Mount Sinai Health System and BronxCare Health System open cancer facility

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Mount Sinai Health System and BronxCare Health System have launched BronxCare Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care—a new comprehensive cancer facility in the Bronx. 

The 10,000 square f00t space houses medical oncology, surgical oncology, and support services, and an expanded treatment area with dedicated chemotherapy and immunotherapy infusion suites. 

Kevin R. Jain, section chief of medical oncology and hematology at BronxCare Health System, will direct the center. 

The facility’s staff includes five medical oncologists and hematologists, five general surgeons, two surgical oncologists, two thoracic surgeons, two radiation oncologists, two neurosurgeons, four urologists, one social worker, two oncology-specialized ENT surgeons, an oncology-certified nursing team, two board-certified oncology pharmacists, an oncology pharmacy residency training program, and a team of administrative and support staff.

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