INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana
– Sarah
Ali, MD, oncology and hematology specialist, has been recognized as the latest
recipient of the Healing Hands Award, presented quarterly by Franciscan St.
Francis Health.
The award recognizes physicians for
excellence in clinical skills, patient relations, research, stewardship and
reflection of the hospital’s ministry, values and mission.
Dr. Ali practices with Oncology & Hematology
Specialists, a Franciscan Physician Network practice. She graduated from the University
of Southern Indiana in Evansville and attended medical school at St. George’s in
the West Indies.
She completed her internal medicine residency
training through Michigan State University at McLaren Regional Medical Center
in Flint, Michigan, and her fellowship training at Michigan State University in
Lansing.
Dr. Ali joined the Franciscan Physician Network
in 2012. She is board-certified in internal medicine and oncology and hematology.
She has a special interest in breast malignancies and lymphomas.
Many patients nominated Dr. Ali for the
Healing Hands honor.
One patient described her care in this way:
“She never forgot that I was, and am, a person, not just another patient.”
Another wrote, “She has been very patient and very helpful through this trying
time.”
David Mandelbaum, MD, director of Medical
Staff Engagement, noted that Dr. Ali has touched many lives. “She has obviously
had a great impact on everyone from patients and their families to colleagues and
staff members,” he said.
