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By Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
August 27, 1996
UMC's Cancer Center garners top 40 rating
University Medical Center's cancer treatment program has earned UMC a spot on the list of the nation's top hospitals.
In U.S. News and World Report's annual guide to "America's Best hospitals," UMC ranked 31st out of 40.
The magazine, which considers any institution in the top 40 a leading center, surveys hospital care in 16 specialties, including cancer.
It was no surprise to Sydney Salmon, director of the Arizona Health Sciences Center's Cancer Center Division, that UMC made the list.
"We have ranked over a number of years now," he said.
The National Cancer Institute has designated the Arizona Cancer Center the only cancer center in the state.
Salmon said the Cancer Center, a comprehensive facility, focuses on basic cancer research, cancer prevention and cancer treatment.
"Our aim is to provide the latest in cancer research," he said.
Salmon added that the center is always conducting new research and translating research from the laboratory to be used in the clinic.
-Nicole Nielsen
Phoenix transplant clinic offers nearby help
Transplant patients living in Phoenix will no longer have to make the two-hour drive to Tucson, because University Medical Center has opened a new transplant medical office in Phoenix.
"I think it will be a tremendous benefit to patients, as they won't have to commute to Tucson to be evaluated or for follow-up care," said Dr. Jacqueline Chadwick, associate dean for Phoenix Programs.
The Transplant Medical Office, which officially opened Aug. 5, provides pre- and post-transplant medical care.
Transplant operations, however, are done at UMC.
"Some sophisticated procedures will still have to be done in Tucson," said Clinic Manager Carol Bachtel.
UMC doctors who perform transplant surgery will commute to Phoenix one day a week to see patients.
Bachtel said about 30 patients were treated in the Phoenix clinic last week.
Another advantage to the Phoenix-based office is general practitioners' quicker access to patient records, which will be available at the clinic, Chadwick said.
UMC is the only center within Arizona, Nevada, western Texas and New Mexico that transplants all major organs and bone marrow.
-Nicole Nielsen
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