Devika Das, MD, was fascinated with medicine growing up. She used that passion to propel her through medical school in India. However, it wasn’t until her internal medicine residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham that this first-generation physician knew she wanted to dedicate her career to oncology.
“When I started residency and began working in oncology wards, those were the rotations that stayed with me,” said Das, who joined the University of Florida College of Medicine this month as an associate professor in the UF Division of Hematology & Oncology after 18 years in academic medicine at UAB. “Over time, it was very clear to me that I wanted those long-term relationships with my patients. Having some cancer history in our family, I knew I wanted to be an oncologist.”
“My biggest interest is to make sure all patients — regardless of where they live, how they look or their ability to pay — have access to the same quality of care.” – Devika Das, M.D.