You are a survivor the day you get diagnosed.
Throughout the month of June we honor National Cancer Survivors Month. SVMC recently spoke with six survivors, who are current and former patients of the Dartmouth Cancer Center, Bennington.
Each shared their unique journeys and advice to others facing similar diagnoses.
Special thanks to these incredible individuals, for sharing their story:
- Joana Genova of Manchester, VT – artistic director of Taconic Music and professor at Bennington College and Williams College.
- Julie Case, an employee of SVMC and recent skydiving enthusiast
- Wendy Klein-Faller of Pownal, VT, facilitator of the local Multiple Myeloma Support Group
- Leslie and Mike Bacon, of Peru, VT, who have been navigating their individual diagnoses as a couple
- Harold Rowe, an area resident who has become well-known at the cancer center as the “rose man.”
Watch their stories:
We’ll be sharing more of their individual stories in the future and at the Summer Gala on June 21, as SVMC marks the groundbreaking for the new Hoyt-Hunter Center for Oncology Care at Dartmouth Cancer Center, Bennington.
Learn more about the Dartmouth Cancer Center in Bennington.
Find resources for cancer survivors at this link.
About Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), a member of Dartmouth Health, is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVMC includes the Dartmouth Cancer Center at SVMC, the SVHC Foundation, as well as 25 primary and specialty care practices. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is among the most lauded small rural health systems in the nation. It is the recipient of the American Hospital Association’s 2020 Rural Hospital Leadership Award. In addition, SVMC is a five-time recipient of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence. SVMC provides exceptional care without discriminating on the basis of an individual’s age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Language assistance services, free of charge, are available at 1-800-367-9559.