Levine Children’s Hospital has received $500,000 from the Adam Faulk Tanksley Foundation to support advanced pediatric-cancer research.
The foundation was established in honor of Tanksley, a 5-year-old cancer survivor.
The contribution will expand local access to high-level clinical trials, including the testing of cancer therapies and cancer-related research studies for pediatric-cancer patients.
Levine Children’s Hospital is a 12-story, 234-bed facility on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, flagship of Carolinas HealthCare System.
Since opening in 2007, the $85 million children’s hospital has seen 500 new patients in its Pediatric Hematology Oncology Center.
“We can place Levine Children’s Hospital among the best in the nation in the fight against childhood cancer,” says Dr. Leonard Feld, the Sara A. and Smoky H. Bissell Endowed Chairman of Pediatrics at the children’s hospital.
The center treats patients with brain tumors, kidney cancer, bone and soft-tissue tumors, lymphoma and leukemia. The program most recently added neuro-oncology services and blood and marrow transplants.
The expanded pediatric-oncology program includes a team of six board-certified physicians and four mid-level providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Charlotte-based Carolinas HealthCare is the largest health-care system in the Carolinas and the third-largest public system in the nation. It has more than 44,000 full- and part-time employees and about 1,750 physicians.
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