READY FOR
THE GREATEST CHALLENGES Our Cancer Experts in Your Community At the University of Chicago Medicine, we are bringing our cancer specialists and their advanced treatment programs closer to you. Meet three of our physicians who are providing leading-edge patient care at locations throughout the Chicago and Northwest Indiana region.
ANNE R. M C CALL, MD
AZHAR M. AWAN, MD
Anne R. McCall, MD, is medical director of radiation oncology at the University of Chicago
Azhar M. Awan, MD, is medical director of radiation oncology at the Sherman Hospital Cancer Care Center in Elgin, Ill. The University of Chicago Medicine provides professional radiation oncology services at this center. Awan is an expert in leading-edge cancer treatments, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill.
McCall, associate professor of radiation and cellular oncology, has a background in both academic and community hospital settings. “We are a direct link to the University of Chicago Medicine. We have the same technology and expertise here, including the leading-edge TrueBeam system for targeted radiation therapy. Patients benefit from receiving their care closer to home, where their families can offer more support.”
“Since radiation therapy is a daily treatment often lasting several weeks, patients from the Elgin area would have to travel long distances every day. By going to Sherman for their treatment, they save a long daily commute and receive the same quality of care that they would receive at the University of Chicago Medicine main campus.” AT THE FOREFRONT
GOING UP! The 10th floor of our new hospital is devoted to cancer care, including a bone marrow transplant unit. The University of Chicago Medicine Center for Care and Discovery opens in early 2013.
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JENNIFER M C NEER, MD, MS
Pediatric oncologist Jennifer McNeer, MD, MS, treats children at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., and at offices at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., and in Merrillville, Ind. McNeer also is a clinical researcher, focusing on improving treatment for highrisk leukemia patients.
“We work closely with our clinical trials office to offer patients access to clinical trials through the Children’s Oncology Group and other cooperative groups. This provides patients with the most up-to-date treatment options available, regardless of where they receive their therapy.”
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THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO MEDICINE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER at
Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, Ill., provides multidisciplinary, comprehensive cancer care for adult and pediatric cancers. Our leading-edge cancer care also is available at additional locations throughout the region:
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PEDIATRIC CANCER
CARE Edward Hospital,
Naperville, Ill., and in Palos Heights, Ill., and Merrillville, Ind.
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GYNECOLOGIC
ONCOLOGY Silver Cross
Hospital, New Lenox, Ill., and University of Chicago Health Specialists, Schererville, Ind.
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RADIATION
ONCOLOGY Sherman
Hospital Cancer Care Center, Elgin, Ill.
The strength and resiliency of every one of our patients will never cease to amaze me. JENNIFER M C NEER, MD, MS
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