Advocacy Spotlight: Jeff Vacirca, MD, FACP, COA's Past President
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, New York, NY
The need for more convenient, high-quality cancer care in a bustling community like the greater New York region is often unclear to those living outside of it. For Jeff Vacirca, MD, FACP—a lifelong New Yorker and CEO of New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS)—it couldn’t have been more apparent.
“People in some of the most densely populated areas of New York couldn’t find the care they needed,” Dr. Vacirca explains. “That’s why community oncology practices like NYCBS are so important: we meet our patients in our community where they are.”
With locations across the city’s five boroughs, Long Island, and Upstate New York, NYCBS ensures community cancer care is available to all. The practice’s expansive reach and continued commitment to patients benefit from the total support of COA. Advocacy resources, operational support, and invaluable peer-to-peer networks equip practices like Dr. Vacirca’s with the tools they need to succeed.
Whatever the challenge facing community oncology and the patients treated in it, COA and its national network of practice professionals spring into action, ready to support and defend independent practices.
“COA is the reason that so many patients continue to have access to high-quality cancer care without needing to sacrifice their time or money,” says Dr. Vacirca. “With COA by our side, the future for community oncology will always be bright.”
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