“Cedar Rapids and St. Luke’s are dear to my heart” Helen G. Nassif grew up in a house
G. Nassif Center for Women’s
on B Avenue, just
and Children’s Health
a short distance from St. Luke’s. She was the youngest of a large family of eight brothers and sisters. She attended Coe College and went on to George
• St. Luke’s modernization project, which created the Helen G. Nassif Pavilion and included work in the Emergency Department, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pharmacy, Surgery and Ultrasound.
Washington Law
Ms. Nassif’s latest gift supports a
School in Washing-
patient-centered cancer facility.
ton, D.C. She was
Located in the new Physicians’
the first woman in
Clinic of Iowa Medical Pavilion,
Washington, D.C. to
the Helen G. Nassif Community
be named to a bank
Cancer Center of Iowa delivers
board of directors,
state-of-the-art cancer care. The
and served on sev-
Center enables cancer patients to
eral bank boards as well as those
receive coordinated care while
of large corporations. She was
visiting multiple physicians and
also involved in commercial real
receiving tests and treatments at
estate as a builder and developer.
the same convenient location.
But she has never forgotten the place where she grew up. “Cedar Rapids and St. Luke’s are dear to my heart,” she says.
“I am very pleased to be in a position to support the community,” says Ms. Nassif. “St. Luke’s makes a difference in the life of
Ms. Nassif’s generosity and vision
every patient every day. I am
has transformed the delivery of
fortunate to play a supportive
healthcare in our community
role in helping the hospital
through her gifts to the Founda-
provide the best care possible
tion in support of:
to eastern Iowans.”
• The Nassif Heart Center (in honor of her brother, Dr. John G. Nassif) 16
• The development of the Helen