GCS Physician Dr. Jay Traveled to Honduras to Help at Cancer Center

Dr. Jayanthi Srinivasiah (Dr. Jay), along with her 16-year-old daughter, recently traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, through the Honduras Outreach Program. Dr. Jay worked with the center’s director, Dr. Flora Duarte, as well as local oncologists, nurses, and patients to both observe and contribute to the medical care cancer patients are receiving in Tegucigalpa. During her weeklong visit, she also offered expert consultation for a tumor board and gave talks in genomics and cancer. 

Dr. Jay spent four days seeing patients at Tegucigalpa’s cancer center, Emma Romero de Callejas, giving feedback on the treatment options she was seeing among cancer patients there.

“I felt that my visit was extremely beneficial to both the doctors in Tegucigalpa and to myself, as I felt fulfilled to help with the patients’ needs,” Dr. Jay said. “I plan to do this next year again in March 2012 and take a few nurses with me if possible, as well as any other personnel who may be interested in helping the cancer center achieve its goals.”

The clinic also needs increased financial support, Dr. Jay noted, and she hopes some fundraising efforts can be established on the clinic’s behalf.  

Dr. Jay offers comprehensive cancer care at the GCS-Stemmer (2712 Lawrenceville Highway, Decatur; 770-496-5555) and GCS-Johns Creek (6335 Hospital Parkway; 770-623-8965) locations.

Georgia Cancer Specialists is a Top 10 private cancer practice in the U.S. and a leader in advanced cancer treatment and research. The practice supports more than 200,000 patient visits each year. GCS offers community-based medical oncology and hematology services and is the first private oncology practice to also provide a full range of support services for patients in Georgia, including nutritional counseling, pain management, wellness counseling, and home health coordination. The GCS research department, whose focus is bringing targeted cancer therapy to communities, is the first in Georgia to offer Phase I clinical trials, the most novel cancer therapies available. GCS has 31 offices, 45 physicians, and more than 500 support staff members located in Metro Atlanta, North and Central Georgia, Southeast Tennessee, and Southwest North Carolina. Georgia Cancer Specialists can be found on the web at www.gacancer.com. GCS is The Cancer Answer.