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Healthcare professionals from Hananatsu University
School of Nursing in Shizuoka, Japan, recently visited
the Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center in Winthrop’s
Children’s Medical Center and Winthrop’s Cancer Center
for Kids (CCFK) to learn more about pediatric oncology
services at the Hospital. At the CCFK, they heard about
Project S.O.A.R., which provides School re-entry and
Ongoing Academic Resources to children during and after
treatment for pediatric cancer. Present for the tour of
the Cancer Center for Kids were (back row, from left)
Ed Chewens, Administrative Director of the Children’s
Medical Center at Winthrop; Nancy Morreale, licensed
social worker, CCFK; Cathy Shimmel, RN, MA, CPON, Nurse Manager, CCFK; (back row, fourth from right) Mark Weinblatt, MD,
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Winthrop and Director of the Cancer Center for Kids, and (back row,
third from right) Terrie Magro of the Michael Magro Foundation, which supports Project S.O.A.R. at Winthrop’s CCFK.