Congratulations to our own Allison Beyers for being named one of the Top 10 Nurses in Central Illinois!
From the Sunday, May 12 Herald & Review – Nursing is something of a family business for Allison Beyers. “I became a nurse because my mom is a nurse and I always knew that I wanted to take care of people, therefore I followed in her footsteps,” she said. The mom of two is a […]
Cancer Care Center of O’Fallon Groundbreaking – video
Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois and HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital are working together to bring comprehensive cancer services to patients in metro east region. The radiation oncology center is scheduled to open in early 2020.
Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois and HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital hold ceremonial groundbreaking for a new cancer care center in O’Fallon, IL
O’FALLON, IL – HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois held a ceremonial groundbreaking to highlight the future site of a new cancer care center that will offer comprehensive cancer services to patients in the metro east region. The radiation oncology center is expected to open in early 2020. The 31,000 square […]
Cancer Care Specialists Voted Best Cancer Center
Thank you Decatur, for choosing Cancer Care Specialists as the Best Cancer Center in the Herald & Review’s 2019 Readers Poll. Congratulations to our great team who work hard everyday to continue to make sure our patients receive the best in state-of-the-art, personalized care!
Cancer Care Specialists First in Downstate Illinois to Offer New Spacing Device to Benefit Prostate Cancer Patients
Decatur, IL — Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois is helping to pioneer a new tool proven to protect prostate cancer patients from the negative effects of radiation therapy. Recently, the first patient at CCSI was injected with SpaceOAR® hydrogel, the first FDA cleared spacing device to protect the rectum in men undergoing radiation therapy for […]
Welcome Christel G. Wheeler, FNP-BC
Decatur, IL – Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois (CCSI) is pleased to announce the addition of Christel G. Wheeler, Nurse Practitioner, to its practice in November of 2018. She primarily sees patients at the Cancer Care Center of Decatur. Wheeler obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix, Arizona in 2012. […]
New partnership gives central, southern Illinois cancer patients access to academic medical center’s world-class cancer specialists
Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois, a Decatur-based oncology practice, is the newest affiliate of the University of Chicago Medicine’s clinically integrated network that works to improve access, value and quality of care. The agreement gives CCSI’s patients expedited access to the academic medical center’s world-class experts. CCSI, a multi-specialty physician group of 20 medical, radiation […]
How Your Peers Manage the Complexities of Care
Dr. Mark Walshauser, medical oncologist and hematologist with CCSI, recently participated in an article for Oncology Business Management, “How Your Peers Manage the Complexities of Care”. Read the PDF of the full article here > “How Your Peers Manage the Complexities of Care” Article provided courtesy of: Author – Deborah Abrams Kaplan – www.kaplanink.com OncLive […]
Dr. James L. Wade III, Honored at the 35th National Oncology Conference
Rockville, MD—The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) has honored James L. Wade III, MD, FACP, FASCO, with the prestigious David King Community Clinical Scientist Award. Dr. Wade is an active leader in cancer research and works as both a committee chair and a board member of several NCI-sponsored national and international research organizations. Dr. […]
Welcome Jennifer N. Born, APRN, NP-C
Decatur, IL – Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois (CCSI) is pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer N. Born, Nurse Practitioner, to its practice in July of 2018. She primarily sees patients at the Cancer Care Center of Decatur. Born obtained her Bachelor of Science in Health Education from Illinois State University in 2001. She […]