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WINTER 2016 • ISSUE 3<br />
NEWS<br />
Redeveloped Kennestone <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
Center Re-Opens Its Doors:<br />
There is no greater pride than seeing the<br />
successful culmination of a team effort. We are<br />
thrilled to share that the redeveloped <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
Survivorship and Support Services building is<br />
now open and supporting the needs of our<br />
patients on the <strong>WellStar</strong> Kennestone Regional<br />
Medical Center campus. A great deal of<br />
thoughtful planning by a variety of physicians,<br />
nurses and professional staff has gone into the<br />
development of what will be a hub for healing,<br />
providing support to newly diagnosed patients<br />
and their caregivers, and aiding the growing<br />
number of cancer survivors in our community as<br />
they adjust to life after cancer. Our goal for the<br />
redeveloped facility was very simple…provide<br />
an environment that is focused on the needs of<br />
the whole patient; mind, body and spirit. While<br />
the aesthetics of the building are intended to<br />
provide a calming refuge for our patients and<br />
their caregivers, it is the programming that<br />
resides in the facility that will make a difference<br />
in the lives of our friends and neighbors, and<br />
deliver on our promise to our community to<br />
deliver world-class care close to home.<br />
New investments in Integrative Medicine,<br />
including yoga, tai chi and massage, will now<br />
accompany the skilled practitioners from<br />
Buckhead Acupuncture that have been a fixture<br />
of our program for years. The Manning Wellness<br />
Kitchen will support our efforts in nutrition<br />
education, ranging from demonstrations on<br />
Michael Andrews, M.D.<br />
Chief <strong>Cancer</strong> Officer<br />
Joel Helmke<br />
Vice President,<br />
Oncology Services<br />
VISION:<br />
TO DELIVER WORLD-CLASS<br />
CANCER CARE.<br />
MISSION:<br />
TO ELIMINATE THE BURDEN<br />
OF CANCER ON OUR<br />
COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING<br />
COMPREHENSIVE<br />
PREVENTION & EARLY<br />
DETECTION, TREATMENT<br />
AND SURVIVORSHIP<br />
PROGRAMS, DELIVERED<br />
IN A PATIENT-CENTERED<br />
ENVIRONMENT BY<br />
IMPASSIONED CAREGIVERS.<br />
THIS<br />
ISSUE<br />
<strong>News</strong> You Can Use 02<br />
Welcome to the Team 07<br />
Letters of Thanks 07<br />
Awards & Accolades 08<br />
Taking Care of Yourself 10<br />
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NEWS YOU<br />
CAN USE<br />
Corgan Memorial Lecture<br />
The Corgan Memorial Lecture was created as a<br />
tribute to Dr. Kristin Corgan, a breast surgeon who<br />
was very involved with cancer care at <strong>WellStar</strong>.<br />
The first annual Corgan Memorial Lecture was<br />
held in the Kennestone Auditorium on Thursday,<br />
October 15, 2015. Dr. Fabian gave a warm<br />
welcome and introduction for Dr. Shawna Willey,<br />
MD, vice chairman for clinical affairs for the<br />
Department of Surgery at Georgetown University<br />
Hospital, and a colleague of Dr. Corgan. Dr. Willey<br />
gave a very enlightening presentation “Breast<br />
<strong>Cancer</strong> Surgery. What’s New? What’s Not?”<br />
More than 100 physicians, nurses, healthcare<br />
staff and community members were in attendance.<br />
Physicians received 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1<br />
Credit(s) and nurses received 1.0 Contact Hours.<br />
<strong>WellStar</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong> <strong>Network</strong> hosted a reception<br />
in the recently renovated Welcome Center in<br />
(L-R): Mark McLaughlin, M.D., Sheree Brown, M.D.<br />
with Shawna Willey, M.D., of Georgetown University<br />
Hospital<br />
the Kennestone <strong>Cancer</strong> Center immediately<br />
following the lecture. Friends and colleagues<br />
gathered to enjoy refreshments and meet with<br />
Dr. Willey.<br />
CyberKnife ® Patient<br />
from the United Kingdom<br />
Visits Dr. McLaughlin<br />
When Jane Hollywood was diagnosed with<br />
advanced, recurrent breast cancer, doctors in<br />
her hometown of Pwllheli, Wales determined<br />
that the cancer was inoperable and that<br />
traditional radiation was impossible due to<br />
prior radiation treatment for breast cancer.<br />
(L-R): Mark McLaughlin, M.D. and Jane Hollywood<br />
Hollywood searched online for alternatives and<br />
found Dr. Mark McLaughlin, medical director<br />
of radiation oncology for <strong>WellStar</strong> and his work<br />
with CyberKnife ® . In 2009, she came to Atlanta<br />
to receive treatment, which was a success. She<br />
came back to visit Dr. McLaughlin and team<br />
in September during a follow-up appointment<br />
and left with a clean bill of health!<br />
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WINTER 2016 • ISSUE 3
NEWS YOU<br />
CAN USE<br />
A Personal Account<br />
of the Komen 3-Day<br />
My name is Haylee Huff and I work at <strong>WellStar</strong><br />
Paulding Hospital Administration. This was<br />
my second year walking the 3-Day. I walked<br />
in 2013 for a girlfriend of mine who had been<br />
diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double<br />
mastectomy at the age of 36, so it made the<br />
decision to walk an easy one. This year I walked<br />
because my nine-year-old daughter, Chloe,<br />
asked me if I would walk again. I enjoy walking,<br />
meeting new people and hearing their stories,<br />
so I decided to go for it.<br />
DAY 1: We had the opening ceremony,<br />
listened to the stories - very sad and uplifting at<br />
the same time. I walked with one of the guys on<br />
my team most of the day. He had never walked<br />
before and had lost his dad to cancer that year.<br />
We talked about our lives and finished the long<br />
day together supporting each other.<br />
DAY 2: I met a father who brought tears to<br />
my eyes. He walked in front of me most of the<br />
morning with a backpack with two pictures of<br />
his wife and girls. One was taken before she was<br />
diagnosed and the other when she was going<br />
through her treatment. She died from breast<br />
cancer that year very quickly. It was so overwhelming<br />
to think because she was young - she<br />
was my age. By the end of the day, we all had<br />
battle wounds - blistered feet and sore knees,<br />
but we doctored ourselves up that night ready<br />
for Day 3.<br />
DAY 3: Started out tough, but someone had<br />
once told me, “Chemo is tough and you can’t<br />
quit, you just get through it,” so that is what I<br />
did. That afternoon I walked alone and enjoyed<br />
the cheering station, crowds, and the scenery.<br />
I finished quickly and sat with my family cheering<br />
walkers as they finished. We waited for the rest<br />
of our team so we could walk across the finish<br />
line together, which was a very emotional time<br />
for all of us. We all cried as we crossed holding<br />
hands because we finished - together we<br />
walked 60 miles. As hard as the walk is, cancer<br />
is so much harder. Together my team Save the<br />
Pickles raised $16,000 for Susan G. Komen.<br />
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(Opposite Page): <strong>WellStar</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong> <strong>Network</strong> team at Making Strides Against Breast <strong>Cancer</strong> on October 31 at<br />
Jim Miller Park. (Top left, clockwise): The Genetic Counseling team at the <strong>WellStar</strong> Girls’ Night Out event at<br />
Town Center Mall; <strong>WellStar</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong> <strong>Network</strong> team at Making Strides Against Breast <strong>Cancer</strong> on October 31<br />
at Jim Miller Park; Michelle Guibault, Barb Wilson, Sara Owen and Lisa Sherman cheer on participants in<br />
the Atlanta 2-Day; Personal Account of Komen 3-Day photo.<br />
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WINTER 2016 • ISSUE 3
NEWS YOU<br />
CAN USE<br />
(Clockwise, top left): Michael<br />
Andrews, M.D. with two prostate<br />
cancer survivors; Justin Watson,<br />
M.D. and Justin Hart, M.D. pose<br />
with the blue ribbon cake; Prostate<br />
<strong>Cancer</strong> Survivors’ event attendees<br />
Prostate <strong>Cancer</strong> Survivors’ Celebration<br />
September 24, 2015 marked the third annual<br />
Prostate <strong>Cancer</strong> Survivors’ celebration at<br />
<strong>WellStar</strong>. It was held in the recently renovated<br />
Kennestone <strong>Cancer</strong> Center Welcome Center<br />
and the adjacent Garden of Courage. The<br />
event was attended by survivors and their<br />
guests along with physicians, <strong>Cancer</strong> Support<br />
Services employees and team members from<br />
radiation oncology. Guests were treated to a<br />
catered dinner and Dr. Justin Hart even donated<br />
a delicious cake. Most of the attendees were<br />
members of the robust Prostate Support Group<br />
that meets monthly at the Kennestone <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
Center.<br />
The Support Group meets the second Thursday<br />
of every month from 7-8 p.m. and is a great<br />
resource for patients who want to get information<br />
on different prostate treatments from people<br />
who have been through treatment already.<br />
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WELCOME<br />
TO THE TEAM<br />
LETTERS OF<br />
THANKS<br />
Join us in extending a<br />
warm welcome to our<br />
new team members:<br />
“Thanks to each of you for making a difficult<br />
situation a time of peace. All of the staff is<br />
such a pleasure to work with and made me<br />
feel comfortable and loved. God bless you.”<br />
“I want to thank you for taking such good<br />
care of my husband. The work that you<br />
do and the way you care for your patients<br />
makes an enormous difference in their lives<br />
and in a family’s life. You are all amazing and<br />
truly special. Thank you so much.”<br />
“I want to thank the entire staff for the<br />
outstanding care I was given during the four<br />
weeks of treatment. The pleasant smiles and<br />
warm welcome each morning gave me the<br />
spirit and energy that I needed.”<br />
Tamia Banks, R.T.(T)(R)<br />
Radiation Therapist<br />
Kathy Croft<br />
Billing Specialist<br />
“I cannot believe it has been 34 treatments<br />
already. I remember when I started and<br />
thought it would take FOREVER! I honestly<br />
don’t know what to say. You guys have<br />
shown so much compassion for me and<br />
I know you do for every patient you see,<br />
because I have seen it firsthand.”<br />
Lauren Nelson, R.T.(T)<br />
Radiation Therapist<br />
Jocelyn Torres RT(R)(T)<br />
Radiation Therapist<br />
at Paulding Radiation<br />
Oncology<br />
“Thank you for the wonderful care you<br />
gave me during my radiation treatment. I<br />
was scared and nervous and everyone was<br />
so kind, understanding, encouraging and<br />
compassionate. You all got me through this<br />
very difficult time. I am forever grateful to<br />
each and every one of you.”<br />
“Words could never come close to truly<br />
expressing the gratefulness my family has<br />
for you all! The compassion and love you all<br />
have shown is much more than just a part<br />
of your job. It is who each of you are! God<br />
has blessed you with those qualities to bless<br />
others in their weakest moments in life!”<br />
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WINTER 2016 • ISSUE 3
AWARDS &<br />
ACCOLADES<br />
<strong>WellStar</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong> <strong>Network</strong><br />
Recognized for Community Service<br />
Congratulations to the <strong>WellStar</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
<strong>Network</strong> for being recognized as one of the ten<br />
2015 Sam Olens Business Community Service<br />
Awards winners. The awards, presented by the<br />
Cobb Chamber and Georgia Trend magazine,<br />
recognize deserving member businesses for<br />
service to the community through support of<br />
not-for-profit organizations. Thank you to the<br />
American <strong>Cancer</strong> Society for our nomination.<br />
(L-R): Sam Olens, Attorney General of Georgia; Kim Menefee, <strong>WellStar</strong> SVP of Strategic Community Development;<br />
Neely Young, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Georgia Trend magazine; Joel Helmke, <strong>WellStar</strong> VP of Oncology Services;<br />
Lisa Mello, ACS senior manager of hospital systems; Lindsi Pearson, ACS senior director of community engagement<br />
Barb Wilson<br />
- Contributing Author<br />
Shining Star Award<br />
Barbara Wilson is a contributing author for the<br />
2015 Oncology Nursing Society Publication<br />
Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Case Studies.<br />
She wrote two case studies: Myelosuppression<br />
and Renal Toxicity.<br />
Congratulations to Allison Brown (front row on right),<br />
a Radiation Therapist at Paulding Radiation Oncology<br />
who recently received a Paulding Shining Star award.<br />
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AWARDS &<br />
ACCOLADES<br />
TAKING CARE<br />
OF YOURSELF<br />
Could it be more<br />
than just the<br />
Winter Blues?<br />
Jennifer Kilkus, Ph.D<br />
As winter approaches with shorter days and<br />
colder temperatures, many people experience<br />
a dip in mood and energy, otherwise known<br />
as the “winter blues.” Usually, this is a normal<br />
response to the change of seasons. Over time,<br />
most people that experience the blues are able<br />
to bounce back. Sometimes, these feelings may<br />
be a sign of something more serious.<br />
Formerly known as Seasonal Affective Disorder,<br />
Major Depressive Disorder with a seasonal<br />
pattern is a type of depression that occurs with<br />
a change of seasons, typically as fall transitions<br />
into winter. Symptoms of this type of depression<br />
have a great deal of overlap with what is typically<br />
thought of as depression, such as fatigue,<br />
persistent sadness, loss of interest in previously<br />
enjoyed activities, trouble sleeping (too much<br />
or too little), irritability and weight gain. With<br />
seasonal depression, these symptoms go away<br />
when spring begins. If your “winter blues” are<br />
interfering with your work, home life, or hobbies,<br />
or have gone on for two winters or more, it may<br />
be time to get some help.<br />
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Tips to manage<br />
seasonal depression:<br />
• Get as much daylight as possible.<br />
Sit by a window or go for a walk during<br />
daylight hours. Some people may also benefit<br />
from light therapy, or phototherapy, a special<br />
light therapy box that emits bright light that<br />
mimics daylight.<br />
• Spend time with family and friends.<br />
Isolating from loved ones is usually a sign we<br />
need them more than ever. Social isolation<br />
feeds on itself. The less time you spend with<br />
others, the less you want to, which can<br />
eventually seriously impact mood. Go ice<br />
skating, host a pot luck, or have hot chocolate<br />
and play board games with friends and family.<br />
• Stay active.<br />
Don’t spend the entire winter in your house!<br />
Explore your community, volunteer, join a<br />
local club, exercise regularly. If you know<br />
you get seasonal depression every year,<br />
make a schedule in advance to ensure you<br />
are staying busy.<br />
• Seek professional help.<br />
If these strategies don’t help, if your<br />
depression lasts beyond the winter, or if<br />
you are having thoughts of death or suicide,<br />
connect with a mental health professional.<br />
A counselor, psychiatrist, or psychologist<br />
can help you determine what types of<br />
therapy could be helpful or if an antidepressant<br />
medication could be beneficial.<br />
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WINTER 2016 • ISSUE 3
WELLSTAR<br />
CANCER NETWORK<br />
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY<br />
KENNESTONE<br />
Imaging.........................470-793-0060<br />
Infusion..........................770-793-7518<br />
IP Blue Main..................470-793-4162<br />
IP Medical Imaging.......770-793-5556<br />
Lung Screening.............470-793-4247<br />
Rad Onc.........................770-793-7500<br />
Scheduling.....................678-581-5900<br />
STAT..............................770-793-7440<br />
PAULDING<br />
Rad Onc.........................470-644-8160<br />
Imaging.........................470-644-8060<br />
Infusion..........................470-644-7235<br />
IP...................................470-644-7048<br />
Call the <strong>WellStar</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
Connect Line at 877-366-6032<br />
to refer a patient to one of<br />
our multidisciplinary programs<br />
(options 1-4), Center for Genetics<br />
(option 5) or supportive care<br />
professionals (option 0).<br />
Contact<br />
Us<br />
COBB<br />
CT/MRI..........................470-732-1515<br />
Diagnostic.....................470-732-3526<br />
Imaging.........................470-732-3551<br />
Infusion..........................770-732-4330<br />
IP ..................................770-732-4660<br />
Manager........................470-732-5672<br />
NM................................470-732-3513<br />
Rad Onc.........................770-948-6000<br />
STAT..............................470-732-4816<br />
DOUGLAS<br />
Imaging.........................678-715-6601<br />
Infusion..........................678-715-6860<br />
STAT..............................678-715-6613<br />
WINDY HILL<br />
Imaging.........................770-644-1240<br />
Surgery Center..............770-644-1284<br />
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