Medical Departments (June '09)

1. Oncology
2. Infusion services
3. Oncology infusion
4. Radiology
5. Interventional Radiology
6. Radiology Oncology
7. Infectious Diseases
8. Pulmonary
9. Gynecology
10. Surgery -- which includes anesthesiology
11. Gynecological surgery
12. Extended observation services
13. Surgery
14. Urgent Care
15. Anti-coagulation management services
16. Wound healing
17. Occupational therapy
18. Physical therapy
19. Dermatology
20. Gastroenterology

In no particular order, these are the departments or specialty centers at Group Health Cooperative that I have visited since I first had symptoms of cancer in summer of 2006. This list does not include various pharmacies, labs and treatment centers at Group Health clinics. Most of these encounters have been at the Central (Seattle) GHC, but some have been at the Bellevue GHC which opened in July of 2008.

Doctors whose names I can remember: Chen, Maxin, Madsen, Pallister, Grice, Froines, Thompson, Herstein.

Oncology infusion nurses (first name basis): Jane, Jane, Ruth, Ruth Anne, Maureen, Karen, Julie, Norma, Dan.

Schedulers (in oncology infusion): Mark, Beverly, Nick.

I am grateful to all of these people. They have ALL been kind, helpful, professional, competent and caring.