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CANCER SERVICES
THE PETER AND PAULA FASSEAS CANCER CLINIC
In early January of 2007, University Medical Center began providing cancer care in its new 30,000 sq. ft. PETER AND PAULA FASSEAS CANCER CLINIC at its UMC North Campus. This beautiful, well-appointed, state-of-the-art clinical building is designed specifically to provide care to UMC patients in the most comfortable and accommodating environment possible. (Click on “Fasseas Cancer Clinic” at right.) Also, it is the first of several scheduled buildings that will make UMC North unique: an entire campus dedicated to the treatment of cancer.
The Fasseas Clinic is the new home to the clinical activities of the Arizona Cancer Center, since 1990 designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a “Comprehensive Cancer Center” in recognition of its outstanding record of research, clinical care, and education. It is one of only 41 centers in America to bear the “Comprehensive” designation, which means that patients there will have their care delivered by specialists who are unsurpassed in their areas of expertise. Many techniques developed by the Arizona Cancer Center have become standards of care worldwide, and several anti-cancer drugs developed there are being used in clinical trials around the nation.
UMC’s marvelous new clinic bears the name of Peter and Paula Fasseas because of a substantial commitment by Mr. and Mrs. Fasseas toward the construction cost of the building. Many other attractive naming opportunities within and around the clinic remain, and you may view them and their respective gift values by clicking on “Cancer Clinic Naming Opportunities” at right.
CANCER-RELATED FUNDS
THE UMC NORTH CANCER CLINIC FUND provides funding for improvement of facilities and research through naming opportunities in and around the new Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic at UMC North.
THE BMT EDUCATION FUND provides support for UMC’s healthcare professionals in their efforts to enhance professional knowledge of current advances in Blood and Marrow Transplantation procedures and research.
THE CANCER CENTER PATIENT ASSISTANCE FUND provides to in-need oncology patients critical financial assistance with medical procedures, essential living expenses, and medications.
THE CANCER CENTER PSYCHOSOCIAL FUND assists cancer patients and their families with medications, essential living expenses, counseling, therapy, and social interaction as integral part of their treatment.
THE CANCER CENTER CLINIC FUND was established as an educational/outreach program for blood and marrow transplantation patients, their families and medical staff.
THE KAREN GROSWOLD HAWLEY MEMORIAL FUND commemorates the life of the late Ms. Hawley by supporting the services and programs of the Arizona Cancer Center Department of Social Work in their efforts to provide aid to children and their parents where a parent is ill with cancer or has been lost to cancer.
THE BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION FUND provides support for educational programs in blood and marrow transplantation, educational materials for patients and families and related training for staff.
THE OUTPATIENT BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION FUND supports young oncology patients who receive medical care on an outpatient basis.
THE “TEAMCASEY” FUND honors and remembers the late Casey Axford by providing support for UMC’s Pediatric Outpatient Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Program. This fund is aimed particularly at meeting the emotional needs of both transplantation patients and their families by providing a welcoming, comfortable, educational, and entertaining clinical environment. To ensure that it provides assistance to Pediatric Outpatient BMT patients and families in perpetuity, this fund is an endowment; only a portion of its annual earnings may be used for the intended purposes.
THE 3 NORTHWEST EDUCATION ROOM FUND supports an educational library where books and assorted publications on oncology are available to patients and family members.
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CARDIOLOGY SERVICES
The internationally-recognized physicians and researchers in UMC’s Cardiology Program are specialists in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular diseases. The diagnostic cardiology team performs a broad array of testing procedures, which are interpreted and correlated with clinical data to arrive at the appropriate diagnoses. Some diagnostic tests are also performed in the UMC Nuclear Medicine Department. In addition to diagnoses, UMC specialists perform a wide variety of cardiothoracic surgeries and other procedures, such as angiograms. Also, UMC prominently features an extensive cardiac rehabilitation program.
UMC is allied on its campus with the Sarver Heart Center, which embraces more than 100 physicians and scientists who collaborate to prevent heart disease and stroke. Conducting the majority of cardiovascular research in Arizona, including use of the artificial heart, the world-renowned Sarver Heart team searches for innovative ways to prevent heart disease, improve treatments of it and develop cures for it.
HEART FUNDS
THE HEART FUND provides support for the UMC Cardiac Rehabilitation program.
THE WELLNESS CENTER FUND assists with equipment, supplies, and operational support for UMC’s cardiac-rehabilitation and fitness facility.
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PEDIATRICS
A key component of University Medical Center’s WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES, the Pediatrics Program includes a Child and Adolescent Unit, an Infant and Toddler Unit and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric residents from the University of Arizona College of Medicine work alongside UMC physicians and community pediatricians to advance medical knowledge and thereby help improve the health of children in Arizona and throughout the world.
UMC’s Pediatrics Program is allied on its campus with the University of Arizona’s Steele Children’s Research Center, where internationally-recognized physicians and scientists work together to do research in the causes of and develop cures for childhood illnesses and diseases.
PEDIATRIC FUNDS
THE UMC CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER FUND welcomes contributions for a new, greatly-expanded, pediatrics-only addition to UMC — Diamond Children's Medical Center — currently under construction and due to open in the Fall of 2009.
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THE CHILDREN’S FUND provides support for the care and special needs of patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and their families.
THE PEDIATRIC BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION FUND provides financial assistance and support for the families of young patients being treated for cancer and immunity-related diseases.
THE CHRONICALLY-ILL CHILDREN’S FUND established in memory of Kevin Tidwell, a cystic fibrosis patient, this fund supports the education of, essential supplies for, and medical care of pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis.
THE PEDIATRIC HEART-TRANSPLANT FUND provides critical support and financial assistance to young transplant patients and their families during treatment.
THE RONALD McDONALD FAMILY ROOM FUND is a collaboration between University Medical Center and the Ronald McDonald Charities of Southern Arizona, whereby a comfortable room is available to families for respite during the medical treatment of their children.
THE BLAKE SHUMWAY FUND was established by Dr. and Mrs. David A. Duke in memory of their grandson; it created and supports the ongoing operation of the Child Life Activity Center, a recreational area for pediatric patients.
THE COLTON’S FRIENDS FUND was established in 2006, in honor and memory of COLTON YOUNGBLOOD RUTTER, who passed away at UMC on June 11, 2006, at 23 months of age. Colton had suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in an automobile accident and had been a patient at UMC for 18 months. The purpose of Colton’s Friends is to provide assistance to the families of children who, like Colton, have suffered TBIs and are being treated at University Medical Center and in its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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TRANSPLANT
COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPLANTATION CENTER (ADULT AND PEDIATRIC)
When it undertook its first organ transplant — a heart — in 1979, UMC was one of only six entities in the nation performing that complex procedure. Since that time, UMC has expanded its transplantation program to include abdominal (kidney, liver, and pancreas), heart/lung, single-lung and double-lung, and blood and marrow transplantation. In other words, UMC has become a Comprehensive Transplantation Center.
By well-deserved reputation, UMC’s Transplantation Center:
• Is willing to take on difficult cases;
• Has outstanding outcomes, in spite of challenging cases;
• Includes specialists know for innovation and excellent patient care;
• Is supported by experienced, dedicated patient-care teams; and,
• Is committed to growth and development.
Renowned surgeons and physicians, skilled nurses, and experienced support staff provide excellent transplantation care, with commitment, pride, and accountability as the basis of their work.
TRANSPLANTATION FUNDS
THE HEART TRANSPLANT FUND assists heart-transplantation patients and their families with critical financial needs during treatment.
THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FUND provides support for vital supplies, educational materials, and programs for kidney-transplantation patients.
THE LIVER PATIENT FUND provides support for liver transplantation patients and their healthcare professionals, as well as the education of the public about the importance of organ-donor awareness and transplantation success.
Unity for Life Fund provides temporary assistance to heart and lung transplant patients and caregivers.
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TRAUMA SERVICES
TRAUMA means serious injury, and it includes such injuries as bone fractures, internal bleeding, and brain injuries. Trauma is most frequently caused by automobile crashes, falls and violence. A TRAUMA CENTER is a highly-organized hospital program for the IMMEDIATE treatment of the seriously injured — IMMEDIATE because the greatest enemy of a seriously-injured person is TIME.
UMC is Southern Arizona’s ONLY “Level I” trauma program and one of the highest-rated trauma programs in the nation. Also, it ranks Number One in the nation among university trauma centers in several key outcomes, such as patient survival, low cost, and brevity of stay. In the UMC Trauma Center, a trauma surgeon is immediately available and the trauma team is poised for immediate response 24 hours a day, every day. In addition to the trauma surgeon, the trauma team includes other surgeons, emergency-medicine physicians, trauma nurses and therapists.
The UMC Trauma Program cares for approximately 4,800 patients each year, of which about 1,700 are seriously injured. These patients come from Tucson, Southern Arizona, western New Mexico and northern Mexico.
TRAUMA SERVICES FUNDS
THE TRAUMA/EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CAMPAIGN FUND provides significant funding for the construction of urgently-needed new facilities to house UMC’s Trauma Center and Emergency Department.
THE TRAUMA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND actively supports the UMC Trauma Program’s work generally.
THE CECIL FAMILY “GOLDEN HOUR” GOLF CLASSIC is hosted annually by former University of Arizona All American football player CHUCK CECIL and his family; the tournament’s proceeds benefit the UMC Trauma Program and the Southern Arizona Trauma Network (SATNET). See “Special Events” link at right.
THE NOGALES MEDICAL EMERGENCY UNIT FUND supports a new unit at the General Hospital in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico; a bi-national, public/private effort created the unit, which serves people on both sides of the international border.
THE AGUA PRIETA MEDICAL EMERGENCY UNIT FUND assists with the development of a new medical emergency unit and enhanced neonatal services in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
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