Patrick W. Cobb, MD, FACP

Profession: Hematologist/oncologist, Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies, OncologySTAT Contributor

Recent Posts

How to Fix Cancer Drug Shortages

Community Oncology Alliance. 2012 Mar 14, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Solution in Sight for the Cancer Drug Shortages?

2011 Dec 14, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

What is Causing Drug Shortages?

2011 Oct 20, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Cancer Community Unites on Message to Congress Over Debt Cutting—Stop the Cuts to Cancer Care!

OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 Aug 24, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Can Community Oncology Practices Survive the Medicare Wars?

OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 Jul 6, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Is There a Home for Oncology in ACOs?

OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 May 4, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Finally—Good News for Oncology From Congress!

Community Oncology Alliance. 2011 Mar 14, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Health Care Roulette: Reform, Repeal, or Replace?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2011 Jan 26, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

The War on Health Care Reform

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Dec 15, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

How Health Care Reform is Changing the Oncology Landscape (and How the Elections May Color the View)

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Nov 4, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Handicapping Elections, Health Care Reform Fallout, and Year-End Medicare Cuts

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Oct 7, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Just 'Who' Is the Oncologist Accountable to in an Accountable Care Organization?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Sept 7, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Cancer Clinic Closings—Canary in the Coal Mine?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Aug 3, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Health Care Deform—The Dismantling of Cancer Care

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Jun 23, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

How Will Cancer Care Fare Under Health Care Reform?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 May 7, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

New Study Shows Payment Shortfall for Cancer Care

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Feb 11, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Health Care Reform Hits a Brown Wall

Community Oncology Alliance. 2010 Jan 25, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

The Health Care Reform Fight: Abortion and the Public Plan, Before the Final Bell

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Dec 11, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

How Will the Latest House and Senate Health Reform Bills Impact Cancer Care?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Nov 24, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Not Yet Halftime for Health Care Reform

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Nov 12, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Will Santa Deliver a Health Care Reform Bill?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Oct 29, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Is There a War on Oncologists?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Oct 12, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

The Public Plan—The Future of Health Care Reform and Cancer Treatment

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Sept 29, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Politics Behind the Baucus Bill: The Battle Royale Begins

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Sept 18, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Tort Reform MIA in Health Care Legislation—Or Is It?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Sept 9, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Health Care Reform—Now a Dangerous Game of Political Chicken

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Aug 17, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Is This Sausage Making, or Health Care Reform?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Jul 29, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

New Funding Cuts From CMS Tighten the Medicare Vise on Cancer Care

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Jul 15, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Walking the Halls of Congress—An Insider's View on the Health Care Reform Debate

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Jun 15, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Increased Government Leverage Will Magnify Proposed Cancer Care Payment Cuts

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 May 28, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Not Concerned About Provider Payment Reform? Wake Up!

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 May 5, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

The Medicare Vise on Cancer Care

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Apr 20, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Comparative Effectiveness Research—Comparing the Effectiveness of What to What?

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Apr 8, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Health Care Reform: The Train Has Left the Station

Community Oncology Alliance. 2009 Mar 28, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon
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Bio

Biographical Sketch: 
Dr. Cobb is a hematologist/oncologist and the managing partner of the Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies, a 9-physician practice in Billings, Montana. In addition, Dr. Cobb serves as a staff physician at St. Vincent Healthcare, also in Billings. He is also immediate past president of Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a national advocacy group for cancer patients and oncology practices, and current chair of the COA Policy Committee.

Dr. Cobb received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University and earned a medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans. He completed internship and residency training at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. While serving as an oncologist in the Army for 4 years, he helped direct the developmental therapeutics and phase I programs at Brooke. After completing his military obligation, he joined Hematology-Oncology Centers. Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cobb holds additional certification in medical oncology and hematology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Cobb is a member of various professional organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the National Surgical Bowel and Breast Project, and the Southwest Oncology Group. He has served these and other organizations and institutions in numerous administrative capacities. At St. Vincent Hospital, he was Director of the Stem Cell Transplant Program. He has been the principal investigator of the Montana Cancer Consortium and has served on the board of directors for Montana Associated Physicians, Inc., and the Northwest Research and Education Institute, as well as for COA. He is also on the board of managers for the Cancer Centers of Excellence.

Dr. Cobb has reported his research findings related to the clinical evaluation of chemotherapy agents for breast cancer, lymphoma, and other cancers at national and international conferences and in the medical literature.

Positions:
Managing partner, Hematology-Oncology Centers 
President, Community Oncology Alliance (COA)

Degree:
Tulane University, MD

Postgraduate Training:
Intern, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Resident, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Fellow, Brooke Army Medical Center

Board Certification:
Internal medicine
Medical oncology and hematology certification

Clinical Interests:
Breast cancer and lymphoma
Developmental therapeutics 

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