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Gift supports growing pediatric hematology/oncology patient population

The Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at CHAM addresses the complex physical, medical and emotional needs of children with cancer and blood disorders, providing specialty care including bone marrow transplantation, resources of the area's only NIH-funded Sickle Cell Center, and access to the latest national and international clinical trials through its participation in the Children's Oncology Group. In addition, researchers at CHAM are focused on developing new treatment agents and bringing them into clinical trials as quickly as possible, providing alternatives such as inhaled chemotherapy to children for whom standard interventions have failed.

Complementing these services is a multi-faceted integrative medicine program that incorporates a range of healing therapies including martial arts therapy, yoga, massage and aromatherapy, holistic cooking classes and soon, acupuncture.

The Greene Foundation's gift was given in support of the division's dramatic growth since Dr. Gorlick was appointed chief in 2004, and the new infusion suite is the centerpiece of the program's physical redesign. In 2007, nearly 2,500 infusions were administered in CHAM's pediatric day hospital, compared to 290 in 2004, with the program steadily receiving referrals from Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties. The completion of the new outpatient infusion suite is the first of two major phases of construction made possible by the Greene donation. Phase II will be a total renovation of the pediatric hematology/oncology inpatient unit, which is targeted for completion in the winter of 2009.

The funds have also supported recruitment of pediatric hematology/oncology physician specialists and othe
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