2018 IMPROVEMENTS • Dignicap scalp cooling system (helps prevent hair loss from chemotherapy) • Telehealth with medical oncologists • On-site thoracic and surgical oncology clinics with Nebraska Medicine physicians
• On-site genetic counseling through Nebraska Medicine • Added a permanent medical oncologist, Kartik Anand, MD
Noteworthy happenings
Genetic counseling for cancer available at GPHealth
On July 29, Dr. Pasam went live with our first telehealth chemotherapy visit in Grant, Nebraska. In the future, we will have telehealth all of our off-site chemotherapy appointments. Having our oncology providers see a patient prior to chemotherapy treatment is the best course for great patient care. Telehealth clinics show GPHealth's dedication to putting our patients first always, whether they are on our campus or at one of our outreach campuses.
Prevention is key when it comes to cancer. However, what do you do when you are predisposed to cancer by way of genetics? Not only do our genes provide us with insights to our eye color, our height and what color hair we have, but they also give us a blueprint of our future health and well-being. Knowing the secrets of your blueprint can, in some cases, even prevent diseases like cancer or, in the very least, improve your prognosis. Offering genetic counseling to patients who may have a genetic predisposition to certain cancers based on their personal and/or family history is one more service that we are proud to be able to offer. GPHealth works with Nebraska Medicine to offer cancer genetic counseling services to our patients via telehealth. Nebraska Medicine leads the state in cancer genetics research. Licensed Genetic Counselor Michael Gurtler provides counseling services through Nebraska Medicine on the third Wednesday of each month at the Callahan Cancer Center via telehealth. Appointments are available by physician referral.
Avinash Pasam, MD Medical oncology and hematology
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