UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Winter 2018 | Page 31

UAB SUPPORT
RESOURCES
NEWS & EVENTS
THE SUPPORTIVE CARE
CLINIC:
is an interdisciplinary
approach to caring for
patients with serious
illnesses, whether they are
in active treatment or have
completed treatment. The
goal of this program is to
help patients fulfill their
maximum physical, emotional,
spiritual, vocational, and social
potential. Appointments can
be made by self-referral or
physician referral.
[phone].
THE BREAST CANCER
SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM:
offers specialized, long-
term follow up care for
breast cancer patients after
treatments end. Participants
in this program are monitored
for any long-term effects of
breast cancer treatments,
referred for management
of identified problems, and
provided a Survivorship Care
Plan including a personalized
record of treatment,
guidelines for continued
monitoring, and information
on support resources.
Appointments can be made
by self-referral or physician
referral. [phone]
Dr. Thomas Rosenstiel presents “Transition” to Jennifer Hicks, program director of the Center for
Palliative and Supportive Care.
Rosenstiel, physician and head and neck cancer
survivor, donates painting to the UAB Supportive Care
& Survivorship Clinic
CANCER EXERCISE
SERVICES:
assists with developing an
exercise training designed to
optimize health and wellbeing
in a way that helps cancer
patients transition into a safe
exercise program during and
after treatment. Services
offered include fitness
assessments, one-on-one
or group exercise sessions,
and education on safety and
quality of life. To schedule a
free consultation, call
[phone].
Thomas Rosenstiel, M.D. was an Ob-Gyn in Tuscaloosa when he was
diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, a rare type of head and neck cancer. He
most recently celebrated five years of being cancer-free. During his treatment,
UAB’s Palli