OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER PLANS NEW STATE OF THE ART CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH FACILITY

New Ambulatory Oncology Service To Be Named For David Francis D'Urso

Bronx, New York.....A new not-for-profit comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility is being developed for the comprehensive Cancer Center at Our lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. The proposed new state-of-the-art facility will house an ambulatory care services for cancer patients to be named The David Francis D'Urso Ambulatory Oncology Service, medical and community cancer education facilities and clinical research units. The modern high-tech Cancer Center to be built at an estimated cost of $18 million, will be a six-story, 60,000 square foot structure, located on the existing campus, with parking and a walkway to the main hospital for direct access for patients and their families. This will physically connect the building with the Cancer Center's in-patient unit, and bone marrow transplant unit located with in the main hospital building. Over 8,000 patients are expected to be treated annually at the new Cancer Center. "We are delighted that philanthropist Florence D'Urso has just announced that she is making us a significant gift for our to our Cancer Center. In recognition of Ms. D'Urso's generosity Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center will be naming our ambulatory care service in memory of her son David Francis D'Urso who died from leukemia. It will be The David Francis D'Urso Ambulatory Oncology Service. We plan to combine the latest advances in the treatment and care of cancer patients with research capabilities that are on the cutting-edge, all located in a premier-class facility," said Gary S. Horan, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of Our Lady of Mercy Healthcare System. The director of the Cancer Center is Peter H. Wiernik, MD. Dr. Wiernik's career spans more than 30 years in cancer treatment and research, and he has earned national and international recognition for his work in the diagnosis.