The
St. Joe's
Experience
Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
Comprehensive Cancer Care
Meets Highest Standards
When cancer is suspected, community
members can turn in confidence to St. Joseph
Mercy Oakland's (SJMO) Comprehensive
Cancer Center. According to Medical Director
of Oncology Services Judie Goodman, DO, St.
Joe's program is "robust in its scope, offers
personalized care, with a holistic, spiritually
grounded approach, utilizing every modern
modality available to treat our patients. We offer a full spectrum of services, ranging from
screening and prevention to diagnosis and treatment."
Cancer care is a topic close to Dr. Goodman's heart. When she was a child, her
mother died from breast cancer. It inspired her to pursue a career in hematology/
oncology.
St. Joe's Comprehensive Cancer Center is nationally recognized for our quality of
care. Among our many accreditations and certifications are:
• American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Accreditation
with Commendations
• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) accreditation
• American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Center of Excellence and
accreditation for Breast MRI, Breast Ultrasound, MRI, CT and Nuclear Medicine
• Michigan Breast Oncology Quality Initiative (MiBOQI) participation
• National Quality Measures for Breast Cancer Certified participant
Our Comprehensive Breast Center offers MammaPlus®, RiskPlusTM, same-day access
to biopsy, nurse navigators, supportive services, clinical trials, genetic counseling and a
multidisciplinary care team for treatment planning.
Our expanded lung cancer program offers the latest diagnostic and surgical
techniques, including the Superdimension Navigational Bronchoscopy System,
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) and da Vinci surgery. We offer low-dose CT lung scans
to detect small lesions, when the chances for a cure are greatest.
Our full continuum of gynecologic cancer services has at the helm one of only 13
Gynecologic Oncologists in the state.
St. Joe actively participates in National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored clinical trials
through our Michigan Cancer Resource Consortium (MCRC) affiliation. Our patients have
access to the most comprehensive clinical trials in the country.
In early 2013, in addition to the renovation and expansion of our cancer center, SJMO
will open a Cancer Resource and Support Center to provide ready access to cancer
experts and community resources such as:
• Educational information
• New patient orientation classes
• Nurse Navigators who are personal advocates for cancer patients
• Financial Navigator who assesses financial needs of cancer patients
to remove barriers to care
• Genetic Counselor who evaluates the patient for risk of inherited disease
• Survivorship Nurse Practitioner who develops a post-treatment care plan
SJMO's Cancer program also reaches out to the community with free mammograms
for uninsured Oakland County residents, a free annual prostate cancer education and
screening session and a free colorectal cancer screening kit distribution each March.
Notably, St. Joe is a member of the statewide Mercy Cancer Network.
"There's an enormous focus on personal attention at St. Joe's," says Dr. Goodman.
"We distinguish ourselves by how well we treat our patients."
At St. Joe's we treat our patients with optimal care and compassion. That's why we're
a leader in cancer care.
By
Jack Weiner,
President and CEO
St. Joseph Mercy
Oakland
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December 27 • 2012
T
hat was quick. It took just one
race for Nicole Meisner to
make news in the indoor col-
lege women's track and field season.
The University of Detroit Mercy
junior from Huntington Woods fin-
ished second among 15 runners in
the 60-meter dash in a personal-best
7.79 seconds at the Blue and Gold
Invitational meet earlier this month
at the University of Notre Dame in
South Bend, Ind.
That was the fourth-fastest time
in the event in team and Horizon
League history. Meisner also was sev-
enth in the 200 in 25.83. The league
recognized her accomplishments
by naming her the women's Indoor
Runner of the Week.
Meisner wasn't surprised by her
time in the 60.
"My adrenalin is going the fastest
at the beginning and end of a sea-
son," she said.
Fast is the operative word for the
5-foot-2 speedster who won the
team's Most Improved Award for the
2011 indoor season and Student-
Athlete Award for the 2012 indoor
and outdoor seasons.
After running a personal-best 7.86
in the 60 last season at the league
indoor championships, Meisner set
a goal to run 7.77 this season. She's
already almost there, just .02 seconds
away. Why 7.77?
"That's the second-fastest time in
the event in team history:' she said.
U-D Mercy will return to action
Jan. 11 at the Central Michigan
Invitational in Mount Pleasant.
Meisner will compete in the
Maccabiah Games in Israel once
again this summer. She was there in
2009 between her junior and senior
years at Berkley High School and
won silver medals in the 4x100 and
4x400 relays, and a bronze medal in
the 200 competing in the junior divi-
sion.
When she returns in 2013, she'll
run in the open division. Her goal is
to win gold.
"I assume I'll be competing in the
same events, the 100, 200, 4x100 and
4x400," she said.
Meisner said she's looking forward
to going to Israel again.
"I loved being there [in 2009]:' she
said. "Because I'll be older this time
[20 instead of 16], I'll be allowed to
do more. I'll have more freedom to
explore the country:'
A four-year track standout at
Berkley, Meisner won nine gold med-
als in track at the 2008 JCC Maccabi
Games hosted by Detroit. She gradu-
ated from Berkley in 2010.
Maccabi Meeting
More than 100 prospective Detroit
athletes and artists and their families
attended an organizational meeting
Dec. 16 at the JCC in West Bloomfield
for the 2013 JCC Maccabi Games and
ArtsFest.
"It was a great meeting:" said Karen
Gordon, who is taking a break from
her regular duties as a Detroit delega-
tion head to help organize the Maccabi
Games and ArtsFest that Detroit will
host in the summer of 2014.
"We talked about tryouts, a typical
day at the Maccabi Games, ArtsFest,
and hopefully we piqued everyone's
interest in the 2014 Maccabi Games
that will be held here Gordon said.
"Besides participants, we need volun-
teers and host families."
About 3,000 athletes and artists,
including about 500 from Detroit, are
expected to participate in the 2014
Maccabi Games here.
The 2013 Maccabi Games will be
held July 28-Aug. 2 in Austin, Texas,
and Aug. 4-9 in Orange County,
Calif. ArtsFest will be held in Orange
County.
One of the biggest changes affecting
Detroit athletes for the 2013 Maccabi
Games is the moving of tryouts from
a late January/early February time-
frame to early- to mid-January.
"We were running into conflicts
with final exams and the February
break at school, the Kenny Goldman
basketball league at the JCC ... hope-
fully these dates will work better,"
Gordon said.
For information on tryouts and to
ask questions, go to www.
maccabidetroit.org.
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