Personalized Exceptional Cancer Care
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PERSONALIZED EXCEPTIONAL CANCER CARE WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL IS A MEMBER OF THE MONTEFIORE HEALTH SYSTEM Cancer Program Executive Council WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL CANCER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM LEADERSHIP Susan Fox President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Palumbo, MD MESSAGE Executive Vice President and Medical Director Laurence Smith The White Plains Hospital Cancer Program brings together Chairman, White Plains Hospital Board of Directors compassionate, personalized cancer care with precision Dan Costin, MD, FACP diagnostics, a wide choice of treatment options and access Co-Medical Director, Cancer Program to clinical trials and cutting edge research – all brought to our Mark A. Fialk, MD, FACP patients from expert, experienced specialists. Co-Medical Director, Cancer Program Mark Gordon, MD, FACS This brochure outlines the services we offer, including: medical Chairman, Cancer Committee oncology, surgical oncology, chemotherapy, biotherapy, Surgical Director, Cancer Program immunotherapy, radiation oncology, genetic counseling, Shalom Kalnicki, MD diagnostics, and a full array of integrative services. Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care The White Plains Hospital cancer team is here for you from Sara Sadan, MD, FACP screening and diagnosis to treatment and survivorship. We Director of Breast and Women’s Medical Oncology work as partners with you, your family, your care team, and Randy Stevens, MD Director of Radiation Oncology and Chair, your community to deliver exceptional cancer care. Institutional Review Board Our patients also have access to all the comprehensive Kaare Weber, MD Director of Surgery services available at White Plains Hospital, including 24/7 Todd Weiser, MD emergency care at our Flanzer Center for Emergencies and Director, Thoracic Surgery Critical Care. Karen M. Banoff, DNP Vice President, Clinical Services Thank you for choosing the White Plains Hospital Cancer Program. Kerri ElSabrout, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC Director of Nursing White Plains Hospital Cancer Program… Una Hopkins, DNP Exceptional, every day. Administrative Director Jill Schulmann, MS Director of Operations ABOUT US The Cancer Program at White Plains OUR MISSION Hospital is dedicated to providing The mission of the White Plains Hospital Cancer exceptional cancer care that is Program is to provide patient-focused cancer care comprehensive, coordinated and in a highly specialized, caring environment. compassionate. This high standard for cancer care in the region reinforces our OUR GOALS INCLUDE: Meeting our patients’ physical and psychosocial commitment to clinical excellence and an needs by combining state-of-the-art diagnostic unwavering focus on the unique needs of treatment technologies, surgical techniques, and each individual patient. professional expertise with a compassionate and White Plains Hospital is a member of the personal approach to patient care Montefiore Health System, and is among Providing interdisciplinary, evidence-based a highly selective group of hospitals care for each individual patient nationwide to be designated with Magnet® Offering access to a wide spectrum of nursing status in 2012, and again in 2016. clinical trials The quality of the program is further Providing a supportive, healing environment, demonstrated by its accreditation by the with care for the patient’s mind, body and spirit Commission on Cancer and the National Offering access to 24/7 emergency care and Accreditation Program for Breast Centers seamless referrals to physicians with expertise in various specialties across all departments of (NAPBC). It is also recognized by the White Plains Hospital American College of Radiology as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. 914-849-7500 3 ABOUT US RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS White Plains Hospital also works in close The White Plains Hospital Center for Cancer partnership with the Montefiore Einstein Center Care is home to a variety of clinical trials for Cancer Care to offer clinical trials to White offering patients promising new therapies for Plains Hospital patients. The Albert Einstein Cancer cancer prevention and treatment. Using the Center is a National Cancer Institute designated latest in diagnostic approaches, cutting-edge Cancer Center. technology, and novel drugs, White Plains Hospital provides patients access to advanced research and clinical trials, close to home. All clinical trials at White Plains Hospital are held to high standards of safety and oversight. The White Plains Hospital staff includes physicians credentialed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to direct clinical trials. A 14-member Institutional Review Board (IRB) meets monthly to discuss clinical trials. If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial or finding out more information, you can ask your doctor if you may be eligible for a clinical trial or explore available trials at wphospital.org/clinical-trials. 4 www.wpHOSPITal.ORG/CanCER OUR PHYSICIANS AND STAFF Immunotherapy: White Plains Hospital is able One of the many factors in distinguishing to offer cutting-edge immunotherapy for good cancer care from exceptional care is the management of numerous forms of cancer. people delivering it. The staff at White Plains Immunotherapy is a promising new area in the Hospital have trained at the finest institutions treatment of cancer, and uses a patient’s own around the world and across the country, immune system to destroy cancer cells. and have chosen to bring that care into our Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Stereotactic community. Every member of the cancer care radiosurgery (SRS) has revolutionized the team at White Plains Hospital is here for patients, management of many different cancers. ready to listen to personal concerns as they go With previous techniques, radiation that was through cancer diagnosis and treatment. delivered to the cancerous growth also affected a significant volume of surrounding, normal ADVANCED CARE tissue. Advances in stereotactic localization, The White Plains Hospital Cancer Program offers noninvasive neuroimaging, and radiation highly specialized and advanced cancer care—close physics allow us to irradiate a precisely to home. Services offered include the following: defined target over several days, rather than weeks, while almost completely sparing the Genetic and Genomic Profiling: This type of surrounding, normal tissue. DNA sequencing of cancers allows for improved targeting of the malignant disease – a personalized Radioembolization: Radioembolization is a approach to cancer therapy. cutting-edge safe and effective way to manage patients with unresectable liver Navigational 3-dimensional bronchoscopy: cancer. Using intra-arterial injection of Navigational bronchoscopy is a tool used for early yttrium-90, (Y-90)-labeled microspheres, diagnosis of lung cancer. It uses a flexible tube and radioembolization induces extensive tumor GPS monitor to look inside the lungs and airway. necrosis with minimal side effects SPY intraoperative perfusion assessment system: This system is used to help reduce complications and improve outcomes in women undergoing post mastectomy breast reconstruction. Robotic surgery: Minimally invasive surgery is used for the management of head and neck cancer, thoracic tumors, prostate cancer, and gynecologic tumors. The advantages of this type of surgery include smaller incisions, less blood loss, and quicker recovery time. 914-849-7500 5 ABOUT US OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MONTEFIORE White Plains Hospital is a member of the Montefiore Health System – which provides even greater access to advanced treatment options and a seamless system of care for our patients. White Plains Hospital is a gateway to highly-specialized treatment at Montefiore, with all the advantages of Montefiore’s innovative care delivery system and academic partnership with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Examples of cross-campus programs for highly specialized cancer care include the orthopedic oncology program as well as the stem cell transplantation program. Patients seen at White Plains Hospital have more options than ever before to enroll in cancer clinical trials, including access to clinical trials offered at Montefiore Medical Center. “I was about to fulfill a dream and join the Yankees Fantasy Camp. Then melanoma threw me a curveball. Thankfully, an all-star team came together to save my life.” – Louanne Mitchell The White Plains Hospital and Montefiore Health System partnership ensured that Louanne Mitchell received exceptional, all-star care, close to home. Her medical team consisted of doctors from the White Plains Hospital Cancer Program and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care. 6 www.wpHOSPITal.ORG/CanCER OVERVIEW OF SERVICES COORDINATION OF CARE DIAGNOSTICS At White Plains Hospital, specialized staff deliver individualized, compassionate cancer care. Pathology White Plains Hospital has a full service Whether you’re undergoing surgery, receiving laboratory on site, offering specialized testing chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiation and analysis including Anatomic Pathology, therapy, or a combination of the above, you can Histology, Cytology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, expect expert coordination of care from your Hematology and Microbiology. Our pathologists healthcare team. are integrated into disease management groups Our interdisciplinary team meets multiple times in the Cancer Center and provide expert each week at a tumor board. It is here that most diagnoses in a timely fashion after tissue patients are discussed