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program extends the treatment options we can provide for a more comprehensive approach to cancer care locally." Oneida Hea lt h is cur rent ly in t he process of completing the third phase of their collaborative vision for cancer care in Central New York, expanding its outpatient imaging, the Alice M. Gorman Imaging Center. Upgrades, for instance, include the addition of a 3 Tesla MRI, a new PET CT machine, a nuclear medicine camera and a second 3D mammography machine. Additionally, Morreale notes, he wants to start focusing on initiatives a round ca ncer prevention a nd ea rly detection — initiatives that will allow cancer to be identified at its earliest stage and provide patients with the best pos- sible outcomes. Recently, Oneida Health and the YMCA have teamed up to begin the process of developing survivorship services. "It is impor ta nt for us, as a hea lth system, to support patients by providing them with access to holistic services, including exercise, spiritual care, yoga and a variety of other support services aimed at benefitting patients as they fight with what can be a very difficult situation," Morreale says. "Research shows if you promote wellness and activity during and following a patient's cancer treatment, they do better." Future plans call for further expan- sion of the survivorship program. Oneida Health plans to offer survivorship services on the first floor of a building across the street from the medical oncology center. While those renovations are underway, services will temporarily be offered out of a YMCA facility conveniently located on the Oneida Health campus. Morreale highlights these offerings for cancer survivors as just one more example of the level of care and the breadth of services that Oneida Health Cancer Care and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center aim to offer patients in Central New York. " We a re dedicated a nd focused on providing the highest quality care and the best patient and family experience in the region," Morreale says. "With Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as our partner and the high-caliber staff that we have working with us, I believe we are providing a very special service here in Oneida — a service that is only continuing to grow to meet the needs of our patients." To learn more about Oneida Health Cancer Care, visit oneidacancer.org. n " Our technology is the most current technology on the market. However, I think the biggest benefit to our patients is the expertise of the Roswell Park physicians who have been tasked with developing these treatment plans and administering the various treatments we offer. It is because of them that our patients are able to receive world-class cancer care directed by an NCI-designated cancer center right in Oneida." — GENE MORREALE, PRESIDENT AND CEO AT ONEIDA HEALTH Patients at the Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center benefit from receiving expert- level care from the program's on- site Roswell Park radiation oncologist, medical dosimetrists and medical physicists. (Pictured: Medical Dosimetrist Vanessa Rundle, MS, CMD, RT(R)(T) and Shipla Vyas, MD, Medical Director of the Dorothy G. Griffin Radiation Oncology Center) In addition to the newly opened Radiation Oncology Center, Oneida Health and Roswell Park previously opened a Medical Oncology Center in 2018. The center offers 12 infusion suites, a hematology/ oncology office, as well as a telemedicine room and is directed by a Roswell Park-affiliated physician who provides evaluations, chemotherapy infusions, palliative medicine, specialized physical therapy, nutrition services and several cancer screening services. M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S C E N T R A l N E W Y O R K ■ 2 0 2 0 0 9