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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
St. Jude is pleased to announce the addition of a new affiliate clinic. It will be located at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children in Huntsville, Alabama. This will be the fifth St. Jude affiliated pediatric hematology/oncology clinic in the United States and will serve children in the region of northern Alabama and south central Tennessee. It is the first new affiliate to join the St. Jude family in more than a decade.
“We are very, very selective about where we open clinics,” said William Evans, Pharm.D., St. Jude director and CEO, speaking at the official announcement in Huntsville. He said this was the perfect fit. “When we met the leadership and clinical staff of Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, we knew that we had found a partner that shared our mission and values.”
Huntsville Hospital CEO David Spillers commented, “"We are very pleased today to announce a partnership that will bring a new level of medical care for children in North Alabama who have cancer and catastrophic blood disorders. You have two great organizations coming together to do something pretty great for the Tennessee Valley.”
They were joined at the event by country music star Randy Owen—lead singer for the group Alabama—and his wife Kelly, who spoke emotionally about when their daughter Randa was born with severe pneumonia and spent days in the Huntsville Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Randa is now a healthy high school senior, and some of the nurses who cared for her attended the announcement and were embraced by the Owens.
Randy Owen, a St. Jude supporter for almost 20 years and founder of the St. Jude Country Cares radiothon, expressed his great admiration for both institutions and emotionally stated, “This is a dream come true. God bless whoever made this decision.”
Huntsville Hospital was established in 1895 and is the largest community-owned, not-for-profit hospital in Alabama, serving as a regional referral center for 10 counties and south central Tennessee.
“We’re tying our partnership to Huntsville Hospital because we think they have the right leadership, mission and medical staff,” said Joseph Mirro, M.D., St. Jude Chief Medical Officer. “Having the children treated close to home is better for the child, better for the family and can aid in better treatment outcomes.”
The new clinic is scheduled to open in January 2007. It will be managed by Dr. Lucille Ferrante, a former Huntsville pediatrician who recently completed her fellowship in pediatric oncology and hematology at the Medical University of South Carolina. She and her staff will have full access to St. Jude research labs and diagnostic services, and St. Jude will provide special training for nurses and staff at the clinic.
September 2006
