Academic Medical Centers

The Pioneers of Cancer Care Have Never Had it Harder

Funding cuts. Staffing shortages. Increasing competition. These pressing challenges have university-based centers asking: How will our oncology divisions and programs adapt and evolve?

Most likely, the answer to that question begins with reassessing your 5-to-10 year vision, which is what so many academic medical centers are doing right now. Oncology Solutions can help you clarify and execute that vision – in fact, we lead the nation in project collaborations with university-based cancer programs.

Moreover, our roots are in academic medicine. As a contractor to the NIH in the early 1970s, Oncology Solutions helped establish the initial criteria for NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation. That experience introduced us to the pioneering work of academic medical centers and the intricacies of translational research.

Since then, half of the nation’s medical schools have chosen Oncology Solutions to help them:

• develop strategic plans (scientific, clinical and capital business)
• prepare for NCI Cancer Center designation
• evaluate cancer center facilities and technology to stay current
• develop affiliation and research network planning
• establish strategies and models to promote integration with community-based caregivers

While academic medical centers are being challenged like never before, they’re also more important than ever. Promising new therapies and developments toward a cancer cure are most likely to emerge from university laboratories.

Oncology Solutions recognizes this. And our long history with academic cancer centers reflects a deep understanding of the academic environment and culture and the unique issues facing such centers. Contact us to talk about how we can help your center thrive.