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A New Dawn in Cancer Care 2015Annual Report Contents A New Dawn in Cancer Care... 1 Patients at a Glance 3 Cancer Center Highlights 3 Cancer Foundation Highlights 4 New Regional Cancer Center 6 Radiation Oncology 8 Staff Story: Sarah Sullivan & Tim Johnson Medical Oncology & Hematology 10 Patient Story: Dave Mochel Nuclear Medicine 12 Physician Story: David Carlson, MD Solvang Oncology 14 Physician Story – Jonathan Berkowitz, MD, PhD Research & Clinical Trials 16 Patient Story: Michael Russell Social Work 18 Staff Story: Mary Solis, , LCSW Oncology Supportive Care 20 Patient Story: Suzanne Danielson Patient Navigation 22 Staff Story: Karen Jorgensen, RN, BSN Hereditary Cancer Risk 24 Patient Story: Sara Kvaas Prevention, Education & Outreach 26 Patient Story: Rosalyn Collins Our Physicians 28 Annual Events 30 Stepanek Legacy Society 32 Named Endowment Funds 33 Funds Raised in 2015 34 Grant Making Report 35 Donor Acknowledgement 36 Board of Trustees 48 Volunteer Spotlight – Ellen Stein 49 Photography Credits throughout this publication: : Fritz Olenberger, Richard Salas, Rob Dunton n December of 2015, after twelve years of planning and preparation, we broke ground on a new state-of-the-art Cancer Center. With this, our vision for the future of cancer care took a giant step toward bringing together all members of our Santa Barbara Ioncology team under one roof. Located within two blocks of Sansum Clinic and Cottage Hospital in the heart of Santa Barbara’s medical community, this new Cancer Center will allow us to centralize outpatient cancer services, creating a seamless experience for our patients who entrust us with their care. Founded in 1949 on a commitment of providing exceptional cancer care, we have continued to bring the most highly trained physicians, the latest clinical research, and the most advanced technology to our community. As we put the finishing touches on this Annual Report, cement trucks delivered 3,000 tons of concrete for two new radiation treatment vaults. The new Elekta high-definition linear accelerators that will soon inhabit these rooms will be the finest available, identical to those found at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Massachusetts General, and Johns Hopkins. While construction of this landmark project progresses, the mission of the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara with Sansum Clinic and the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara remains the same: to deliver superior cancer care to all cancer patients in our community regardless of means. In 2015, we again cared for a record number of patients and expanded our Genetic Counseling program, now the largest between Los Angeles and Palo Alto. Our Social Services team arranged for $3,512,652 worth of free or subsidized care (a 69% increase over 2014) for 6,573 less fortunate patients (a 237% increase). Two new 3-D mammography machines with tomosynthesis were acquired providing new detection technology that can help provide earlier detection of breast cancer and reduce the number of invasive testing procedures and false-positives. Our Radiation Oncology team welcomed Rob Rice, PhD, DABR to serve as our Chief Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer. You will find details on these and all of the Cancer Center’s 2015 accomplishments in these pages. In our early efforts to raise funds for our new regional cancer center, we received our largest gift from our beloved friend and philanthropist, Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree. Lady Ridley-Tree’s incredible vision and generosity provided a remarkable boost to our fundraising efforts, and the building will be named in her honor. We also received a generous gift from Dick and Noelle Wolf through their Wolf Family Foundation for a new stand alone, theater-style training and education center that will carry their name. These are just two of the many gifts and pledges we received in 2015 that totaled $19,445,592 toward the new cancer center project – an auspicious start in our campaign to raise the funds needed to complete this new center. The Cancer Center and the patients and families we serve are fortunate to be the beneficiaries of such extraordinary generosity, and we look to the community for their support to complete this landmark project. We owe a debt of gratitude to our trustees, donors, volunteers, physicians, staff and patients. Thank you for helping us ensure the finest quality cancer care is available for patients and our community. This will truly enable us to deliver a level of care of which all of us can be proud. Sincerely, 55% gray Rick Scott Chad Hine Kurt N. Ransohoff, MD,75% gray FACP Vicki Hazard Frank Foster black President, Chief Operating Officer CEO and Chair, Chairman, Cancer Foundation Sansum Clinic Chief Medical Officer, Board of Trustees, Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara Sansum Clinic Sansum Clinic of Santa Barbara A new dawn in cancer care is coming… is care in dawn cancer A new pms 100 81 35 13 55 0 9 0 black 1 pms 654c pms 637c black David M. Carlson, MD and Nuclear Medicine Technologist Gregory Gonzalez confer with patient Cherry Post on the new Philips SPECT-CT diagnostic camera. 2 55% gray 75% gray black 66 18 6 4 4 2 pms 100 81 35 13 55 0 9 0 Patients at a Glance Highlightsblack 11,779 Unique cancer patients were treated Began construction and quiet phase of campaign for (an increase of 3.6% over 2014 – a record number of patients) 54,780 sq. ft. regional cancer center 69,864 Visits to our Oncology departments 48 28 8 8 7 1 (an increase of 4% over 2014 – a record number of visits) Cared for record number of patients: 11,779 unique patients pms 654c Commercial HMO with 69,864 treatments and consultations Average age: 67 66 pms 637c black County of Residence Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree made lead gift of $8.23 million toward new cancer center campaign 66% Southern Dick & Noelle Wolf contributed $2.5 million gift to SB County name new oncology education center 2% Outside CA $3,512,652 worth of free or subsidized care (a 69% increase over 2014) 2 4% 18% San Luis Obispo Northern for 6,573 less fortunate patients (a 237% increase) County4 SB County Commercial HMO 48 Senior HMO4% Ventura4 County Installed two 3-D mammography machines with tomosynthesis, a new 6% Medicare Other CAFee for Service detection technology that results in potentially earlier detection of 6 Counties 18 Primary Insurance breast cancer, fewer false-positives and fewer invasive testing procedures Commercial HMO Fee for Service Medicare Senior HMO Hereditary Cancer Risk/Genetic Counseling program expanded Untitled 1 Untitled 1 and its volume increased by 82% (from 294 to 535 patients) 48% Medicare 1% Transitioned to ICD-10, the medical classification, coding and Fee for Service billing system established by the World Health Organization (WHO) 28% 1 PPO 7% Commercial HMO Fee for Service 28 Rob Rice, PhD, DABR joined Radiation Oncology team 7 as Chief Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer 8% Medi-Cal 8% Senior HMO (up from8 2%) Senior HMO Medicare 8 Commercial HMO Fee for Service Medicare Senior HMO Untitled 31 Untitled 1 Highlights Ensuring Excellence in Cancer Care... now and in the future s the exclusive fundraising partner and financial backbone of the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, the mission of the Cancer Foundation is to ensure superior cancer care for all citizens of Santa Barbara County regardless of means. The Cancer Foundation raises and distributes millions of dollars each year to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara with Sansum Clinic allowing it to deliver a level of care that would otherwise Abe impossible in a community our size, on par with many renowned cancer centers in the United States. To this end, the Foundation is the leading fundraising and grant making non-profit dedicated to cancer in Santa Barbara and Sansum Clinic’s largest donor. The trustees of the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara focus exclusively on fulfilling its mission and what will make the biggest impact on cancer care in this community. A minimum of 85% of the proceeds from the Foundation’s fundraising efforts and endowment are directed to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara to support cancer diagnosis, treatment, research, technology and support programs. At the discretion of the Board of Trustees, the remaining 15% can used to provide additional support to the Cancer Center or to support other oncology programs in Santa Barbara County. During 2015, Frank Foster was elected Chairman, and Kim Schizas, Val Montgomery, Fred Kass, MD and Shane Cotter, MD joined the board of trustees. While celebrating these additions, our trustees mourned the loss of one of their newest members, Molly Dolle, who lost her battle with cancer last May. n 2015 Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara - Community Impact Raised $6,768,580 in cash (an increase of 82% over 2014), the largest amount received through fundraising efforts in the Cancer Center’s history With our partners at Sansum Clinic, launched the quiet phase of the Campaign for a New Cancer Center and raised $19,445,592 in cash and pledges toward the new Cancer Center Granted $2,222,153 to Sansum Clinic for Cancer Center patient programs (up 16% over 2014) Granted $577,245 to Sansum Clinic for Cancer Center capital projects, technology and equipment Granted $156,578 to support oncology related programs at Cottage Health, UCSB, and the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation With support from the RoKe Foundation and UCSB Arts & Lectures, brought New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan to Santa Barbara to educate the public and CCSB physicians about the role of food in health Cost to raise a dollar: $0.08 (top performer in healthcare industry based on survey by Association of Healthcare Philanthropy) Return on investment (ROI) = $11.54 for every $1.00 invested in philanthropy 4 The Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.