Retired Physicians from Mission Cancer + Blood
Dr. Morton joined Drs. Buroker and Shreck in June 1981 in the newly formed group Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates. Dr. Morton’s undergraduate work was completed in 1972 at the Colorado College in Colorado Springs where he received a B.A. degree in Biology. His M.D. was awarded 1976 with honors by University of Kansas School of Medicine where he was also elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Morton completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita Campus in 1979 and a fellowship in Medical Oncology in 1981 at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester.
Board-certified: Internal medicine; medical oncology
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita Campus
Fellowship: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester
Certification: Dr. Morton is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology and by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Professional Interests: Chair of the Clinical Practice Committee at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member of the Government Relations Committee, Member of the Ethics Committee, Chair of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Chair of the Executive Committee at the North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Principal Investigator Iowa Oncology Research Association NCI-CCOP, Chair of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Member of the National Cancer Institute’s Task Force on Colon Cancer, Member of the National Cancer Institute’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Steering Committee, President Iowa Oncology Society, Fellow of the American College of Physicians
Publications: Dr. Morton has published over 50 research articles and 25 abstracts as an investigator for the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) that is a cancer research outreach program of the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Most of his publications focus on colon and rectal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma.
Dr. Shreck is a native of West Des Moines who did his undergraduate work at the University of Iowa, followed by three years in the U.S. Army. Medical school was at the University of Iowa and all post-graduate work was at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He returned to his hometown in 1979 to open a solo oncology practice and in early 1981 he and Tom Buroker founded Mission as a two-person practice. Dr. Shreck entered emeritus status in 2017.
Internal medicine residency and medical oncology fellowship: University of Utah
Board-certified: Internal medicine; medical oncology
Memberships: American Society of Clinical Oncology; Iowa Oncology Society; Iowa Oncology Research Association
Dr. Elsawy retired in 2020.
Medical School - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Internship - Cairo University Hospitals
Residency - Shadyside Hospital, University of Pittsburgh
Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Molina grew up in Corpus Christi, TX.
Dr. Molina graduated University of Texas in Austin. After training in Texas & Kansas he practiced in Columbia, MO then moved to Des Moines in 1990.
Dr. Molina joined MOHA (now Mission Cancer + Blood) in Oct 2000.
Dr. Molina trained at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where he completed internship and residency. He completed his fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Kansas.
Dr. Molina has double board certifications in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.
His primary office location is at 411 Laurel, Suite A300, Des Moines, Iowa.
Dr. Molina is married and has three grown children. He likes to play the piano, grow orchids and garden.
Undergraduate - University of Texas, Austin
Medical - University of Texas, Galveston, Texas
Residency - University of Texas Medical Branch
Fellowship - University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City
Dr. Buroker completed his undergraduate work at The University of Iowa where he graduated in 1964. He went on to graduate from the College of Osteopathy Medical and Surgery (now the Des Moines University) in 1968. Dr. Buroker completed a residency at the Grace Hospital in Detroit in 1970. He completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology in 1974 at Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit.
Dr. Buroker is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.
Dr. Buroker holds Memberships in the following:
- Fellow American College of Physicians
- Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member American Medical Association
- Member American Federation for Cancer Research
- Member American Osteopathic Association
- Member Iowa State Medical Society
- Member Iowa State Osteopathic Society
- Member Polk County Medical Society
Dr. Buroker became a faculty member in the Medical Oncology at Wayne State University in 1974. In 1978 he left academic medical practice and moved with his wife to her hometown: Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Buroker and Dr. Shreck founded Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates in May of 1981.
Dr. Buroker has published dozens of original oncology articles.
Undergraduate -University of Iowa
Medical - College of Osteopathy Medical and Surgery
Residency - Grace Hospital, Detroit
Fellowship - Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit
Honors:
- Faculty Merit Award, Wayne State University
- Chief of Staff-Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
- Medical Director Mercy Hospice, Johnston, IA
- Board of Directors Mercy Hospital Center, Des Moines, IA