Cancer Committee Chairman's Message   Our mission is to provide a leadership role in ensuring a comprehensive continuum of cancer services to patients and their families through focusing on prevention, education, early detection and management of cancer.   The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has accredited Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as a community hospital comprehensive cancer program. The Cancer Committee is committed to the Commission's standards of performance, quality improvement, cost-effective measures and a comprehensive, integrated approach with other healthcare practices.   Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has brought together state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment technologies, expertise, and a caring personal approach to patient care in an easily accessible setting.   Providing our patients with the best care in an environment that responds to their emotional as well as physical needs, we are generating success rates that meet or exceed national standards.   The Cancer Committee is charged with several responsibilities, including promoting and coordinating educational conferences, providing a system for quality of care evaluation, and encouraging the medical staff to utilize the data collected in the Cancer Data Center.   This Annual Report includes an in-depth statistical analysis of all cancer patients newly diagnosed or treated at SBCH in 2008. Also included in the Annual Report is an in-depth review of lymphoma. This review discusses diagnosis, treatment and surveillance.   We would like to thank the physician staff, residents, nurses, and allied health professionals who offer a patient-centered model of care, enabling Cottage to integrate these disciplines into a comprehensive approach that recognizes the impact cancer has on the lives of individuals and their families.

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Cancer Committee   The Cancer Committee, a multi-disciplinary board, is a standing committee established by the bylaws of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. It consists of representatives from medical and radiation oncology as well as other specialties (i.e.: Pathology, Diagnostic Radiology, Surgery, Urology, Gynecology, Pain Management). Also on the Committee are non-physician representatives from Hospital Administration, Cancer Data Center, Oncology Nursing, Quality Improvement, and Social Services.   Objectives of the Cancer Committee Offer leadership to ensure success in planning, initiating, and assessing all cancer-related activities at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.  Develop and evaluate the annual goals and objectives of the clinical, educational and programmatic activities related to cancer. Ensure that an active supportive care system is in place for patients, families and staff. Monitor quality management and improvement through completion of quality management studies that focus on quality, access to care, and outcomes. Promote clinical research. Perform quality control of registry data. Organize, publicize, conduct, and evaluate regular educational and consultative cancer conferences that are multi-disciplinary and patient-oriented.

Cancer Committee Members
Physician Members		Professional Staff Members
Mark Abate, MD  Medical Oncology John Blaustein, MD  (Chair)  Pathology Michael Bordofsky, MD IM/Pain Management James Cavins, MD Urology Rosa Choi, MD  (Cancer Liaison) Surgery Kimberly Grafton, MD, Surgery Daniel Greenfield, MD Pediatric Oncology Daniel Greenwald, MD Medical Oncology William M. Hogan, MD Gynecology Oncology Frederic Kass, MD Medical Oncology Ronald G Latimer, MD Surgery David Laub, MD Urology Thomas Weisenburger, MD Radiation Oncology J. Patrick Wheelock, MD  Diagnostic Radiology Thomas Woliver, MD Medical Oncology Steven Young, MD Internal Medicine		Anna Bissell, RN Oncology Unit Debra Collingwood  Health Information Management Rosa Cosio, CTR Cancer Data Center Dana Goba Community Health Mehta Halstead Quality Improvement Karen Jones Finance Sam Leer, MCSW  Medical Social Services