NBCF Partner Facilities
Swedish Covenant Hospital
Swedish Covenant Hospital’s (SCH) Breast Health Program in the Cancer Treatment Center offers a multi-disciplinary approach to fighting cancer. A Breast Health Specialist navigates patients through each step of diagnosis and treatment, addressing their medical, psychological and social needs. The Cancer Program is listed as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program with Commendation by the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer, which is the highest rank possible for this type of program. The National Breast Cancer Foundation has partnered with SCH to provide breast health and screening services for women in financial need. The NBCF-funded breast health and screening program has been so successful, that SCH is using it as a model to improve its Prostate Cancer program, as well as begin a community-based cardiac health project for Chicago’s large South Asian population.
"Over the past five years our partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation has played a catalytic role in the development and expansion of our breast health and mammography program for underserved women. Since 2010 alone, we have more than tripled the number of uninsured women who are receiving life saving mammograms and leveraged our National Breast Cancer Foundation funding to enlist additional funding partners in the cause."
Mark Newton, President and CEO
Contact
773-878-6888
5145 N. California Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
