Medical Oncology
At Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center’s Medical Oncology Department, our team of three full-time, board-certified medical oncologists and two certified family nurse practitioner(s) delivers exceptional, compassionate care.

Kamal Bakri, M.D.
Sajjad Malick, M.D.
Kenneth Manning, M.D.
Collen Kritz, M.D.

 

Kamal M. Bakri, M.D.
A native of India, Dr. Bakri has been Medical Director of the Medical Oncology Department at Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center since 1988.
Dr. Bakri graduated from Baroda Medical College in Baroda, India in 1973. He completed post-graduate study at Baroda Medical College in 1976. He came to the United States for his internship and residency at The Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn in Brooklyn, N.Y., completing it in 1979.
Following his residency in Internal Medicine, Dr. Bakri did a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., from 1979 to 1981.
Dr. Bakri was Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at Chicago Medical School from 1981 to 1982. In 1982 Dr. Bakri opened a private practice in medical oncology in Fayetteville. In 1988, he moved his practice into the newly opened Cancer Center on the campus of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in 1988.
An active presenter at weekly Cancer Conferences, Dr. Bakri is well respected by his peers for his knowledge and dedication to cancer care. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. Dr. Bakri is a member of the American College of Clinical Oncology and, while at Chicago Medical School, was a member of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
Dr. Bakri’s involvement in scientific and medical research began in 1982 and continues to this day with his collaboration with researchers at the Lineberger Cancer Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is principal investigator of many ongoing clinical trials at the Cancer Center.
Dr. Bakri is married and has a son and a daughter.
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Sajjad A. Malick, M.D.
A native of Pakistan, Dr. Malick received his medical degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 1987. He completed an internship in Medicine and Surgery at Civil Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan in 1989.
An Internal Medicine Residency in Chicago brought Dr. Malick to the United States in 1990. He completed his residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Ill. in 1993.
Following his residency, Dr. Malick immediately began a fellowhip in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Maryland Cancer Center in Baltimore, Md. During his fellowship he took an active part in clinical trials and research protocols in the treatment of metastatic colon cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma, head and neck cancer and leukemia. He completed his fellowship in 1996.
Dr. Malick received specialty board certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1995, subspecialty board certification in medical oncology in 1999 and subspecialty board certification in hematology in 2001.
Prior to joining Dr. Bakri in the Medical Oncology Department of the Cancer Center in August 1999, Dr. Malick was a hospitalist and consultant at Barnwell County Hospital and Palmetto Internal Medicine and Subspecialty Associates in Barnwell, S.C. from 1997 to 1999.
Dr. Malick is an active participant in weekly Cancer Conferences at the Cancer Center. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the North Carolina Medical Society.
Dr. Malick and his wife have a daughter and a son.
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Kenneth R. Manning, M.D.
A native of Portsmouth, Virginia, Dr. Manning graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. in 1983. In 1987 he earned his medical degree from Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Va.
Dr. Manning completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem in 1990 and a Fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in 1992.
Dr. Manning previously practiced in Suffolk, Va. and Tulsa, Okla., where he was affiliated with Oklahoma Oncology, Inc. While in Tulsa, Dr. Manning also served as Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in Tulsa, principal investigator for the Tulsa, Oklahoma CCOP, and past president of the Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology.
Dr. Manning’s memberships include the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology and the North Carolina Medical Society. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.
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Colleen Kritz, CFNP
Colleen Kritz, CFNP, is a Certified Nurse Practitioner in the Medical Oncology Department at the Cancer Center. She works with Dr. Bakri and Dr. Malick, assessing and managing cancer patients who are actively receiving chemotherapy or who are coming for routine follow-up visits.
Colleen earned her LPN from Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich. in 1978. She earned her Associate Degree in Nursing from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Ashland, Wis. in 1982.
Colleen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Nursing in 1990 and her Master of Arts in Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist, in 1993 from the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. In 1996, she earned her post-graduate certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner also from the College of Saint Scholastica.
Prior to earning her certification as a Nurse Practitioner, Colleen was an experienced Registered Nurse. Her various work areas included medical oncology, coronary care, emergency department, medical-surgical and home hospice. From 1986 to 1989, she served as Head Nurse in the Coronary/Intensive Care Unit at Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, Mich.
Colleen was Head Nurse of the Ambulatory Care Department at Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, Michigan from 1989 to 1996. Her focus was oncology/chemotherapy. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist she became experienced in guided imagery, music therapy, progressive relaxation, symptom management and pain control in caring for oncology patients.
After earning her Nurse Practitioner certification, Colleen worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner with the Grand View Health System Clinic in Ironwood, Mich.
Colleen has been associated with the Medical Oncology Department of the Cancer Center since October 1997. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the ANCC. Her certifications also include Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, Sigma Theta Tau and the Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Colleen is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Army Reserve with the 3274th U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Bragg, N.C.
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