\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEditor’s note: This story was updated after publication to include an updated quote from Dr. Debra Patt, and to clarify the collaboration between St. David\u2019s South Austin Medical Center and Texas Oncology.<\/p>\n
Access to blood cancer treatment<\/a> and cellular therapy is expanding for residents in the Greater Austin area.<\/p>\n The overview<\/p>\n The Sarah Cannon<\/a> Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at St. David\u2019s South Austin Medical Center<\/a> announced a collaboration with Texas Oncology<\/a> in April. The relationship will allow St. David\u2019s South Austin Medical Center physicians to treat blood cancer and cellular therapy patients within Texas Oncology offices in Round Rock.<\/p>\n What they’re saying<\/p>\n \u201cI am incredibly proud of the collaboration between St. David\u2019s HealthCare and Texas Oncology to expand access to cutting-edge therapies for blood cancer patients in Central Texas,\u201d said Dr. Debra Patt, executive vice president of policy and strategy and managing medical director for the Central and South Texas and Gulf Coast regions of Texas Oncology, in a news release. \u201cThis joint effort reflects the strength of a value-based approach to care, one that allows us to work more seamlessly together, accelerate innovation and ensure patients have access to the most advanced treatments close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor patients who need transplant or cellular therapy, timing, coordination and access to specialized care determine outcomes,\u201d said Aravind Ramakrishnan, medical director of the Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at St. David\u2019s South Austin Medical Center, in the release. \u201cOur shared focus is enhancing the patient experience and ensuring every individual receives seamless, high-quality care throughout their treatment journey.\u201d<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor’s note: This story was updated after publication to include an updated quote from Dr. Debra Patt, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,29839],"class_list":["post-295657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-st-david"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}