

Administration:

Kathy Buckingham, MPH, Chief Operating Officer

Scott Hitch, MBA, Chief Financial Officer

Tracy Pitner, Business Office Manager

Karen Dotson, Operations Manager
Park West and St. Mary's Offices

Tracy Donnelly, Operations Manager
Baptist Downtown and West, Greeneville & Our Numerous Satellite Offices

Ronda Oellien, Human Resources Manager

Donna Bates, RN, OCN, Nurse Manager
Park West, St. Mary's & Athens Locations

Trish Reeves, RN, Nursing Team Leader
Greeneville Office

Caring for Our Community
We're passionate about our patients and about our home in East Tennessee and surrounding areas. You can often see TCS and our staff out and about in the community doing our part to make a difference. Here's just a glimpse of our recent community service activities.

Race for the Cure
Light the Night
Relay for Life

Having Fun & Enjoying What We Do.
It's not just talk. We truly love caring for people and working together as the TCS team. We regularly participate in team-building events, parties, wellness walks and more! One of our favorite activities? Last Chemo parties for our patients. Celebrating personal triumph and the medical success of a job well done. After all, that's why we do what we do.

Last Chemo
Wellness Walk
Halloween
Christmas