Looking Back and Running Forward

The collaboration ensured that the best treatment capabilities, which were also the most expensive, could be acquired through cost sharing. The community is the primary beneficiary, with a cancer center that rivals the most advanced academic centers anywhere.

Today, WMCC sees more than 2,200 new patients annually and averages nearly 80,000 patient visits. Through continuing investments in technology and clinical excellence patients are experiencing benefits of earlier detection and more effective treatment procedures. As a result, we are able to treat and beat more cancers, and ensure a better quality of life for cancer survivors.

WMCC employs more than 120 people who together have created a totally unique clinical environment to ensure the most effective fight against the disease. Our doctors, nurses and staff inspire hope and confidence through their attitudes and outlooks. Happily, it isn’t just wishful thinking. We are winning against more types of cancers today than at any other time in history.

And we’re not doing it alone. Our community has the most generous and gifted volunteers one could imagine. At WMCC, more than 100 volunteers brighten the day of all who walk through our doors. Greeters offer assistance, our well-received coffee cart volunteers share refreshments, and even pet and music therapy programs bring comfort, and a personal coach is available to every new patient. To assist patients as they re-engage in life, WMCC offers a plethora of complimentary therapies such as tai chi, daily massage, yoga, conditioning, and a fitness room.

In WMCC’s quest to be nationally recognized for quality cancer care, we have pursued and received accreditations for quality care by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Radiation Oncology, and the first of only a few by the American Society of Clinical Oncology with its Quality Oncology Practice Initiative certification.

We have great plans for the immediate future. Before another decade passes by, we will add several more tumor-specific clinics so patients can experience even more seamless, integrated treatment. We will deploy even more sophisticated technologies for detection and treatment of cancer. We will continue to handpick the best and the brightest doctors and staff. We will ensure our community, neighbors, and families have every tool possible to win their personal challenges with cancer. We will fight for our patients when they are weak, and fight with them when they are strong. Because, together, we win.

 Joseph Mirro, MD – President/Chief Executive Officer/Chief Medical Officer

Vision:

WMCC will be nationally recognized for quality cancer care delivered compassionately.

Mission:

Our mission is to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life for our patients.

Values:

• We will create an environment that inspires confident optimism.
• We are committed to providing the most effective therapies and treatments.
• We are committed to winning the fight with cancer, one patient at a time.
• We will use the extent of our talent, technology, and tenacity every day for every patient.
• We will foster a workplace which invites innovation, participation, loyalty and mutual respect for one another and all those we are privileged to serve.
• We will continuously strive to become a recognized leader in clinical research, education, treatment, and advanced technology.