Press Releases
April 03, 2007
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Launches “Glimpse of Gilda’s ” Club
Lake Forest, Ill. – Local cancer patients, their families and friends will have a special new education and support program available to them. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is joining forces with Gilda’s Club Chicago, the local affiliate of the worldwide organization that provides emotional and social support to men, women and children with cancer and those close to them. Free of charge and nonprofit, Gilda's Club Chicago offers support and networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events in a warm and welcoming setting as a supplement to medical care.
“We are taking advantage of their expertise and their willingness to reach out to our community,” says Karline Peal, director of the Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine.
Gilda’s Club Chicago has scheduled three presentations this spring on Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the community education rooms of the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, 660 N. Westmoreland Road:
- April 30 – “Emotional Responses to Cancer” presented by Angela Fadragas, AM, LCSW, program director, Gilda’s Club Chicago
- May 21 – “The New Normal: Life After Cancer” presented by Carolyn Utech, LCSW, a cancer survivor and Gilda’s Club Chicago group facilitator
- June 25 – “Cancer and the Family” presented by Nicole Boehne, LCPC, ATR, Noogieland children’s program coordinator, Gilda’s Club Chicago
Please call (847) 535-8500 to register for these free programs.
Gilda’s Club was founded in memory of Gilda Radner, whose astonishing comedic career – best known for portraying such characters as Rosanne Rosannadanna, Emily Litella and Lisa Loopner during the early days of Saturday Night Live – was cut short when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1986. Recognizing how integral the support experience was to her treatment, Radner's dream was to develop a community where anyone with cancer would receive the kind of support she had found. Radner's cancer was diagnosed too late for effective treatment, and she died in 1989. For more information on Gilda’s Club Chicago visit the website at www.gildasclubchicago.org.About Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 854-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 205-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
About Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is a wholly owned entity of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. The hospital has 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has been named the Consumer Choice Hospital for Lake and Kenosha counties according to a survey by National Research Corporation for five years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses, best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
The hospital’s mission is to provide communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Clinical services are delivered at the hospital’s Lake Forest and Grayslake campuses, and at facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. At the main hospital in Lake Forest, exemplary care is provided in Cain Family Emergency Services, the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health, the Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center, the Waud Family Maternity Services and the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine. CareCoach, Lake County’s only mobile health program, provides care for the underserved at 25 locations throughout the region. For more information, visit lfh.org.