One of the best reports we can give at this time about the Pap Corps is that the Sylvester Institute (sponsored by the Pap Corps) is attracting more unique and experienced doctors than ever before. Our goal, of course to find a cure for cancer in our lifetime.
Right now, we have at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center of the Miller School of Medicine, U. of Miami, the only pancreatic institute in the entire state of Florida. Our physician researcher, Dr. Ashok Saluja, is Sylvester’s Pancreatic Research’s Inaugural Director. He has not 1 or 2 but was given 5 grants to do Pancreatic Cancer Research. He was at Harvard for 20 years and UMA Medical School’s Professor of surgery. Renowned for his work on the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer, Dr. Saluja has drawn 25 skilled and able assistant researchers from all over the world to help him in his effort. Sylvester is ranked #1 in the country for studies in this field and we are very proud to have gained the reputation of being a competitive comprehensive cancer facility.
We have a #1 ranked facility here in Deerfield Beach but also have satellites in Miami, Kendall, Plantation, Hollywood, and a new one in Coral Gables. Deerfield’s Sylvester is presently starting to expand its services to include all the areas of research presently being done at Jackson/Miami.
Enabled through donations, Sylvester purchased another building next door and will have 2 pharmacies: one for research and one to take care of all the various treatments that might be needed. The coordinator in this effort is Kathryn Bailey. She is in charge of outreach into communities to bring local doctors to Deerfield at least once a week as well as coordinating second opinions for those patients who would like one. Kathryn is currently the Executive Director of ambulatory oncology.
The statistics for contracting cancer are high, but early detection and the advanced research, which has put our Southern Florida Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer center at the forefront of research and treatment in the country, ranked #4 in the country, and #1 in Florida, places our survival rates as good if not better than other major institutions. With the enlarged center in Deerfield Beach, you will no longer have to travel to Miami to get the help you or your loved ones may need.
For more information, please contact Lisa Weinstein, Aberdeen Pap Chapter President.
