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James L. Wade III, MD, FACP, FASCO, FACCC - President Emeritus
James L. Wade III, MD, FACP, FASCO, FACCC – President Emeritus

James L. Wade III, MD, FACP, FASCO, FACCC

President Emeritus of CCSI

Medical Oncology / Hematology

Cancer Care Center of Decatur
Crossroads Cancer Center
Taylorville Memorial Hospital

Dr. James L. Wade III, medical oncologist, is the founder of Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois. He primarily sees patients at our main office at the Cancer Care Center of Decatur, but also sees patients at Crossroads Cancer Center in Effingham, and Taylorville Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Wade received his M.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, in 1978. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine in 1981, Dr. Wade served as the Chief Resident in Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago. In 1984, he completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Wade established a Medical Oncology and Hematology practice in Decatur in 1984. Since then, he has developed the CCSI practice into the largest interdisciplinary oncology/ hematology practice in Illinois outside of Chicago.

CCSI and its twenty board certified physicians are nationally recognized as an outstanding cancer care practice and honored to receive the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Certification from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Wade is an active leader in cancer research and works as both a committee chair and a board member of several NCI sponsored national and international research organizations. He has served as the Director of Medical Oncology at Decatur Memorial Hospital and he has been the Principal Investigator of the NCI sponsored Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program since 1991. As an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine he also serves as a teacher and mentor for young physicians at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University in Chicago.

Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship
University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1984

Internal Medicine Residency
Chief Resident in Medicine, 1982
University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1981

Education
M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1978
B.S., Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1974

Certifications
Medical Oncology – American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine

Faculty Appointment
Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University

Memberships
American Society of Clinical Oncology (Fellow)
American College of Physicians (Fellow)
Association of Community Cancer Centers (Fellow)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Illinois Medical Oncology Society
Illinois State Medical Society

Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1977
Harry Hynes Award, National Cancer Institute, 2007
Excellence in Teaching, Northwestern University, 2009
National Cancer Institute Platinum Level Recognition for Outstanding Clinical Trial Accrual, 2011 & 2012
ASCO Clinical Trials Participation Award, 2011 & 2015

Hometown
La Grange, Illinois

 

Cancer Care Center of DecaturCancer Care Center of Decatur
Cancer Care Specialists of IL
210 W. McKinley Ave., Suite 1
Decatur, IL 62526
Phone: (217) 876-6600
Fax: (217) 876-6606

Hours: M – F, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

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Crossroads Cancer Center - Effingham, ILCrossroads Cancer Center
905 Medical Park Drive
Effingham, IL 62401
Phone: (217) 342-2066
Fax: (217) 342-2074
RT Fax: (217) 347-4923
Hours: M – F, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

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Taylorville Memorial Hospital
201 E. Pleasant
Taylorville, IL 62568
Phone: (217) 824-3331
Fax: (217) 824-1344
Hours: Monday, 8:00 am – Noon
Thursday, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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