The Emory Winship Cancer Institute
The Emory Winship Cancer Institute
1365C Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
1-888-946-7447 or 404-778-1900
Leukemia Team
A team of professionals work together to provide comprehensive care and services to you and your family. In addition to delivering the highest quality medical care, we recognize the importance of the psychological and emotional aspects of a cancer diagnosis and the following treatment phase. The Leukemia Healthcare Providers Team delegates specific responsibilities to their members so each duty is carried out efficiently, timely and effectively.
The members of the team include:
* Leukemia Physicians
* Leukemia Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants
* Leukemia Clinic Nurse
* Leukemia Research Nurse Coordinators
* Social Workers
* Dietician
* Pastoral Care
* Financial Coordinator
* Leukemia In-patient Nurses and Nurse Manager
* Clinical Pharmacists
Research Nurses and Research Coordinators
The Research Nurse Coordinators are involved in clinical protocol assessment and planning, subjects recruitment, facilitation of informed consent process. They provide patient teaching on specific details of the protocol, study drugs and their side effects, and support patients through the stages of their diseases and treatment, assess and document adverse events and toxicities, support discussion of ethical issues related to clinical trials, and educate allied health care professionals about the use of investigational agents and on new protocols. They play an active role with the health care team members to developing treatment orders sheets, provide data management and ensure subject records are protected in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, and to ensure the safety
Leukemia: Becoming a Patient Email This Page
Thank you for selecting the Leukemia Program at Emory Winship Cancer Institute in partnership with Emory School of Medicine for your care. We understand that this is a challenging time for you and your family, and we are committed to providing the highest quality of care in a supportive, comfortable environment.
Our healthcare teams come together from different treatment specialties areas of medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology with specialist in diagnosis from radiology and pathology. For some cancers we include experts in related areas such as dermatology, neurology, and urology . Teams focus on a single type or related types of cancer; so they are researching, studying, and diagnosing specific cancers every day. This means our teams see more cases of a specific cancer and gain vast amounts of experience with specific cancers.
If you would like to visit our cancer center to discuss your healthcare please visit our Becoming a Patient section for appointment information and other useful links.
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