ACCOLADES & ACHIEVEMENTS


u Space Coast Cancer Center (SCCC) is the first and only practice in Florida to achieve American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification for quality. It also was among the first 23 in the U.S. to receive such an honor.


u Dr. Richard Levine was appointed to the membership of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) National Quality of Care Committee (QOCC). He also was appointed Chairman of the FLASCO (Florida Society of Clinical Oncology) Membership Committee and Chairman of the FLASCO Program Committee. Dr. Levine is a past president of FLASCO.


u Terry McFarland, RN was recognized as the No. 1 Quality Coordinator for the Moffitt Florida Initiative on Quality Cancer Care (FIQCC).


u Dr. Levine aims to have Viera Hospital become an American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer nationally accredited hospital. This has already been accomplished at Cape Canaveral Hospital, where he is the medical director of the cancer program.


The new Viera facility will, of course,


require more staff and SCCC has already hired additional radiation therapists, front office staff and oncology nurses. Dr. Miguel Pelayo, a recent Moffitt graduate, has been hired to anchor that location; Drs. Levine, R. Duff Sprawls, Juan Castro, Ashish Dalal and Jorge Perez De Armas will have hospital and office hours at Viera Health Park. Dr. Bryant also will be transitioning her office to Viera with another radiation oncologist eventually being hired.


A SURVIVOR’S TALE Also moving to Viera will be Linda Bradley,


the volunteer president of the Space Coast Cancer Foundation (SCCF), a non-profit organization that provides financial aid to cancer patients in need. Bradley, a former patient of SCCC, was diagnosed in 2006 with a rare form of cancer, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in her left-eye tear duct. Although Bradley has been in remission since 2007, she still remembers how traumatizing living with cancer can be. One of her most vivid memories is returning to work at Kennedy Space Center after a chemotherapy session and having her hair fall out while working at her desk.


Today, however, she’s in charge of SCCF,


a separately incorporated not-for-profit organization devoted to its mission of providing need-based support to ease the financial burden of cancer treatment. “Since I’m a survivor, it’s an automatic fit for me to be here,” says Bradley. “I’m not guessing what it’s like. I’ve been there, done that and patients can relate to me.” Working with SCCF also is Bradley’s way


of paying back Dr. Levine for searching out the proper treatment that resulted in her cure. “Dr. Levine made everything happen for


me; I have nothing but gratitude for him. The only way I can pay him back for what he’s done is to help him here with SCCF,” says Bradley.


COMPLETE SUPPORT SERVICES


SCCC offers a holistic approach to the patients they care for including art, music and pet therapy to brighten the day. There are a variety of coordinated support groups, an annual survivorship summit and speaking engagements with Moffitt Cancer Center and SCCC physicians for the medical staff and community. “We provide comprehensive coordination


of rehabilitation services, such as physical therapy, speech and swallowing therapy, nutrition and lymphedema treatment. When you enter an office of SCCC, the staff and facility all focus on providing a warm supportive environment. Our mission is ‘Hope, Health and Healing,’” says Dr. Levine.


THERAPY & SUPPORT SERVICES


u Space Coast Cancer Foundation (SCCF) raises money to provide need-based financial support to patients. The foundation has helped pay transportation costs, mortgages, bills, etc. It also helps pay for trips to the Moffitt Cancer Center for second opinions.


u SCCF also supports nursing education. In addition to keeping its own staff up to date, there are ten $200 scholarships available to each participating hospital for oncology nurses who want to take courses.


u There is a patient assistance program for patients who are uninsured, or under-insured. SCCC will work with pharmaceutical companies and cancer foundations, obtaining funds to help treat patients.


Katie Wilkerson, MSN, ARNP Jackie Luker, MSN, ARNP SPACECOASTLIVINGHEALTH.COM | 13 | Firas R. Muwalla, MD Juan L. Castro, MD R. Duff Sprawls, MD Ashish V. Dalal, MD


PHYSICIANS & MEDICAL STAFF


Richard M. Levine, MD


Cynthia J. Bryant, MD


Solomon Zimm, MD, FACP


Jorge Perez De Armas, MD


Tori Spain, PA-C


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