Living Legacy: Second Chances

Nina’s care for us excelled in so many ways, and we immediately knew she was special. We first met Nina when we arrived at the Infusion Center for my husband’s first infusion, and he was anxious...

Jill Wheeler, MSN, RN, Director of Infection Prevention, Specialty and Inpatient Surgery, Wound/Ostomy/HBO, and Claire Cafirma, MSN, RN, CNOR, Director of Perioperative, Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, co-lead GBMC’s partnership with Passport USA, which has brought 31 nurses into the workforce to date.

As other hospitals close their pediatric doors, the depth of need for these services is too big to ignore. GBMC is committed to keeping board-certified pediatricians, pediatric nurses specifically trained to care for children, child life specialists, and on-call sexual assault and domestic violence services available 24/7 for the community.

When Dr. Gary Cohen has been personally involved with the design of the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion, which will give cancer patients a single destination for care. And his investment in the project philanthropically further cements his belief that this design will improve the care of patients as he strived to do in practice.