Meet Our Nurse Navigators - Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Cancer Network

Performing Sacred Work Every Day

Radiation Oncology

Ernest Hymel,MD,PhD,MBA
Board Certified
Radiation Oncology

Danny Chow, MD
Board Certified
Radiation Oncology

Chisa Echendu, MD,PhD
Radiation Oncology

Medical Oncology

Harry Smith, MD
Board Certified
Medical Oncology

Sohail Akbani, MD
Board Certified
Medical Oncology

Tahir Naqvi,MD,MBA
Board Certified
Hematology/Oncology

Nurse Practicioners

Ashley Humphreys, AGACNP-BC
Board Certified
Adult Gerontology Acute Care

Amanda Huang, APRN, FNP-BC
Board Certified
Family Nurse Practitioner

Falon Richard, NP-C
Board Certified
Family Nurse Practitioner

Brooke Manuel, FNP-C
Board Certified
Family Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Navigators

At the Baptist Cancer Network, we have created a dedicated and specialized team of nurses – ONCOLOGY NURSE NAVIGATORS – to guide you through the process. Our experienced cancer nurses assist patients along their journey from diagnosis through treatment and beyond, enabling you to focus on recovery and healing.

Meet Your Nurse Navigators

A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. It’s not just the disease – there are the appointments for labs, imaging and other tests, understanding treatment and surgical options, working ongoing treatment plans into a daily schedule, and dealing with insurance companies, just to name a few. Our team is here to help you with all of this and more.

Michelle Hutto, MSN, RN

Genetics & Suspicion of
Cancer Navigator

Kathleen Bates,
BSN, RN

Surgical Navigator

Kimberly Allen,
RT(R)(T)

Radiation Therapy Navigator

Kim Haynes, RN

Inpatient Navigator

Loreal Irvine,
BSN, RN

Breast Patient Navigator Genetics Coordinator

Charlotte Potter, BSN, RN

Medical Oncology Navigator

Get in Touch With Us

BCN Cancer Center of Southeast Texas

8333 9th Avenue
Port Arthur
409-729-8088

BCN Altus Cancer Center

310 N. 11 Street
Beaumont
409-981-5510

BCN Julie & Ben Rogers Cancer Institute

3555 Stagg Drive
Beaumont
409-212-5922

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What is a Clinical Trial?

Current trials open at Baptist Cancer Network:

EAZ171-Prospective Validation Trial of Taxane Therapy (Docetaxel or Weekly Paclitaxel) and Risk of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in African American Women: Research opportunity for African American Women receiving standard of care chemotherapy with a Taxane (Taxol or Taxotere). Women enrolled in study will receive standard of care chemotherapy, as planned by oncologist. Women will be follow-up while on and after treatment to assess neuropathy.

A222004-A Randomized Phase III Trial Of Olanzapine Versus Megestrol Acetate For Cancer-Associated Anorexia: Research opportunity for patients with advanced cancer with anorexia related to their diagnosis. Patients enrolled in study will receive either olanzapine or megestrol for appetite stimulation and follow-up on treatment for 4 weeks.

A191901 (GET SET)-Optimizing Endocrine Therapy Through Motivational Interviewing and Text Interventions (GET SET stands for Guiding Endocrine Therapy Success through Empowerment and Technology): Research opportunity for women who take medicine to help keep breast cancer from coming back. The medicines are endocrine therapies and include Tamoxifen or Arimidex. Women enrolled in this study will receive either text message motivation, counselor motivation, text and counselor motivation, or standard of care.

ICARE-Registry-Inherited CAncer REgistry (ICARE) Initiative: Registry opportunity through Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for individuals with a personal and/or family history of cancer.

To learn more about these studies, you can find the protocols at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ or you may contact Research Coordinator Telice Terro at 409-212-5979 or telice.terro@bhset.net

Research Team

Primary Investigator:
Ernest Hymel, MD, PhD, MBA (Radiation Oncology)

Investigators:
Sohail Akbani, MD (Medical Oncology/Hematology)
Tahir Naqvi, MD, MBA (Medical Oncology/Hematology)
Harry Smith, MD (Medical Oncology/Hematology)

Research Staff
Telice Terro, RN, OCN (Clinical Research Manager)
Fangzheng Yuan, PharmD, BCPS (IDS Pharmacist)
Chelsey Peters, RN, OCN (Clinical Research Coordinator)
Samantha Blevins, RN (Clinical Research Coordinator)
Hannah Thompson (Clinical Research Coordinator)

Telice Terro (RN)

Oncology Certified

Telice Terro is an Oncology Certified Registered Nurse. She has 21 years of experience in nursing with nearly all 21 years dedicated to oncology care and 8 of those years working in research. She is also certified in Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Administration. She is the Clinical Research Manager at the Baptist Cancer Center and on the main campus of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, which means that she is responsible for clinical research involving patients. In this role her job is to educate patients and staff on available research opportunities at our facility, as well as ensuring clinical research studies are carried out within regulatory compliance and advocating for the rights and welfare of patients interested and enrolled in studies at our facility.

Telice is passionate about her role of connecting patients to research opportunities with the goal to improve healthcare outcomes. She feels this role is important and necessary to healthcare to gain necessary knowledge to help treat patients now and in the future. It is important for patients interested and enrolled in studies to know their decision to participate is their decision and 100% voluntary throughout the entire study.

Telice entered nursing school with the desire to work in the field of oncology. Although she did not have a cancer diagnosis, she was a patient at MD Anderson for 10 years from the age of 8 to 18. This experience, along with having several family members having a cancer diagnosis, showed her what her purpose was. Immediately after graduating nursing school, she was able to work in inpatient in oncology, followed by outpatient cancer care, oncology screening, then research. Her current role in research was encouraged by the medical oncologists where she began her work as a research nurse/clinical research coordinator. She enjoys working in research – most importantly to make the patients feel comfortable with their decisions to participate in studies and to be able to offer data to research sponsors with the goal of improving healthcare.

Outside of work Telice is the mother of a 10-year-old who keeps her busy with dance and basketball. She volunteers with her church, working as the church nurse for kid’s summer camp. She has always had a passion for running, but mostly recently her busy schedule has thwarted her efforts. However, she is looking forward to enjoying that hobby again, as she has joined her church’s running group, “Be Fit for Him”.

You can reach Telice at telice.terro@bhset.net.