Claressa Rosacina is the lead Nurse Practitioner at Oncology Consultants and also serves as their Clinical Support Manager. She leads large teams of APPs and Medical Scribes. She practices closely with the Vice President of the company, Dr. Alex Nguyen. She originally volunteered at MD Anderson Cancer Hospital’s ER and found her calling through working with cancer patients. She then pursued her passion and obtained both her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing with a subspecialty in Adult-Gerontology through Texas Woman’s University. 

Claressa first started working at MD Anderson Cancer Hopital as an ICU nurse for five years, then transitioned to Oncology Consultants in 2014 as a Nurse Practitioner. She has served as the lead APP and Clinical Support Manager in 2021, making sure all new APPs and Medical Scribes are well trained in their roles. Her key interests are breast cancer, colon cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia.She is also passionate about cancer prevention and works very closely with teams in creating a Survivorship Clinic at Oncology Consultants. Claressa is an active member of ONS (Oncology Nursing Society) and a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. Claressa and her husband Raymond Donato share three beautiful children and reside in Houston, TX. She enjoys gardening, dancing, and traveling in her spare time.

Madeleine Ochs, PharmD, BCOP  (Speaker)

Madeleine Ochs graduated with her PharmD from Purdue University, after which she completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Residency, both at Michigan Medicine. She currently works as a clinical pharmacist specialist in hematology at Michigan Medicine. In her clinical practice, she primarily takes care of patients with benign and malignant hematologic conditions.