Smilow Cancer Hospital Breaks Ground, Bringing Yale’s Leading Cancer Care Closer to Home

By Greenwich Sentinel
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From left: W. Robert Berkley Jr., chair, Greenwich Hospital Board of Trustees; Karen Santucci, MD, chief medical officer, Greenwich Hospital; Carmen Elledias, former Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich patient; Pamela Sutton-Wallace, president, Yale New Haven Health System; Lori Pickens, senior vice president, Cancer Services, Yale New Haven Health System, Smilow Cancer Hospital; chief administrative officer, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine; William Oh, MD, medical director, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich Hospital, director, Precision Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, professor of medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Bob Blenderman, PA, president, Greenwich Hospital.

Greenwich Hospital, Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) and Smilow Cancer Hospital marked a significant milestone in the future of regional cancer care with a Transformation Kickoff Ceremony held on Wednesday, April 1, celebrating the construction of the new Smilow Cancer Hospital within the walls of Greenwich Hospital.

The new hospital will expand access to leading cancer specialists and bring the pioneering research of Yale Cancer Center – Connecticut’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center – directly to patients in Fairfield and Westchester counties.