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EFTA02682709 EFTA R1 01997927 • • THE WALL srREgr JOURNAL ' A20 Monday, March 28, 2011 CITY NEWS DONOR OF THE DAY I By Laura Landro r Survivor's Prescription for Care for women in one place from dren. They have been active in she says. will serve as co-directors of As both cancer survivor and the center. In addition to pa- the time they are diagnosed many charities, and Mr. Dubin That won't be the case at physician, Eva Andersson-Du- tient care, the center will have through recovery and after- was a founding board member Mount Sinai, where Dr. Ander- bin is all too familiar with the weekly meetings on transla- care. of the Robin Hood Foundation, sson-Dubin was intimately in- lack of access to coordinated, tional medicine—the incorpo- Dr. Andersson-Dubin, a for- and joined the Mount Sinai volved in every aspect of the seamless patient care for pa- ration of the latest research mer Miss Sweden and model Board of Trustees in 2004. new center's design, picking tients confronting breast can- cer. for the Ford agency, left the / years ago, they 2 But 31 out fabrics and photographs in findings into treatment. faced a medical crisis of their the welcoming reception area In addition to clinicians for That's why she and her hus- glamorous life to attend medi- own when Dr. Andersson-Dubin and private chemotherapy in- radiology, medical oncology, band, philanthropist and cal school at the Karolinicsa In- was diagnosed with Stage One fusion rooms, she says. She surgery, and radiation, the cen- hedge-fund executive Glenn stitute School of Medicine in Dubin, donated $15 million and Stockholm, and then at UCLA breast cancer. Despite her pro- says she chose Mount Sinai be- ter will provide psychosocial School of Medicine, where she fessional savvy and connec- cause of its commitment to support—including holistic helped raise another 87.4 mil- lion to create the Dubin Breast received her MD. She com- tions, she found herself navi- building up its cancer care and therapies such as massage, nu- pleted her medical residency at gating the fragmented world of its recruitment of George Rap- trition, and patient counseling. Center at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, which will be Lenox Hill Hospital, then cancer care, dealing with sev- tis, a top oncologist who came With doctors, nurses, and so- worked in corporate medical eral doctors who were rarely from Columbia University Col- cial workers under one roof, completed next week. Dr. Andersson-Dubin expects The center, in a L5,000- clinics, finding time along the in communication with each lege of Physicians and Sur- other. geons and formerly worked at communication and teamwork square-foot space carved out way to marry Mr. Dubin, a co- of some old offices on the first founder and chief executive of •I had to lug my charts Memorial Sloan-Kettering Can- to be easier, making for seam- Highbridge Capital, the multi- around everywhere and be re- cer Center. less transitions of care. But floor of the Fifth Avenue IGin- most importantly, she says, billion dollar hedge fund sponsible for everything, and Dr. Andersson-Dubin fre- genstein Pavillion, is a compre- hensive state-of-the-art facility owned by J.P. Morgan Chase & everyone taking care of me quently confers with Dr. Raptis "the patient's needs are going Ca The couple have three chil- was in a different location," and surgeon Elisa Port, who to come first." that promises integrated care