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FOCUS ON PHILANTHROPY

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

GIFTS THAT MAKE
A DIFFERENCE
When I want to put a face to

Committed
to Breast
Health Care

our mission of loving service and

Hearing the words "I'm sorry, but your biopsy is

compassionate care, Michael J.

positive for breast malignancy" may be one of the

Schultz, MD, medical director

scariest sentences a woman will ever hear. But today,

of the Breast Center in our Cancer

there is good news: Advancements in diagnosis, treat-

Institute, immediately comes

ment and follow-up care have dramatically increased

to mind. Our team is so blessed

survival rates for breast cancer patients.

to have Dr. Schultz, who not only

Now, most people treated for breast cancer will

provides excellent clinical care to his breast cancer

live for many years. In fact, there are more breast

patients, but who, with his gentle compassion, is the

cancer survivors in the United States than any other

very definition of loving care. Dr. Schultz's healing

group of cancer survivors.

gift is all the more important, as 1 in 8 women will be

Under the leadership of Michael J. Schultz, MD,

diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime.

the Breast Center, part of the Cancer Institute at UM

This frightening disease, at some point, affects all

St. Joseph Medical Center, understands breast cancer

of us. To ensure that his model of care continues in
perpetuity, Dr. Schultz and his wife, Joan, established
the Geraldine G. Schultz Fund for Breast Cancer
Survivors in honor of Dr. Schultz's late mother, a
40-year breast cancer survivor. The fundraising goal
for the endowment is $2 million, raised solely through
philanthropy, and I am delighted to report that we
are nearly halfway there!
My wife, Janet, and I are proud to support the
Schultz Fund. Both of us have seen the effects of
breast cancer on several people who are very dear to
us. The fund is a phenomenal initiative to ensure that
breast cancer patients are healed in body and soul
until that day comes-and it will-when breast cancer

ERIS CHORNEY

"Survivorship
means that
I can provide
hope for the
newly diagnosed
and empower
them to be active
participants in
their care."

will be a disease that lives only in the history books.
patients have distinctive psychosocial needs associated with detection, treatment, reconstruction and
survivorship. The Breast Center is the culmination of

The Honorable Francis X. Kelly Jr.

Dr. Schultz's dream to create a place where physi-

Chairman, Operating Board

cians and staff come to patients, as opposed to the

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

reverse. The No More Sleepless Nights™ commitment,

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