Cancer
Care
The
Cancer program provides comprehensive multidisciplinary state-of-the-art
care. Two full-time social workers provide psychosocial services
to patients and their families throughout the continuum of care.Ê
Services are provided for patients receiving treatment for chemotherapy,
radiation and surgery. In addition, a third social worker is dedicated
to the Bone Marrow Transplant Service; this social worker also
provides psychosocial care
including preadmission services, and a post-transplant support
group for patients and their families.Ê Social workers are available
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call Dory Hottenson,
CSW at (212) 746-4347 or Sharida Khan, CSW at (212)746-4323. The
Bone Marrow Transplant social worker, Linda Halperin, CSW is available
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Thursday from 12 p.m. toÊ8
p.m. For information about the support group please call Linda
Halperin, CSW at (212) 746- 3114.ÊÊ
