“I’ve always felt supported here. CTCA truly embodies its vision to be a home of integrative and compassionate cancer care, but it’s the patients I care for who make the big difference. I’ve never met stronger people.”
- Location
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CTCA Phoenix
14200 West Celebrate Life Way
Goodyear, Arizona 85338
- Education
- Medical school:
Iloilo Doctors College of Medicine, Iloilo City, Philippines
- Advanced degrees:
Master of Science in Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner - Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
- Certifications
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
Registered Nurse – Arizona State Board of Nursing
Basic Life Support – American Heart Association
Advance Cardiovascular Life Support – American Heart Association
Tess Magat joined Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), Phoenix, in April 2009. As a Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Gastroenterology, Magat helps treat patients with a variety of gastrointestinal cancers, while also helping them manage the side effects and symptoms related to their disease and its treatments.
Magat began working at CTCA® Phoenix in 2009 as a registered nurse. Thirteen years later, with a Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a certification in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nursing, Magat transitioned to her role as a Nurse Practitioner in February 2022.
Magat was attracted to CTCA because it allowed her to work exclusively with cancer patients. After losing her father to stage 4 colon cancer and watching her mother survive breast cancer and thyroid cancer, Magat decided to dedicate herself to helping others fight a disease that has taken so much from those she loves—including her husband, who lost both his parents to cancer. Magat’s work in oncology at CTCA is in part an effort “to learn more about cancer and make my children aware of what is in their genes,” she says.
The quality of care patients receive at CTCA, especially under the Mother Standard® of care model, was especially attractive to Magat. “My overall goal is the provide patients with compassionate care in their gastroenterology needs and concerns,” she says. “I want to ensure their decisions regarding their care are always respected.”
Magat earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Arriesgado College Foundation in Tagum City, Philippines, in 2005, then earned her Master of Science in Nursing, specifically for Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nursing, from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2021. Previously, she had completed a Doctor of Medicine at Iloilo Doctors College of Medicine in Iloilo City, Philippines, in 1989; a Bachelor of Science in Biology at University of Santo Tomas in Manila Philippines in 1985.
Outside of CTCA, Magat loves spending time and travelling with her family: her husband of nearly three decades, who she calls her best friend, and her two sons, who are her pride and joy. Since the pandemic, Magat has enjoyed gardening her succulents and orchids and seeing them flower and grow.
- Patient ratings
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