RMCC. Dr. Sydney Brehany. August 22, 2023. Photo by Ellen Jaskol

Van Diest Medical Center has welcomed Dr. Sydney Brehany, a medical oncologist with Mission Cancer + Blood. She is the newest addition to the hospital’s team of visiting specialists.

Dr. Brehany earned her biochemistry degree from Wartburg College and completed medical school at Creighton University. She completed extensive training which included an Internal Medicine residency and a Hematology/Medical Oncology fellowship at the University of Colorado.

A native of Algona, she said she is excited to return to Iowa to practice. She specializes in breast and gynecological cancers, as well as hereditary cancer syndromes.

Dr. Brehany joined Mission Cancer + Blood in January and will be providing oncology services at VDMC. She will see patients in the specialty clinic at the hospital the first and third Tuesdays of each month.