Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers Wellstar

Dr. Klass was born in Tuttlingen, Germany.  In September 1989, she received her undergraduate degree at Ruhr Unversitaet in Bochum, Germany.  Dr. Klass subsequently received her M.D. at Eberhard Karls Universitaet in Tuebingen, Germany in June of 1994 and her Ph.D. in June of 1996.

In November 1996, Dr. Klass came to the United States to continue her studies in medicine as a Research Fellow in Cell Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In August 2000, Dr. Klass transferred to Emory University, School of Medicine in Atlanta, where she completed her internal medicine residency and completed her Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in August 2006.

Upon completion of her fellowship, Dr. Klass worked as a staff physician at the VA Medical Center in Atlanta.  In January  2007, Dr. Klass joined Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, P.C., at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital where she currently evaluates and treats patients while actively participating in Clinical Trials and Research.

Dr. Klass is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology.

Dr. McCune was born and raised in Atlanta. In June 1987, Dr. McCune received his undergraduate degree in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. He continued his education at the University of Alabama in Birmingham as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program where in June 1995 he received a Ph.D, in biochemistry and his medical degree one year later, in May 1996. Dr. McCune remained at the University of Alabama in Birmingham completing his internship and residency in internal medicine.

During his time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. McCune was the recipient of numerous awards including: First Place, 25th Annual Medical Student Research Day (1988); First Place, Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Day (1994); Best Graduate, Student Publication, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (1995); Third Place Award, Poster Presentation; Department of Medicine Trainee Research Symposium (1995).

In July 1999, Dr. McCune transferred to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. to complete his fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology.  Upon completion of his fellowship in June 2002, Dr. McCune joined Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, P.C., in Marietta where he currently evaluates and treats patients while actively participating in Clinical Trials and Research.

Dr. McCune is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.

Dr. Gould attended college at Penn State and received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Penn. This school is one of the oldest medical colleges in the country and for years, provided the Southern states with the majority of their doctors.  After completing medical school in 1983, Dr. Gould finished two years of internal medicine training at the University of Texas Medical Branch and then completed his internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center.  He stayed on at Duke and completed a three-year fellowship in Hematology-Oncology. 

In 1990, he relocated to Marietta, Ga., where he has been in practice over 20 years.  Since, he has served as a staff physician at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.  Other hospital responsibilities have included serving as Medical Director of Hospice, serving as Chairman of the Quality Review Committee, and participating on the Medical Care Evaluation Committee.  Dr. Gould treats all cancers that afflict adult patients and is active in clinical research. Currently, he also serves as the Medical Director of his 20 physician oncology practice.