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20 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 Surgeons Commission on Cancer. The hospital extends its cancer care through an extensive survivorship program, which transitions patients from the care of specialists and oncologists back to their primary care provider. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City). The Cancer Centers of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are comprised of two institutions — the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center; and the Weill Cornell Cancer Center of NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Each year, the centers treat more than 7,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients. In its 2012-2013 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 17th in the country for cancer care. NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, Ill.). The NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center has sites at all three NorthShore hospitals in Chicago's northwestern suburbs. Combined, Kellogg physicians treat roughly 3,700 newly diagnosed cancer patients each year, a significant portion of which are breast cancer patients. Kellogg is well-connected for cancer research and clinical trials through its ties with NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute and an academic affiliation with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. The center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and offers a National Cancer Institute-funded Community Clinical Oncology Program. Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago). The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation is a pillar for cancer care in the Chicagoland area. It received National Cancer Institute designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1998 and offers access to more than 300 interventional clinical trials. Northwestern and the Lurie Cancer Center treat nearly 10,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients each year. The center is home to the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute and the Maggie Daley Center for Women's Cancer Care, and all Lurie Cancer Center physicians are also full-time faculty at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans, La.). Ochsner Medical Center's cancer team treats nearly 2,000 new cancer patients each year, and the medical center is expanding its reach through the Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center. Phase one of the new center opened in 2010, and phase two is due to open in the near future. Ochsner is designated as a Community Clinical Oncology Program by the National Cancer Institute. In 2012, the medical center received the Everest Award from Thomson Reuters. Norton Hospital (Louisville, Ky.). The Norton Cancer Institute at Norton Hospital provides treatment for all types of cancer and offers extensive services for cancer's effects on patients' overall wellbeing, such as a behavioral oncology program that provides psychological care to cancer patients. The Norton Cancer Institute gained approval in 2012 to participate in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical trials program. It was reaccredited with commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer in 2012. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is the adult patient care component of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Known as "The James," the center is one of the only freestanding cancer hospitals in the Midwest and one of seven centers in the country funded by the National Cancer Institute to conduct Phase I and Phase II clinical trials for new anti-cancer drugs. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center was also named to the 2012-2013 list of top-ranked hospitals for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report. NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). Part of NYU Langone Medical Center, the NYU Cancer Institute is a translational cancer center that was named to the 2012-2013 list of top-ranked hospitals for cancer by U.S. News & World Report. Recently, the institute began launching programs in cancer healthcare disparities, targeted cancer therapies and melanoma, and it is also developing a personalized medicine laboratory to define unique molecular signatures underlying each patient's cancer. While research into the field of personalized medicine for cancer is growing, few cancer centers have set up laboratories to delve into the field themselves. Healthcare in America is undergoing rapid, disruptive, and persistent change. It will take visionary leaders to transform our healthcare organizations in this dynamic environment. 16-Month Intensive Blended Program Online and On-Campus Transforming Leaders.Transforming Healthcare. www.brown.edu/exec Oklahoma University Medical Center (Oklahoma City). The Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center at the Oklahoma University Medical Center is a National Cancer Institutedesignated Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 2012, Stephenson Cancer Center began offering proton therapy with the MEVION S250, which is newly approved by the FDA. The center is also accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Palmetto General Hospital (Hialeah, Fla.). The 19,000-square-foot Oncology Treatment Center at Palmetto General Hospital has been serving cancer patients since 1994. The center offers personalized cancer care and oncology services, such as its "Just For Women" diagnostic center, which offers all-digital mammography and bone densitometry. The hospital was named one of America's Top Quality Hospitals in 2013 by CareChex. Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury, Md.). The Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute at Peninsula Regional Medical Center offers comprehensive cancer services as well as minimally invasive da Vinci robotic surgery. The institute holds an annual conference dedicated to the diagnosis and management of lung cancer, and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer awarded accreditation with commendation to the institute in 2010. Pocono Medical Center (East Stroudsburg, Pa.). The $31-million Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center at Pocono Medical Center opened in 2012 and offers a full range of cancer services. The center was one of the first few in the nation to offer intensity modulated radiation therapy, a treatment in which radiation beams