(Long Island, NY) On Sunday, November 8, Good Samaritan Hospital’s Annual Cancer Survivors’ Day honored more than 500 cancer survivors and family members. Attendees were inspired by cancer survivor and author Geralyn Lucas whose struggles with breast cancer led to her book, Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy. The event finished with survivors dancing in a conga line to the song I Will Survive, led by Ms. Lucas.
“Coordination and teamwork are essential in delivering quality cancer care,” said Good Samaritan Hospital’s Chair of the Cancer Committee and Chief of Hematology/Oncology Kenneth Gold, MD. “Our team of cancer experts at Good Samaritan work side by side in providing compassionate life- saving treatment to so many patients. I am grateful to be at Good Sam, for the past 33 years, serving with such professionals.”
Pictured (L-R): Good Samaritan Hospital’s Chair of the Cancer Committee and Chief of Hematology/Oncology Kenneth Gold, MD; Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Nancy Simmons; keynote speaker Geralyn Lucas; Sr. Ellen Moore; Director of Cancer Registry Services MaryEllen Weber and Good Samaritan Hospital’s Chair of Radiation Oncology Johnny Kao, MD. Photo Credit: Good Samaritan Hospital.
Good Samaritan’s Cancer Center is a leading resource for cancer patients and their families, offering some of the most advanced medical technology and professional resources available. Good Samaritan uses a multidisciplinary team approach, focusing entirely on the patient’s health. This provides the most effective tools to fight cancer—whether it is determining risk factors, prevention, education, early detection, cancer therapy or support resources.
For more information about Good Samaritan’s cancer services, call (631) 376-4444 or visit www.CancerCenteratgoodsam.org.
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff and had nearly 26,000 patient admissions and nearly 90,000 emergency department visits in 2013. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.
The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.
