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Shore Regional Cancer Program
2012 Annual Report
Partners in
Your Care
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Dear Neighbors
For over two decades, the residents of the Mid-Shore
region have witnessed the continued growth and
expansion of Shore Regional Cancer Center, which
provides technically advanced and compassionate
cancer care to residents close to home.
According to the American Cancer Society, in 2022, there are expected to be 18 million cancer
survivors. Shore Regional Cancer Program is expanding services to meet the needs of cancer survivors
so they can continue to lead healthier, more functional lives. We continue to support our patients in
their cancer journey, even as their treatments at Shore Regional Cancer Center are complete. Our 2012
accomplishments include examples of the collaborative efforts that support our patients to assure that
their physical, emotional and spiritual needs are met.
One of the Cancer Center’s most exciting and significant 2012 accomplishments was arrival of Roberta
J. Lilly, MD, MPH, as medical director for Shore Regional Breast Center. Along with Dale Jafari,
MSN, CRNP, a nurse practitioner who has worked in women’s health for 34 years, this team provides a
comprehensive breast health program that begins with diagnosis and continues through survivorship.
Our patient navigation program continues to develop through our oncology nurse navigator. Our team
has developed a new program, “Cancer Recovery & Survivorship Program (CARES).” In this program,
the nurse navigator has an expanded role in our patient survivorship plan, coordinating a four session
survivorship transition program. The Center’s new direction coincides with the American College of
Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer requirement to offer all of our cancer patients survivorship navigation
by 2015.
The addition of a full-time chemotherapy pharmacist further enhances the safety and quality of our
services. Solely dedicated to pharmacy services for cancer patients, the pharmacist provides continuity
of patient care to patients and their families.
Shore Regional Breast Center’s Survivors Offering Support (SOS) Program has expanded in the last year,
allowing breast cancer patients and survivors to partner and learn from each other in their cancer journey.
The collaboration and expertise that takes place among the many cancer specialists who support the
Shore Regional Cancer Program remains key to the program’s success. We are thankful to our physician
partners, whose dedication to providing exceptional care ensures that our program provides the
technologically advanced and compassionate cancer care that has become our trademark.
The foundation of our cancer program continues to be the overwhelming support we receive from the
people of the Mid-Shore, who give of their time, money and resources. Thanks to the support of our
Auxiliary and community, we’ve been able to upgrade equipment necessary to provide the best possible
care to our patients and continue to offer resources such as our outreach and education programs.
The generosity of volunteers and donors from Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot
counties makes it possible for their neighbors to have convenient access to state of the art cancer care.
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On behalf of my colleagues who spend their days partnering with patients as they navigate the lifechanging journey a cancer diagnosis brings, I extend my most sincere thanks to the Mid-Shore
community for their ongoing support. I am proud of the accomplishments we have made in 2012
and look forward to our continued progress in 2013
John P. Mastandrea, MD
Radiation Oncologist
Chairman, Shore Health System Cancer Committee
Members of the Cancer Committee, front row (left to right) are Sharon Richter, BSN, RN, CCRC, Clinical Trials
Coordinator; Ann Tyndall, ACS Community Manager; Patty Plaskon, PhD, LCSW-C, Social Work Coordinator; Jenifer
Deitterick, PharmD, Oncology Pharmacist; Mary DeShields, MD, Medical Oncologist; Brian Leutner, MBA, Director of
Oncology Services; Robin Ford, MS, RN, OCN, Requard Radiation Oncology Clinical Coordinator; John Mastandrea, MD.
Radiation Oncologist, Chair, Shore Health Cancer Committee; Vicky Dunlap, RT, Requard Radiation Oncology Technical
Coordinator; and Jeanie Scott, CTR, Cancer Registry Coordinator. Back row (left to right) are Michelle Williams, MSN,
BSN, RN, Palliative Care Coordinator; Roberta Lilly, MD, Medical Director, Shore Regional Breast Center; Christopher
Parker, MSN, RN, Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer; Dale Jafari, MSN, CRNP, Shore
Regional Breast Center Coordinator; Kathy Hurley, RN, OCN, Outpatient Chemotherapy Coordinator; Christopher Levey,
MD, Radiology; and Robert Carroll, MBA, Director of Performance Improvement. Not pictured are Susan Forlifer, MD,
Surgery; Reinhardt Sahmel, MD, Pathology; Christine Allen, RD, LDN, Dietician; Teresa Blem, Director of Rehabilitation
Services. Becky Joy, Cancer Registry; and Margot Spies, BSN, RN, OCN, Nurse Navigator.
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Committee Members
Committee Members:
Christine Allen, RD, LDN, Dietician
Teresa Blem, Director of Rehabilitation Services
Robert Carroll, MBA, Director of Performance Improvement
Jenifer Deitterick, PharmD, Oncology, Chemotherapy Pharmacist
Mary DeShields, MD, Medical Oncology
Vicky Dunlap, RT, (R)(T), Requard Radiation Oncology,
Technical Coordinator
Robin Ford, MS, RN, OCN, Requard Radiation Oncology,
Clinical Coordinator
Susan Forlifer, MD, Surgery
Kathy Hurley, RN, OCN, Outpatient Chemotherapy Coordinator
Dale Jafari, MSN, CRNP, Shore Regional Breast Center Coordinator
Becky Joy, Cancer Registry Coordinator
Brian Leutner, MBA, Director of Oncology Services
Christopher Levey, MD, Radiology
Roberta Lilly, MD, Breast Surgery
John Mastandrea, MD, Radiation Oncology
Christopher Parker, MSN, RN, Senior Vice President for Patient
Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer
Patty Plaskon, PhD, LCSW-C, OSW-C, Social Work Coordinator
Sharon Richter, BSN, RN, CCRC, Clinical Trials Coordinator
Reinhardt Sahmel, MD, Pathology
Jeanie Scott, CTR, Cancer Registry Coordinator
Margot Spies, BSN, RN, OCN, Nurse Navigator
Ann Tyndall, ACS Community Manager
Michelle Williams, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, OCN, CHPN,
Pain/Palliative Care
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Overview of Services
Shore Regional Cancer Program is accredited by the
American College of Surgeons. This prestigious national
distinction is awarded to cancer treatment facilities that
deliver quality patient care with a focus on prevention,
early diagnosis, pre-treatment evaluation, optimal
treatment, rehabilitation, surveillance for recurrent
disease, support services and end-of-life care. Accreditation
also considers a cancer program’s ongoing participation
in cancer research, the extent of research and education
offered in the community, and the types of quality
improvement activities that address patient care.
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The Shore Regional Cancer Program includes
Digital diagnostic imaging and laboratory testing in Easton, Cambridge, Denton, Centreville and Queenstown.
Surgical services at The Memorial Hospital at Easton and Dorchester General Hospital.
Radiation therapy at the Requard Radiation Oncology Center in
Easton, accredited by the American College of Radiology.
Outpatient chemotherapy at Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge and at the Lenny Satchell Chemotherapy Suite at Shore Regional Cancer Center in Easton.
Breast health services through Shore Regional Breast
Center in Easton, staffed by a dedicated breast surgeon with fellowship training in breast surgery, and a nurse practitioner. Services include digital mammography, breast ultrasound, stereotactic and ultrasound guided and MRI guided core
biopsies, genetic counseling, women’s health screenings and community outreach.
Clinical trials to develop prevention and treatment for many forms of cancer, including breast, colon, lung and prostate.
A full range of services including nutrition and financial counseling, and support groups and educational programs for patients and their caregivers.
Rehabilitation services, including lymphedema therapy, speech pathology and exercise therapy for fatigue.
Integrative medicine, including acupuncture, massage therapy, reflexology, meditation and stress reduction programs.
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Statistical Highlights
2011 Analytic Cases by Primary Site
Tongue
Floor of Mouth
6
2
2
0
8
2
Urinary System
Bladder Kidney & Renal Pelvis
Tonsil
Oropharynx
1
1
0
2
1
3
Other Urinary Organs
Subtotal
2
36
0
20
2
56
Hypopharynx
Subtotal
0
10
1
5
1
15
Skin
Melanoma
36
8
44
Other Skin, Nos
Subtotal
0
36
3
11
3
47
4
4
132
132
136
136
Head and Neck
MALE FEMALE TOTAL
Digestive System
Esophagus
Stomach
5
10
0
0
5
10
Small Intestine
Colon
3
20
1
16
4
36
Rectum
Rectosigmoid Junction
Anus & Anal Canal
9
6
1
4
3
3
13
9
4
Liver & Bile Ducts
Gallbladder
3
1
2
2
5
3
Pancreas
Peritoneum
3
0
5
1
8
1
Subtotal
61
37
98
MALE FEMALE TOTAL
26
11
37
8
9
17
Breast
Breast
Subtotal
Female Genital System
Cervix Uteri
0
1
1
Corpus & Uterus
Ovary
0
0
11
3
11
3
Vulva
Subtotal
0
0
2
17
2
17
Prostate
Testis
111
1
0
0
111
1
Penis
Subtotal
1
113
0
0
1
113
Other Sites
Bones & Joints
Soft Tissue
1
2
0
3
1
5
Lymphoma
Myeloma
7
4
8
4
15
8
Leukemia
Unknown Primary
2
8
3
6
5
14
Subtotal
24
24
48
GRAND TOTAL
330
305
635
Male Genital System
Respiratory System
Larynx
5
Lung & Bronchus
34
Trachea & Mediastinum 0
3
39
1
8
73
1
Subtotal
43
82
39
Endocrine System
Thyroid Gland
Other Endocrine Glands
1
3
6
1
7
4
Subtotal
4
7
11
Central Nervous System
Brain
3
5
8
Cranial Nerves
Subtotal
4
9
4
12
0
3
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Reference Year (2001)
TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES
Less:
5 Year Reference
(2007-2011)
7156
3165
Benign and borderline
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1
Carcinoma in situ cervix/neoplasia
37
6
Basal and squamous cell carcinoma of skin
9
2
Foreign residents
0
0
Patients over 100 years
9
3
Non-analytic
151
24
Class of 00 (non-required)
519
468
Subtotal = Analytic cases
6426
2661
Less number expired
2906
804
Subtotal (number living)
3520
1857
Less number current
2884
1704
Lost to Follow-up
636
153
Percentage of successful follow-up rate
90%
94%
2011 Top Five Site Comparisons
SHS
Melanoma. . . . . . . . . 6%
Breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
Colorectal. . . . . . . . . . 9%
Lung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Prostate. . . . . . . . . . . 18%
0.25
22
0.20
18
17
15
0.15
14
14
14
12
0.10
0.05
9
6
9
8
5
5
15
Maryland
Melanoma. . . . . . . . . 5%
Breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
Colorectal. . . . . . . . . . 8%
Lung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
Prostate. . . . . . . . . . . 17%
National
Melanoma. . . . . . . . . 5%
Breast. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
Colorectal. . . . . . . . . . 9%
Lung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
Prostate. . . . . . . . . . . 15%
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Shore Health
Melanoma
Maryland
Breast
Colorectal
National
Lung
Prostate
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Partners in Teamwork
Dr. Kurtom Brings Hope for Patients with
Brain Tumors
The diagnosis and management of brain and spinal cord
tumors start with family physicians and hospitalists.
Patients usually come to their doctor with a neurological
complaint such as weakness, numbness, vision change,
difficulty with bowel/bladder function, difficulty with
balance or severe headaches. If MRI, CT scans or other
diagnostic tests show pathology in the brain or the spinal
cord, the patient is referred to a neurosurgeon.
Khalid Kurtom, MD
Depending on the location,
size, neurological function and
likely pathology involved, an
operation is planned. These
operations all have different
levels of complexity, ranging
from brain biopsies to removing
brain tumors from areas close to
speech and motor function while
patients are awake. The goal of
these surgical interventions is to
find and confirm a diagnosis with
a pathologic specimen, achieve
maximal decompression without
harming neurological function,
and possibly obtain a cure.
After final pathology is confirmed,
patients who require further
treatment are evaluated and
treated by oncology and radiation
oncology specialists. All tumor
cases are presented at a biweekly
Tumor Conference. The
conferences consists of a team
that includes a neurosurgeon,
oncologists, radiation oncologist,
pathologists and radiologists.
Patients are then followed
closely with repeat imaging to
determine recurrence. This team
approach ensures patients are
provided complete care in an
efficient manner assuring the
best possible outcome
is achieved.
In the past two years, the
neurosurgical oncology
program on the Eastern Shore
has expanded rapidly. With the
collaboration of the Operating
Room staff, anesthesiologists,
oncologists, radiation oncologist,
pathologists and radiologists,
and with support from hospital
administration, we are now
caring for the majority of brain
and spinal cord tumor patients
right here in our community.
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Having a dedicated team
approach to tumors involving
the brain and spinal cord has
been shown to improve overall
care provided to patients
harboring these tumors. To
date, 34 brain tumors and
eight spinal cord tumors have
been treated at the Memorial
Hospital at Easton. The surgeries
involved included brain biopsies,
craniotomies, endoscopic
intracranial tumor resection, and
awake craniotomies for resection
of tumors around speech and
motor areas. The pathological
diagnosis included benign and
malignant lesions that required
postoperative chemotherapy
and radiation.
All patients presenting with
benign lesions had complete
tumor resections and did
not need post-operative
chemotherapy or radiation.
In this group, there is no
recurrent disease to date. The
majority of patients with highly
aggressive brain tumors had
both chemotherapy and radiation
in Easton after their surgeries.
Unfortunately, the overall
prognosis in this group is poor
nationally, with limited long term
survival. The goal of surgery in
patients with highly aggressive
brain tumors is to obtain maximal
resection without causing
damage to neurological function.
This, followed by aggressive
chemotherapy and radiation, has
been proven to prolong survival
of these patients.
Pictured left to right are Jim Carter of Easton, local neurosurgeon Khalid Kurtom, MD, of Chesapeake Neurological Surgery
in Easton; and Lois Krum of Easton. Carter and Krum recently had spinal surgeries which have improved their quality of life
and mobility.
To learn more about Chesapeake Neurological Surgery,
call 410-820-9117 or visit www.cnseaston.com.
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Partners in Education
Cancer Center Pharmacist Finds Role in
Educating Cancer Patients
Delivering chemotherapy to cancer patients is a collaborative process. In 2011, Shore
Regional Cancer Center chose Jeni Deitterick, PharmD, as its full-time chemotherapy
pharmacist. Deitterick oversees outpatient chemotherapy for both the Cancer Center
and for Dorchester General Hospital as well as inpatient chemotherapy at Memorial
Hospital. Dedicated to pharmacy services for cancer patients, she is able to provide
continuity of patient care to her patients and their families.
Deitterick familiarizes herself with each individual patient’s cancer
treatment plan by reviewing physician orders for chemotherapy
and patient lab work and evaluating chemotherapy dosage
calculations. This focus is particularly important today with the
cost of chemotherapy drugs, which can be as high as $10,000
for a course of treatment.
Brian Leutner, Director of Oncology Services for Shore Health
System, says, “Jeni has been a great fit at the Cancer Center and
enhances the safety and quality of our services. Her familiarity with
the people she treats enables us to provide consistency in a patient’s
treatment, She also provides education along the way, which is
critical to patients and their families.”
Education comes easy to Deitterick, who taught secondary school
for five years before receiving her PharmD degree in 2000 from the
University of Maryland. She realized while doing an ambulatory care
residency at Memorial Hospital that she wanted patient interaction as
a pharmacist. She states, “I love being a part of the collaborative team
at the Cancer Center, working with physicians, nurses, social workers
and other staff to treat the patients. I communicate regularly with the
patients and their physicians, so I can educate them about side effects
of the chemotherapy drugs and share with them new treatments that I
come across that can benefit them.”
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In addition to overseeing pharmacy services for chemotherapy patients, Deitterick coordinates the
application process with Shore Health System’s Financial Services Department to provide assistance to
patients who cannot afford expensive chemotherapy drugs. Her pharmacological knowledge is critical to
this time-intensive application process.
Deitterick’s most recent contribution has been coordinating inpatient chemotherapy at Memorial Hospital.
Her familiarity with cancer patients being treated in both outpatient settings has provided a continuity of
care when these patients have to receive inpatient chemotherapy. She comments, “I develop relationships
with these patients and their families and make myself accessible to them for any drug information
questions they may have. Caring for patients in all of these settings has enabled us to provide cancer
patients with a quality of care that really makes a difference in their treatment.”
Jeni Deitterick, PharmD, full-time
chemotherapy pharmacist at Shore
Regional Cancer Center, chats with
Ginny Cheezum during one of her
chemotherapy treatments.
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Partners in Survivorship
Navigating the ‘New Normal’ as a
Cancer Survivor
Shore Regional Cancer Center has the role in caring for patients from diagnosis through
helping them prepare to live the rest of their lives. Health professionals now
define “cancer survivorship” as beginning at the time of diagnosis.
In 2011, the Cancer Center added an oncology nurse navigator, Margot Spies, BSN,
RN, OCN, to assist newly diagnosed cancer patients. Spies helps patients manage
their appointments, diagnostic studies, treatments and rehabilitation. This support
improves scheduling efficiencies and improves patients’ quality of life during their
cancer treatment.
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By helping people
understand their own
disease process, we
help them to feel
empowered to seek
and accept help for
the ‘new normal’
they have to live.”
Spies realized, after helping patients with head and neck cancers
to navigate their treatments, that the navigation didn’t stop when
treatments did. The Center assessed what patients needed following
their treatments for cancer. Spies comments, “We understand
that patients need information about living their ‘new normal’ as
cancer survivors just as cardiac patients and trauma patients need
rehabilitation to recover from their medical issues.”
Spies explains that in addition to education about exercise and
lifestyle changes, cancer survivors often need rehabilitation to
address some of the effects of their cancer treatment. Issues patients
deal with include pain, neuropathy, anxiety, lymphedema, cognitive
dysfunction and skin issues. Patients often have other heath issues
like fatigue, infertility, heart problems, bone or lung issues, and
concerns of potential secondary cancers. Patients may need a variety
of support ranging from physical therapy, dietary and nutrition
counseling, and help with psychological and spiritual issues.
Introducing patients to complementary therapies offered through
Shore Health’s Center for Integrative Medicine can also improve
the quality of life.
After treatment, patients of the Cancer Center receive a Survivorship
Care Plan, a treatment and recovery plan. The plan outlines their
course of treatment for their cancer and their plans for monitoring
health and wellness issues.
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“Research proves that cancer does affect people’s lives beyond treatment,” says Spies. “The Survivorship
Care Plan is not just a piece of paper, it is a plan to promote understanding of a patient’s specific disease
and treatment outcomes.”
Through a collaborative process, Spies and the Center’s staff developed a new program, “Cancer Recovery
& Survivorship (CARES).” Spies will play an expanded role as a survivorship navigator, coordinating
four-week survivorship educational sessions several times throughout the year. The Center’s new direction
coincides with the American College of Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer requirement that 100 percent
of cancer patients receive survivorship navigation by 2015.
By 2014, following the completion of treatment, every patient at the Cancer Center will be enrolled in
the CARES Program. The CARES Program will put patients in touch with support groups, community
resources and services for healthier living. She also hopes that the program will encourage patients to
participate in the Center’s clinical trials.
Spies adds, “By helping people understand their own disease process, we help them to feel empowered
to seek and accept help for the ‘new normal’ they have to live.”
Pictured left to right are patient Julia Satchell of Easton and Margot Spies, BSN,
RN, OCN, Shore Regional Cancer Center’s survivorship nurse navigator. Spies
helps cancer patients navigate their “new normal” through their treatment
process and into survivorship.
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Partners in Breast Health
Roberta J. Lilly, MD, MPH, has joined Shore
Health System as Medical Director for Shore
Regional Breast Center
Dr. Lilly joins Dale Jafari, MSN, CRNP, a nurse practitioner who has worked in women’s
health for 34 years, to provide a comprehensive breast health program that begins with
diagnosis and continues through to survivorship.
“Dr. Lilly is a highly skilled surgeon who has specialized training and experience in breast surgery as well
as with the screenings, triage and education that we offer at Shore Regional Breast Center,” says Brian
Leutner, Director of Oncology Services for Shore Health System. “With Dr. Lilly at the Breast Center, we
expand the expertise of our multidisciplinary team members, who work together for the well being of our
patients throughout every step of their breast cancer journey.”
Jafari adds, “Dr. Lilly and I look forward to providing care and counsel to our patients from the time of
initial screening until they are ready for our survivorship program.”
A graduate of the University of Colorado Medical School, Dr. Lilly completed her general surgery
residency at the University of Colorado Hospital and a transplant fellowship at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center. She completed a fellowship in breast surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
making her the only breast surgeon with this degree of specialization in the Mid-Shore area.
As a dedicated breast surgeon, Dr. Lilly is interested in the full array of benign and malignant breast
diseases with a special interest in delivery of quality, patient-centered care.
Roberta Lilly,
Medical Director
for Shore Regional
Breast Center
and Dale Jafari,
MSN, CRNP.
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Partners in Hope
Shore Regional Breast Center Creates
Environment of Hope and Healing
The staff of Shore Regional Breast Center create an
environment of healing for patients and their families.
In 2006, the Breast Center began a relationship with artists in the
community when a group of breast cancer survivors created a mosaic
mural for the Breast Center lobby as part of their recovery process.
Since 2009, the Shore Regional Breast Center Gallery has showcased
the artwork of breast cancer survivors. In 2011, the Breast Center
partnered with the Talbot County Public Schools’ art students and
teachers to exhibit a student art show. The project provided a learning
opportunity for students to discuss the effects of cancer on families.
Today, ten permanent displays in the Center include photographs by
Shore Health System’s pathologist Dr. Reinhardt Sahmel, a painting
by local artist Nancy Tankersley, and four paintings by the late Jean
Ranney Smith, donated by her husband, Bob Smith.
As part of their year round
outreach and education efforts
the Breast Center hosts a number
of activities. They include:
Pink Ribbon Hanging: For
Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
staff and volunteers from the
Breast Center hung 243 pink
ribbons in honor of those Breast
Cancer patients who were treated
by the Center in the past year.
These ribbons were hung on the
large tree in the front circle at
Memorial Hospital, serving as
a month-long reminder of the
friends, neighbors and loved ones
whose lives have been touched
by breast cancer.
Tree of Hope: This tree, visible
from Memorial Hospital’s lobby,
is permanently decorated with
lights and pink decorative items.
The tree started as the Center’s
Christmas tree and has remained
as a symbol of hope to inspire
patients to renewed health. To
honor a loved one diagnosed
with breast cancer, members of
the public come to the Breast
Center and hang a pink ribbon
on the Tree of Hope.
Shore Regional Breast Center staffers
prepare the Tree of Hope for ribbons
that honor and remember people
diagnosed with breast cancer.
Pictured (left to right) are Mattie
Fountain, community outreach
worker; Melissa Kelly, department
secretary; Edla Coleman, coordinator,
Survivors Offering Support; and Dale
Jafari, MSN, CRNP, coordinator.
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Partners in Support
Shore Regional Cancer Program partners with the Red Devils, the American Cancer
Society and other organizations to offer classes, support groups and other resources for
cancer patients and their family members.
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Cancer Support Groups for patients, family members and caregivers meet during the day and in
the evening.
The Pat Shortall Wig Room is stocked with wigs, hats and other accessories available for women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation.
Look Good . . . Feel Better offered by the National Cosmetology Association and the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association in conjunction with the American Cancer Society, teaches women beauty techniques that help them cope with hair loss and skin changes during cancer treatment.
Financial support is available for medication and other treatment-related expenses from a network of resources. The oncology social workers match the patient with appropriate programs based on their needs and eligibility.
The Red Devils funds services such as meals and groceries, house cleaning, and massage and acupuncture therapies that improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients and their families.
American Cancer Society Road to Recovery offers free transportation to scheduled medical appointments for cancer patients.
American Cancer Society Reach to Recovery provides support and information for women or men facing a breast cancer diagnosis.
On-site spiritual care
Elmer Parkerson Recognized for Road to Recovery Program Commitment
The Upper Eastern Shore Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society (UESONS) presented its
Commitment to Caring Award to Elmer Parkerson, volunteer for the Requard Radiation Oncology
Center at Shore Regional Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society. Parkerson was nominated
for his “dedication to providing service above and beyond for the oncology patients in the Mid-Shore
area. Parkerson provides a compassionate approach in assisting patients at Shore Regional Cancer
Center. He does his best to see to their comfort while awaiting their treatment. He goes above and
beyond in assisting the staff in providing a friendly and calm environment.
Robin Ford MS, RN, OCN,
Past President of the Upper
Eastern Shore Chapter of the
Oncology Nurses Association,
left, and Susan Breeding,
RN, OCN, President of the
UESONS, right, present
Elmer Parkerson with the
2012 Commitment to
Caring Award.
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Partners in Support
Survivors Offering Support is a unique one-to-one
peer support program for newly diagnosed breast
cancer patients. Survivors Offering Support (SOS)
provides new breast cancer patients with highly
trained survivor volunteer mentors who have
completed breast cancer treatment.
Funded by a grant from the Maryland Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, SOS serves 22
percent of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in Maryland. Members of the Survivors Offering
Support program meet with program coordinator Edla Coleman.
Pictured with
Coleman (second
from right) are (left
to right) Gabrielle
Smith, Morgan Mann,
Coleman and Janet
Gadow.
As part of National Cancer Survivors Day, Shore Health System joined hundreds of
communities throughout the country to host the annual “Sailing into Survivorship” event
The celebration launched from Suicide Bridge, where over 200 guests took an afternoon cruise on
the Dorothy Megan and the Choptank River Queen. The National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation
estimates there are 12 million cancer survivors. This day provides an opportunity for all people living
with a history of cancer to connect with each other, celebrate milestones, and recognize the healthcare
providers, family and friends who have supported them along the way.
“This day gives our current patients and longtime survivors a great way to connect with each other
away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life,” says Jeanie Scott, CTR, Cancer Registry Coordinator,
co-chair of the “Sailing into Survivorship” planning committee. “It is an honor to celebrate with them
and to be part of that journey.”
Staff from Shore Regional Cancer Center celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day on the dock at Suicide Bridge
Restaurant in Hurlock.
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Partners in Excellence
Shore Regional Cancer Center’s Requard Radiation Oncology
Center was awarded a three-year term of accreditation in
radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the
American College of Radiology (ACR).
“Our staff works very diligently to provide the best and most effective radiation treatment possible for our
patients,” says Phillip Sawyer, MS, Lead Medical Physicist for the Requard Radiation Oncology Center.
“This accreditation is the result of our staff’s ongoing commitment to patient safety and quality control
every day.”
The ACR seal of accreditation is awarded only to facilities that meet specific practice guidelines and
technical standards and pass a peer-review evaluation by board-certified radiation oncologists and medical
physicists who are experts in the field. Patient care and treatment, patient safety, personnel qualifications,
adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs are assessed.
Members of the Shore Regional Cancer Center radiation team (left to right) are Robin Ford, MS, RN, radiation oncology
nurse; Vicky Dunlap, RTT, radiation oncology technical coordinator; Paula Larrimore, CMD, senior dosimetrist; Rich Seier,
MS, DABR, medical physicist; Phillip Sawyer, MS, lead medical physicist; John Mastandrea, MD, radiation oncologist and
medical director of the Requard Radiation Oncology Center; and Brian Leutner, RT (R) (T), MBA, Director of Oncology
Services for Shore Health.
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Partners in Philanthropy
ACELL Incorporated
Mr. W. E. Chase, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Frederic Endy, Jr.
Katherine R. Adler, Ph.D.
Choptank Closets, LLC
Mrs. Yvonne Z. Endy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Alnutt
Mr. and Mrs. A. James Clark
Mrs. Pamela Epprecht
American Legion Hurlock Post 243, Inc.
Clipper Ship Salons, Inc.
Mrs. Dorothy E. Era
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Andrew, III
Mrs. Nancy Collins
Mrs. Jane Escher
Mrs. Judith Anglada
Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Colon
Mrs. Jean C. Everngam
Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Appleby
Mrs. Barbara M. Cook
Mrs. Frances Every
Aquacare Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
Mrs. Jean Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Every
Mrs. Mary Lou Armstrong-Peters
Ms. Greta M. Corkran
Mrs. Maxine Farrell
Ms. Elaine R. Ashenfelter
Mrs. Lillian S. Cornett
Mr. and Mrs. W. James Farrell
B. P. O. Elks #1622
Ms. Dorothy E. Cosden
Mrs. Marie Fernandez
Ms. Christine R. Baker
Ms. Brenda L. Crabbs
Ms. Christine F. Fike
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ball
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cruikshank
Mr. William Finnerty, Jr.
Mrs. Karen Ballance
Ms. Joan Daffin
Ms. Charlotte Fletcher
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Bank
Mrs. Katherine M. Dankmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Flynn, Sr.
Mrs. Nancy O Bartell
Anonymous
Mrs. Shirley T. Freestate
Mrs. June L. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Darragh, Jr.
Mrs. Dorothy V. Frenz
Mrs. Mary D. Blair
Mrs. Sara J. Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frenz
Blake-Blackston American Legion Post 77
Mrs. Ruth M. Decker
Mrs. Joan A. Frey
Mrs. Linda B. Blythe
Deco Recovery Management
Mrs. Iris A. Fricker
Mrs. Angelina B. Boado
Mrs. Delia B. Denny
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bobitka
Mr. and Mrs. James Denny
Ms. Alicia Gannon
Ms. Cindy Bollinger
Mrs. Susan C. Dillon
Mrs. Sylvia H. Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. C. Leslie Booze
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Ditman
Mr. Hugo G. Gemignani
Mrs. Rose Marie Bowles
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Doetzer
Ms. Catherine German
Mr. John Brock
Mrs. Mary B. Doetzer
Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Gipe
Mr. John H. Brothers
Mrs. Beverly V. Domurot
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arthur Gnospelius
Ms. Mildred Callahan Bullock
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Domurot
Ms. Helen Gocs
Mrs. Nancie N. Buscher
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Duff
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Goedeke, Sr.
Mrs. Carolyn C. Butler
Ms. Sheridon A. Duncan
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Goll
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Butler
Mrs. Marie Therese L. Dwyer
Gordon K. Calvert, Jr. DDS PA
Ms. Donna Cantor
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Alan Dyott
Mrs. Linda Goss
Mrs. Kathy Canzoniero
Easton Bank & Trust Co.
Mrs. Anne S. Graham
Mr. Charles T. Capute
Easton Holiday Inn Express and Comfort Inn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Granville
Mrs. Betty Jane Carroll
Easton Utilities and Easton Cable
Mr. William G. Greenly
Mrs. Patricia Casgar
Mrs. Addie C. Eckardt
Ms. Rosalie A. Griffith
Mrs. Jean Cashen
Mrs. Charlotte G. Ehlig
Ms. Cindy Guillion
Ms. Ruth M. Cecil
Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Ehlig
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Guthrie
Mrs. Mary M. Chansler
EMA
Mrs. Joan Hahn
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Partners in Philanthropy
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Hall
Dr.* and Mrs. John I. F. Knud-Hansen
Anonymous
Ms. Kelley C. Hanbury
Mrs. Patricia A. Krieger
Parker Counts Melton & Goodman, PC
Mrs. Margaret F. Hardisty
Mrs. Rita C. Kulley
Mrs. Karen Parker
Mrs. Deborah D. Hayes
Ladies Auxiliary - Oxford Volunteer Fire Co.
Ms. Betty J. Parsons
Mrs. Bobbie Jo Hayton
Mrs. Nancy Latham
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Passarella
Headrush 180
Mrs. Leslie S. Leaver
Mr. Don A. Pennington
Dr. and Mrs. John F. Heaton
Mr. and Mrs. F. Graham Lee
Mrs. Kay B. Perkins
Mrs. Joan E. Heiss
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Perkins
Mrs. Shirley D. Hepler
Mrs. Evelyn M. Leszczynski
Ms. Sherrie Petermann
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Herbert
Dr. and Mrs. Donald T. Lewers
Mr. Daniel Gordon Peters
Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Higginbottom
Ms. Gabrielle A. Lewis
Anne L. Pilert
Catherine V. Hill
Mrs. J. P. Lewis
Mrs. Chloe Pitard
Dr. and Mrs. W. David Hill
Mrs. Mary A. Long
Mr. and Mrs. David Pitard
Hill’s Drug Stores, Inc.
Mrs. Edna F. Lynott
Mrs. Karen W. Pohlhaus
Mrs. Mary Hockmeyer
Mrs. Judith Arnold Madole
Mr. Richard M. Price
Anonymous
Ms. Danielle Mangold
Mrs. Kathleen M. Radcliffe
Anonymous
Mrs. Maureen K. McCullough
Mrs. June H. Railey
Mrs. Ann D. Hurt
Mid-Shore Women’s Health, LLC
Mrs. Linda Raughley
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hutchinson
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Millar
Mrs. Marlene Razzetti
Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson
Mrs. Dianne N. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Razzetti
Mrs. Dale G. Jafari
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Miller, III
RBC Wealth Management
James S. Maffitt, Esquire, LLC
Mrs. M. Carolyn Miller
Mrs. Patricia K. Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Jana
Ms. Marylois E. Miller
Richard J. and Ellen G. Bodorff
Mrs. Sandra Johnson
Mrs. O. Marian Miller
Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Annilly H. Jones
Ms. J. Lynne Mills
Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Richardson
Mrs. Betty J. Jones
Mrs. Jane H. Monteith
Mrs. Margaret A. Richardson
Mr. C. William and Dr. Gail S. Jones
Mrs. Patricia Annette Moore
Mrs. Deneen Rickwood
Dr. Gail S. Jones
Mrs. Judith A. Munn
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Riedlin
Ms. Victoria D. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Munn
Mrs. Mary Riedlin
Mrs. Mildred E. Judd
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nily
Riehl Estate Management Co.
Mr. Edward L. Smith and Dr. Ona M. Kareiva
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. O’Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Riehl, III
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Kaufman
Mrs. Jo Ann O’Reilly
Mrs. Margaret Riehl
Mrs. Martha G. Kavanaugh
Mrs. Christine Osborne
Mrs. Sarah Rogers
Mr. Michael V. Keene
Mr. and Mrs. Hamish S. Osborne
Mrs. Carol A. Rolle
Mrs. Patricia Keller
Mrs. Patricia O’Shea
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rolle, Jr.
Anonymous
Mrs. Jan Frances Page
Mrs. Gail S. Romain
Kent Island American Legion Post 278
Ms. Jane Page
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Rosette
Mrs. Nancy Klein
Mrs. Melissa Panebianco
Ms. Adrienne W. Rudge
Knade Financial Group, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Panebianco
Mrs. Marjory B. Rue
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Partners in Philanthropy
Ms. Grace Rustan
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Strong
Mayor and Mrs. Robert C. Willey
Ms. Alice R. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Strong, III
Ms. Susan Willey
Sailwinds of Cambridge, Inc.
The Auxiliary of the Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Yvonne E. Wilson
Mrs. Lynn Sanchez
at Easton
Mrs. Julie C. Wojcik
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Sard
The Firstman Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wojcik
Ms. Cindy Lou Saunders
The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation
Mrs. Brenda L. Wooden
Mrs. Margaret A. Schabdach
The Hammonds Family Fund
Ms. Marie E. Wroten
Mrs. Susan Schaeffer
The Michael & Nancy Klein Foundation, Inc.
Wye Financial & Trust Services
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne N. Schelle
The Talbot Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Yablonski
Mrs. Julia Schen
Mrs. Priscilla Thut
Dr. Russell A. Schilling
Tidewater Physical Therapy &
Mrs. Joyce D. Schriver
Rehab Associates
Schulman Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman
NOTE: The Memorial Hospital Foundation
Mrs. Maureen E. Scott-Taylor
Ms. Ruth L. Tolley
makes every effort to ensure that this
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Segal
Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Trego
tribute to donors is accurate. If there is an
Mrs. Susan W. Segal
Mrs. Rosemary K. Trippe
error, please contact the Foundation at
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Seger
Sam and Rosemary Trippe
410-822-1000 x 5915.
Mrs. Roberta Seger
Rob and Randi Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Tom D. Seip
Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle
Mrs. Jeanne Shannahan
Mrs. Mary Van Dervort
Barbara and Mike Sheridan
Ms. Margaret M. Vance
Mrs. Reed Shoemaker
Mr. and Mrs. W. Moorhead Vermilye
SHS - Laboratory Staff
Mr. and Mrs. H. Peter von Pawel
Mrs. Nancy Shuck
Wallace & Company, CPA’s
Mr. Joseph Shultz
Mrs. Constance I. Wallace
Siljeholm Construction, Inc.
Ms. Pauletta H. Watts
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Slattery
Mrs. Claire F. Weibe
Mr. Albert L. Smith, Jr.
Ms. Margaret B. Wellington
PO Box 439
Mr. and Mrs. Barry D. Smith
Mrs. Dyanne Welte
Cambridge, MD 21613
Ed and Andy Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Burton E. Wheedleton
Mrs. Heather M. Smith
Mrs. Barbara Wheeler
Mrs. Lindsley Smith
Whelan Family Holdings LLC
Mrs. Marguerite M. Spies
Mrs. Sandra Whelan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Sproule, Jr.
Mrs. Ann White
Mrs. Nancy F. Stafford
Mrs. Phyllis W. Widerkehr
Mrs. Jennifer Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wieland
Stertil-Koni USA
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Wielgosz
Mrs. Susan L. Stoltz
Wilcoxon Consulting LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Strobeck
Mr. Robert Willey
To make a gift to Shore Health System,
mail your tax deductible contribution to:
Memorial Hospital Foundation
PO Box 1846
Easton, MD 21601
Dorchester General Hospital Foundation
Attn: Ida Jane Baker
*deceased
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Partners in Community
The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s 28th
Annual Tree of Lights fundraiser met its
goal to purchase equipment for the Requard
Radiation Oncology Center of Shore Regional
Cancer Center in Easton. Donations made
to the Auxiliary during the holiday season
were used to fund a $5,800 quality assurance
radiation monitor that calibrates the
equipment used to deliver radiation therapy
to patients.
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteer Julie Wojcik looks
on as Phillip Sawyer, MS, lead medical physicist for the
Requard Radiation Oncology Center, reviews the daily
data measurements collected by the quality assurance
radiation monitor. The monitor was purchased by the
Auxiliary through the 2011 Tree of Lights campaign.
The Flamingo Fling 9-Hole Golf Classic, sponsored by the 9-and 18-Hole Lady Golfers of Talbot
Country Club, raised nearly $83,000 for breast cancer community outreach programs on the Mid-Shore.
The Auxiliary of the Memorial Hospital at Easton contributed $25,000 as a Leader Board sponsor of the
golf event. This program provides support for breast cancer awareness and prevention in the community
for those who otherwise may not know about or take advantage of proper preventive care.
The Auxiliary of the Memorial Hospital at Easton contributed $25,000 as a Leader Board sponsor of the Talbot Country
Club’s Flamingo Fling 9-Hole Golf Classic. The event raised nearly $83,000 for Shore Regional Breast Center’s cancer
outreach program.
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Partners in Community
The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary donated $22,000 to support the clinical trials program
at Shore Regional Cancer Center.
Since 2001, Shore Regional Cancer Center has actively participated in clinical trials for the treatment and
prevention of a variety of cancers, such as breast, colon, lung, renal and prostate. The trials selected reflect
the prevalence of certain cancers among Eastern Shore residents as well as the feasibility and ease of
implementation of these trials for patients and their doctors.
Pictured at Shore Regional Cancer
Center are Alex Collins, President,
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary; Julie
Wojcik, Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
volunteer; Dorney Brown, Clinical
Research Assistant; Sharon Richter,
BSN, RN, Clinical Research Nurse;
Graham Lee, Vice President of
Philanthropy, Shore Health; Mary
DeShields, MD, Senior Investigator
and Director, Shore Health Cancer
Clinical Trials Program; and Brian
Leutner, Director of Oncology
Services, Shore Health.
Cancer Comfort Angels
Shore Regional Breast Center received “Comfort Kits” from a local
group known as the Cancer Comfort Angels. Each kit includes a
handmade blanket and other inspirational items. The kits were created
by volunteers from Cancer Comfort Angels in conjunction with
90 student volunteers at Kent Island High School. Cancer Comfort
Angels, a non-profit Christian-based group in Queen Anne’s County,
was founded by Laurie Rasinski of Chester, who was diagnosed
with stage-four breast cancer in 2008. According to Rasinski, it was
her own gift of a blanket that started her on the mission to share that
comfort with others going through the cancer journey.
Rita Kulley of Rock Hall (left) presents a
check to Shore Regional Cancer Center
for the center’s Wig Room. The Cancer
Center provides wigs, hats, and other
assistance free of charge to help cancer
Pictured from left are Dale
patients look good so they can feel better
Jafari, MSN, CRNP, Shore
while undergoing cancer treatment. The
Regional Breast Center
donation was raised by Kulley and the
Coordinator, with Cancer
Kent County Soroptomists Club through
Comfort Angels founder
numerous fundraising events. Accepting
Laurie Rasinski and Cancer
the donation on behalf of Shore Regional
Comfort Angels volunteer
Cancer Center is Dorney Brown, Clinical
Cheryl Howard.
Research Assistant.
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Partners in Research
Breast Center Hosts Annual Symposium
Shore Regional Breast Center hosted a symposium to
update local physicians, nurses and other health partners
about breast health programs and services available for
patients and their families.
Dale Jafari, MSN, CRNP,
Coordinator of Shore Regional
Breast Center, said, “Taking a
multi-disciplinary approach to
cancer treatment and survival is
critical. Each of you has played
an integral role in the lives of the
patients we care for together.”
Breast cancer survivor Edla
Coleman told the symposium
participants her story of
diagnosis, treatment and
recovery. She now oversees the
“Survivors Offering Support”
program at Shore Regional
Breast Center, where she
connects newly diagnosed breast
cancer patients with women who
have survived the experience.
Coleman explained, “Being a
mentor for SOS takes a random,
horrible experience and brings
it full circle. Some women say
they would go through having
breast cancer all over again to
be of service in this way.”
Mary DeShields, MD, Senior
Investigator and Director
of the Shore Health Cancer
Clinical Trials Program and
a medical oncologist, talked
about the benefits of conducting
cancer clinical trials in a rural
community.
“Patients who participate in a
cancer trial are guaranteed to
get the highest standard of care
while staying close to home,” Dr.
DeShields explained. “Society
also benefits because clinical
trials make it possible for us to
add to the body of information
we need to improve how we
treat cancer.”
Acupuncturist Monika
Armbruster, L.Ac, from
Shore Health’s Center for
Integrative Medicine, explained
how acupuncture, massage,
meditation and psychotherapy
complement other treatments
and support programs available
for cancer patients.
“We want to empower people
to live life to the fullest,”
Armbruster said. She offers a
free 15-minute consultation to
help people choose the services
that will support their physical,
emotional and mental health.
Pictured at the Mid-Shore Breast
Health Symposium are (left to right)
Chris Levey, MD, Chief of Radiology
for Shore Health; Roberta Lilly, MD,
Medical Director, Shore Regional
Breast Center; Mary DeShields, MD,
Senior Investigator and Director,
Shore Health Cancer Clinical Trials
Program; and Dale Jafari, MSN,
CRNP, Coordinator, Shore Regional
Breast Center.
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Shore Health continued its annual tradition of reaching out to
the seniors of Dorchester and Queen Anne’s Counties at daylong
celebrations held in their honor. At both events, Shore Regional
Breast Center outreach employees met with members of the
community to discuss clinical trials and breast health.
Shore Regional Cancer Center and the Talbot County Health
Department sponsored free skin cancer screenings for adults 18
and over. The “sold out” health event attracted over 77 community
members, each of whom received a full examination by a local
dermatologist and left with health information and follow-up details
to prevent skin cancer. Of those screened, 47 of those participants
required follow-up appointments to address findings from their
initial screening.
Shore Regional Cancer Center
outreach worker Jane Escher offered
information to seniors about cancer
clinical trials and breast health at the
Senior Summit in Centreville.
Over 85 men participated in a free Talbot County Prostate Cancer
Screening, offered by Shore Health and the Talbot County NAACP,
in conjunction with the Prostate Conditions Education Council.
Staff from Shore Health’s Diagnostic and Imaging Center volunteered at the
screenings, providing support with blood draws for the PSA tests. Pictured
(left to right) are Chris Samuels, Trish Pinheiro and Faith Brown.
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Partners in Healing
Staff Provide Daily Inspirational Touches
to Cancer Center
“
We decided to put up
birdfeeders and
hummingbird feeders
outside both window
areas to provide a
pleasant distraction
for our patients. Patients
vie for the stations
with the most activity
going on outside. Birds
and squirrels visit
regularly outside
the windows as
well as the occasional
deer and foxes.”
Living with cancer requires much more than chemotherapy,
radiation, and doctor’s visits. It requires a spirit of hope
which helps patients in their fight against the disease.
Inspirational touches at Shore Regional Cancer Center
ease the burden of dealing with cancer.
At Shore Regional Cancer Center, patients experience a calming
environment. In the Lenny Satchell Chemotherapy Suite, patients
have the option of daybeds or recliners in which to rest during their
treatments. The unit’s “living room” design includes large windows
overlooking Japanese cherry trees on its north side and a butterfly
garden on its west side, which was recently donated by the Gemignani
Memorial Fund. Although every patient station has a flat screen TV
for viewing, snacks and heated blankets, it is the room’s view to the
outside world that has patients talking.
According to Brian Leutner, Director of Oncology Services at Shore
Health System, “The importance of making our patients’ environment
as calming and pleasing as possible is a top priority for our cancer
program. Many of our patients spend several hours during one visit
to our facilities, so making their experience optimal is what our staff
has perfected.”
One of the nurses known for her efforts to create this environment is
Kathy Hurley, RN, OCN, a nurse who works in the Cancer Center’s
Satchell Chemotherapy Suite.
“We decided to put up birdfeeders and hummingbird feeders outside
both window areas to provide a pleasant distraction for our patients.
Patients vie for the stations with the most activity going on outside.
Birds and squirrels visit regularly outside the windows as well as the
occasional deer and foxes.”
According to her colleagues, Hurley regularly donates the Center’s
birdfeeders and birdfeed. Patty Plaskon, the Cancer Center’s Oncology
Social Worker, adds, “The gardens are therapeutic for our patients.
They draw the interest of patients and their family members, who come
regularly and notice how much a plant has bloomed since the last time
they were here. It is proof that life does go on.”
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The dedication of the cancer program staff is evident through the
many extra efforts they make to encourage patients and to provide
diversions during their treatments and care. For holidays, such as
Halloween and Christmas, the staff decorates and dresses up. Last
year, chemotherapy nurses made Valentine’s Day cards and sent
them to 10 couples, along with a gift certificate, acknowledging
the couple’s dedication to one another while dealing with cancer.
Patients and their family members can experience a diversion
working on the jigsaw puzzle which always covers a table in the
radiation therapy waiting area.
Pictured left to right are staff of the
Other comforts include the Cancer Center’s upgraded Pat Shortall
Wig Room, that now includes an adjustable salon chair. The chair
helps patients to get a better view of their new wigs in the mirror.
Plaskon adds, “Besides the physical environment, many smiling
faces help patients throughout their treatments and recoveries here.
Our patients and their caregivers often mention how much comfort
and relief they feel because of how the Center’s staff and volunteers
interact with them. They look forward to coming because of the
smiles and hugs they receive.”
of the chemotherapy treatment suite
Lenny Satchell Chemotherapy Suite
at Shore Regional Cancer Center:
Shannon Seek, RN, OCN; Kim
Weinhold, RN, OCN; Kathy Hurley,
RN, OCN; Theresa Dulin, Department
Secretary, and Robin Wooten, RN.
Cancer Center staff decided to put up
birdfeeders and hummingbird feeders
outside both window areas outside
to provide a pleasant diversion for
patients receiving cancer treatments
– one of many of the staff’s
inspirational touches involving
nature and the arts, helping ease
the patients’ burdens of dealing
with cancer.
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Contact Us
Shore Regional Cancer Center
Requard Radiation Oncology Center
Lenny Satchell Chemotherapy Suite
509 Idlewild Avenue
Easton, Maryland 21601
410-820-6800
Shore Regional Breast Center
Memorial Hospital
219 S. Washington Street
Easton, Maryland 21601
410-820-9400
Dorchester General Hospital
Outpatient Chemotherapy Suite
300 Byrn Street
Cambridge, Maryland 21613
410-228-5511, ext. 8229
www.shorehealth.org
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