Dr. Timothy C. Cox
Dr. Cox was born and raised
in the downriver area of metro Detroit. He received his
bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan. After graduation, Dr.
Cox attended
graduate school at Wayne State University while working at the
VA Hospital in Allen Park and doing chemical research at
BASF-Wyandotte.
He then studied medicine at the University of Rome in
Italy, working his way through school teaching English as a
foreign language. During his time abroad, he met his wife, Linda
in London.
Returning home to Michigan,
he completed his internship and residency in internal medicine
at St John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit and his
fellowship in medical oncology at William Beaumont in Royal
Oak. He has
been practicing in Port Huron since 1995, and at Blue Water
Oncology since 1998.
Dr. Cox has maintained board
certification in internal medicine as well as medical
oncology. He has been a clinical investigator for SWOG and
NSABP for many years and joined the Michigan Cancer Research
Consortium in 2008 as a principal investigator and
member of the governing board. Dr. Cox also serves as a
physcian liason for the Commission on Cancer.
In 2009, Dr. Cox was elected
to the Board of Directors for the Michigan Society of
Hematology and Oncology. He has also been active in the St
Clair County Medical Society, holding various offices over the
years including president from 2007-2008. He is a current
member on the Board of Trustees at St. Joseph Mercy
Port Huron Hospital and participates on the Port Huron Hospital and the St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron
Hospital Cancer Committees. He writes a
monthly column about being a doctor for the southeastern
Michigan edition of MD NEWS. Dr. Cox just
recently obtained his private pilot's
license.