LUCY WEBB HAYES NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEACONESSES & MISSIONARIES

OUTPATIENT CANCER: THE CANCER SPECIALISTS AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS KIMMEL CANCER CENTER AT SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROVIDE SURGICAL, RADIATION AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SERVICES IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. METRO AREA. AS PART OF THE SIDNEY KIMMEL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE WORLD RENOWNED TREATMENTS, INCLUDING CLINICAL TRIALS AND IMMUNOTHERAPY, OF JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE WITHOUT LEAVING THE REGION. SIBLEY'S ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS PART OF THE ONLY CANCER CENTER IN MARYLAND TO CARRY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S DESIGNATION AS A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, AND ONE OF JUST 72 SUCH CENTERS IN THE U.S. THE CANCER CARE PROVIDED BY THE ONCOLOGY TEAM AT SIBLEY IS INTEGRATED WITH THE CENTER AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL AND OTHER JOHNS HOPKINS ONCOLOGY LOCATIONS. THIS GIVES THE LOCAL TEAM OF PHYSICIANS ACCESS TO THE NEWEST THERAPIES, TREATMENTS AND RESEARCH TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING A TREATMENT PLAN TAILORED TO PATIENTS' INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. SHOULD THE TREATMENT PLAN CALL FOR SURGERY, RADIATION THERAPY, OR OTHER SERVICES, OUR TEAM WORKS WITH THE PATIENT TO COORDINATE EVERY ASPECT OF CARE. MEDICAL ONCOLOGY THE JOHNS HOPKINS KIMMEL CANCER CENTER AT SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BRINGS THE MOST ADVANCED SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, INCLUDING CUTTING EDGE IMMUNOTHERAPY AND CLINICAL TRIALS, TO THE REGION. OUR PHYSICIANS WORK WITH PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS SO THAT NEW TREATMENTS CAN BE QUICKLY TRANSLATED FROM THE LAB TO PATIENTS. RADIATION ONCOLOGY THE RADIATION ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS KIMMEL CANCER CENTER AT SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. OUR TEAM OF RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS, DOSIMETRISTS, PHYSICISTS, THERAPISTS, AND NURSES ARE ALL SPECIALLY TRAINED TO TREAT SPECIFIC CANCERS AND WE WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH OTHER JOHNS HOPKINS EXPERTS, INCLUDING SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY TO CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLANS FOR EACH PATIENT, USING TARGETED TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING PROTON THERAPY AND PROCEDURES SUCH AS BRACHYTHERAPY OUR PATIENT SAFETY PROGRAM - CITED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION - EMPLOYS QUALITY ASSURANCE PROTOCOLS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR PATIENTS. EACH PERSON WHO COMES TO US NEEDING TREATMENT CAN EXPECT INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLANS AND COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTATIONS GEARED TO ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION. WE ALSO ENSURE THAT EACH PATIENT IS PUT AT EASE TO ENSURE THOROUGH PREPARATION FOR THE TREATMENT. WE PROVIDE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF QUALITY CARE, ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY (APEX). SIBLEY OFFERS THE FOLLOWING RADIATION THERAPY OPTIONS: PROTON THERAPY (THE PROTON THERAPY CENTER IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST ADVANCED CENTERS IN THE U.S. WITH THREE TREATMENT ROOMS USING PENCIL BEAM TECHNOLOGY, THE CENTER COMBINES THE UNSURPASSED EXPERTISE OF THE TEAM, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCEMENTS IN RESEARCH TO PROVIDE TAILORED CANCER TREATMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS). - CONVENTIONAL RADIATION THERAPY - 3D CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY - INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY - VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY - IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY - BRACHYTHERAPY - THERANOSTICS

PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES: PERFORMING WELL OVER 10,000 SURGERIES ANNUALLY, SIBLEY OFFERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL SERVICES TO SERVE ITS PATIENTS. SURGEONS PROVIDE ADVANCED SURGICAL TREATMENTS INCLUDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES AND PRECISE IMAGING TECHNOLOGY DURING OPERATIONS. OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES ARE GENERALLY PERFORMED AT THE AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE SURGERIES REQUIRING AN OVERNIGHT STAY ARE PERFORMED AT THE MAIN OPERATING ROOM FACILITY. THE AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER HAS 4 OPERATING ROOMS WHILE THE MAIN OPERATING ROOM FACILITY HAS 11 OPERATING ROOMS. SIBLEY IS THE AREA LEADER IN IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN ITS OPERATING SUITES, INCLUDING HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND ROBOTICS. EXPERIENCED SURGICAL PERSONNEL WORK TOGETHER WITH LEADING SURGEONS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, EXCELLENT SURGICAL CARE. COMMON TYPES OF SURGICAL SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE BREAST SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY, HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, UROLOGICAL SURGERY, OBSTETRICS, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY, SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, THORACIC SURGERY, THYROID AND PARATHYROID SURGERY AND VASCULAR SURGERY. SIBLEY IS ALSO RECOGNIZED LEADER IN ORTHOPEDICS. A LEADING NATIONAL HEALTHCARE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION RATED SIBLEY'S ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION. SIBLEY IS RANKED AMONG THE TOP 100 HOSPITAL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY FOR HIP REPLACEMENT AND IS A BENCHMARK HOSPITAL FOR SUCCESSFUL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERIES, ACCORDING TO HCIA. OVER 60 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERIES ARE PERFORMED EACH WEEK AT SIBLEY. ENDOSCOPIC SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED AT THE ENDOSCOPY SUITE AT SIBLEY. THERE IS A SIX-ROOM SUITE PROVIDING A FULL RANGE OF ENDOSCOPIC SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES ON AN OUTPATIENT OR INPATIENT BASIS. THE FACILITY OFFERS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF QUALITY CARE FOR ITS PATIENTS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER EXAMINATIONS. THE PHYSICIANS ARE ALL BOARD CERTIFIED AND THE SPECIALIZED NURSING STAFF IS HIGHLY TRAINED AND A.C.L.S CERTIFIED. SIBLEY'S COMMITMENT IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PATIENTS PROVIDING THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED POSSIBLE SETTING. THE PROCEDURE ROOMS ARE NEWLY EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING HIGH-DEFINITION ENDOSCOPES, DIGITAL IMAGING, FLAT SCREEN MONITORS AND COMPUTER-GENERATED REPORTS. THESE ALLOW PHYSICIANS TO DETECT, SAMPLE AND REMOVE ABNORMAL TISSUES EVEN SMALL AND HARD-TO-FIND FLAT OR SLIGHTLY RAISED POLYPS. A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES IS OFFERED ON THE UNIT TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT AND MANAGE DIGESTIVE AND RESPIRATORY DISORDERS, INCLUDING ESOPHAGEAL, GASTRIC, SMALL INTESTINE, COLONIC, RECTAL, LIVER, BILIARY TRACT, PANCREATIC AND LUNG. ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES OFFERED INCLUDE UPPER ENDOSCOPY, CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY, COLONOSCOPY, FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY, ERCP, ANORECTAL MANOMETRY, BRONCHOSCOPY, ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND (EUS), AND ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (EBUS).