Sacred Heart Services Cancer Care Your Cancer Care Team
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Your Cancer Care Team

We’re here to treat your cancer and to help you and your family through the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of life that cancer affects.

For more information, call us at (715) 717-3300.

Mihailo Lalich, MD

Oncologist
Prevea Health

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Office Location:
Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
(715) 717-3300

Mark Steinmetz, MD

 

Radiation Oncologist
Northwest Radiation Oncology Associates, SC

Office Location:
Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
715-717-3300
 

Sarah Reiter, APNP, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner
Prevea Health

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Office Location:
HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
715-717-3300

Jessica Gugel, MSN, RN, OCN, CNL

 

Nurse Navigator
Prevea Health

Office Location:
Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
715-717-3300

Julie Ryder, MSN, RN, CMSRN

 

Nurse Navigator
Prevea Health

Office Location:
Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
715-717-3300

Katie Sarver, MS, LPC, NCC

 

Oncology Counselor
Prevea Health

Office Location:
Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
715-717-1468

Counselors

 

Our counselors are here to help you and your family cope with your diagnosis, treatment and side effects. They can offer supportive counseling, stress management, relaxation/visualization/imagery techniques, spiritual support, biofeedback and education.

Dietitians

 

Registered dietitians can provide you with an individualized plan to optimize healthy eating choices and keep you strong, as well as provide a variety of helpful nutritional educational materials and resources. 

Social Workers

 

You and your family may have financial concerns and insurance issues. Our social workers can provide assistance in dealing with those concerns, as well as Social Security disability, transportation needs, home care referrals, nursing home placement or home equipment needs. 
 

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Palliative Care Team

 

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious, chronic, and life-threatening illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of illness—whatever the diagnosis.

 

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Home Health and Hospice Service

 

Our sister hospital, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital, offers Home Health and Hospice services to a multi-county area in and around Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire. The team includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, enterostomal therapists (therapists who are certified to assist in the specialized care of patients who have undergone enterostomy or who require special skin or wound care.), medical social workers and home health aides. They all work closely with your physician to give you the option of being cared for in the comfort of your own home. To learn more about the professional and experienced Home Health and Hospice services at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital, please call (715) 726-3485 or (800) 726-3485.

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Cancer Clinical Research

 

The clinical research program at the Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is part of the HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Research Institute. Our current cancer clinical trials includes studies in breast, carcinoid, colon/rectal, esophageal, transitional cell, head/neck, liver, kidney, leukemia, lung, lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, prostate and sarcoma.

For more information, please contact a HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital clinical research associate at (715) 717-6146.

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