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Heysek and Kepes Radiation Oncology
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cared and troubled after receiving a cancer diagnosis, the caring staff at Heysek and Kepes Radiation Oncology will treat you like family not a patient. They’re conveniently located on the SFBH campus operating since March 5, 1996. Once inside, you’ll enter subdued, comfortable rooms with soft lighting, pleasant art work, reading materials, puzzles, goodies, and coffee. Striving to treat the whole person, staff organizes individualized resources: counselors, nutritionists, and appointments.
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Oracle Home Health Care
Oracle Home Health Care is conveniently located at the entrance to Walden Lake. L-R are staff members Myrna Rogers, Lori Franks, Jackie Wyckoff, Stephanie Haley, Susan Nieves and Alyssa Courtoy.
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racle Home Health Care is the only locally owned Medicare-certified home health agency in Plant City.
Dr. Randy Heysek and Dr. Kathryn Kepes identify the cancer type, and then create a treatment plan in an effort to overcome the disease. Various forms of radiation therapy are used attempting to prevent cancer cells from dividing. On site nurses, certified radiation therapy technologists, and a medical physicist provide sophisticated treatment. Using individualized radiation therapy, 3-D conformal therapy, high dose radiation for skin cancers, and intensity modulated radiation therapy. AccuBoost is an image guided breast irradiation technique. The doctors use Valencia, a skin cancer treatment to spare deep surgery. The center houses Varian 600C linear accelerator, an extremely precise machine. Heysek and Kepes is well equipped and experienced in treating cancers in a compassionate and respectful environment.
More than a compassionate-care provider, Oracle offers in-home skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy to doctor or hospital referred homebound patients.
Dr. Heysek earned a B.S. with honors in biochemistry; continued at U.F. College of Medicine; interned at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, and completed his residency in radiation oncology at the University of Maryland Cancer Center. Dr. Heysek is particularly interested in head, neck, and prostate cancer. He has been the Chief of Staff at Lakeland Regional Hospital, and was a previous board member of the American Cancer Society (ACS).
“We’re excited about our office relocation to the Walden Lake entrance complex,” said Jackie Wyckoff. “We want Plant City residents to know our name and the wonderful services we can provide.”
Earning her Doctor of Medicine degree from St. Louis University, Dr. Kepes continued with earning an MBA from the University of Miami. Dr. Kepes is highly interested in breast and lung cancer. She’s also an Honorary Lifetime member of ACS. According to Raquel Fernandes, staff nurse and office supervisor, “We try to make our patients feel like they are a part of our family.” Cancer is a challenge. The Heysek and Kepes team strives to provide total quality care with a difference!
Heysek & Kepes Radiation Oncology 303 N. Alexander St. Plant City, Fl 33563 813-719-7705
Oracle also provides companion care and respite services, such as housekeeping, meal preparation, bathing, etc., for clients who want private pay or who have long-term care insurance. Established four years ago and now with a new office location, the sister company to Matrix Medical is “growing up” after a recent restructuring.
Marketing representative Susan Nieves added, “We have some amazing, very compassionate nurses and licensed clinicians. It’s great to receive those calls offering thanks and hear them request to have this or that specific nurse or therapist as their caregiver again. It’s one way we can tell we’re doing something right.” As a convenience for patients and their families, Oracle Home Health works directly with the insurance companies. For additional information, please call 813-747-7499 or visit oraclehhc.com and the Oracle Home Health Care on Facebook.
Oracle Home Health Care License #299993765 1602 W. Timberlane Drive Plant City, FL 33563 813-747-7499