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Rita Abigail (Abby) Sartor
Rita Abigail (Abby) Sartor, MD is an Innovation Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and second year fellow in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the…
Justin Greisz
Justin Greisz is an Innovation Fellow at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Justin is currently…
GIFTT: The Guaranteed Income and Financial Treatment Trial
Project Description Financial hardships impact one in three patients during the course of their cancer treatment, and are experienced more severely by women, people of color, and low-income families.
David Dougherty
David W. Dougherty, MD, MBA, is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and the Deputy Director of Clinical Services at the Abramson Cancer…
First Intervention on Financial Toxicity in Gynecologic Oncology
Project Description Gynecologic cancers are the third most common cancer in the United States. While advances such as multi-modal therapeutics have had a positive impact on care and overall…
Pioneering Radiation Oncology Episode Payment
Project Description Whereas payment for radiotherapy treatment has historically been fee-for-service, Penn Medicine has pioneered episode-based payment: bundling payments for radiation services within a defined period of care as…
Financial Navigation Program for Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Project Description Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells which is currently incurable and often requires systemic therapy for the duration of a patient’s life–which for one…
Meredith Doherty
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Meredith Doherty, PhD, LCSW is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and is an Assistant…
Impact of Insurance Coverage on Clinical Trial Enrollment
Project Description Cancer clinical trials have vital benefits: evaluating the safety of new therapies, establishing new standards of care, and, in some cases, prolonging patients’ lives. However, members of…
IMPACT: Improving Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
Project Description Lazarex Cancer Foundation established a pilot financial reimbursement program in 2013 aiming to remove financial barriers to clinical trial participation for patients with cancer. There was a…