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Multi-disciplinary care: Building Teams

Multi-disciplinary care: Building Teams. Jame Abraham, M.D, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine Chief, Section of Hematology-Oncology. Blind Men Trying to Understand an Elephant. Left sided breast cancer. 57 year old, uninsured, Security guard from Frametown, (Braxton County), WV .

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Multi-disciplinary care: Building Teams

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  1. Multi-disciplinary care: Building Teams Jame Abraham, M.D, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine Chief, Section of Hematology-Oncology

  2. Blind Men Trying to Understand an Elephant

  3. Left sided breast cancer

  4. 57 year old, uninsured, Security guard from Frametown, (Braxton County), WV Her husband and son work out of town. Come home only during the weekends. “I am not some one who goes to doctor… I did not have insurance also….”

  5. Building trust with the medical establishment Financial issues Actual treatment for cancer Social issues Surgery Chemotherapy Navigating the medical world Radiation therapy Reconstruction Adherence to treatment

  6. Multi-disciplinary Breast cancer Program Established: October 2001

  7. Betty Puskar Breast Care Center Medical Oncology Genetic Counseling Pathology Patient Social Work Physical Therapy Nursing Radiation Oncology Surgery Clinical Trials

  8. Clinic 8AM-12N Monday Conference 12N-1PM

  9. Nurse Clinicians Medical Oncology Social Worker Surgery Pathology Clinical Trial Fellows Students Residents Genetic Counseling Radiation Oncologists Radiologists

  10. Clinical • This is a patient centered care delivery model, rather than disease centered.

  11. Clinical Research • We offer largest number of clinical trials for patients with breast cancer in the state or in this region.

  12. Program 3: Breast Cancer Funding $700,000 $600,000 $500,000 Not Peer-Reviewed $400,000 Other NIH $300,000 NCI $200,000 $100,000 $0 7/1/2007 7/1/2008

  13. 5 Million dollar endowment by the Statler family. Part of the largest ever (25 million dollars) gift to the University Community Support

  14. Betty Puskar Breast Care Center Medical Oncology Genetic Counseling Pathology Amazing Team! Social Work Physical Therapy Nursing Radiation Oncology Surgery Clinical Trials

  15. “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease” Sir William Osler

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