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UR MEDICINE WILMOT CANCER
HOME CARE INSTITUTE
$36,378 $621,481
• Meals On Wheels provided hundreds of • Wilmot continued to invest in the expansion of
thousands of nutritious, volunteer delivered the clinical trials program and enrolled 495
meals to homebound recipients throughout patients in 184 clinical trials in 2021, an increase
Monroe County. of more than 70 percent over the last five years.
• UR Medicine Home Care monitored thousands • Philanthropic support has seeded several
of patients’ blood pressure, temperature, weight, promising pilot grants that have potential to
and oxygen levels right from their homes using transform treatment options for cancer patients;
telehealth technology, resulting in an estimated many of these grants are eligible to apply for
annual health care cost savings of $1.5 million. additional funding through foundations and
• The hospice and palliative care teams provided federal agencies, which further amplifies the
the highest quality of care for more than 2,000 impact our donors have.
patients and their families during the final stages • Annual funds supported Wilmot’s recent
of life. Bereavement counselors partnered with recruitment of Daniel Mulkerin, MD, associate
local agencies to welcome children to Camp director, Regional Operations for Wilmot Cancer
Heartstrings—a summer camp promoting Institute and vice chair, Regional Operations for
understanding, accepting, and healing for the Department of Medicine and M. Patricia
children adjusting to the loss of a loved one. Rivera, MD, division chief of Pulmonology and
Critical Care Medicine, associate director of
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, and director of the
Clinical Lung Screening Program.
HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISION
$98,911
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