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Over the past 40 years, Southeast Missouri Hospital has earned recognition as a premier provider of cancer care services in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. In 2008, more than 700 patients and their families put their trust in Southeast for quality, comprehensive and advanced cancer care delivered by a caring and compassionate staff.
1967
Southeast Missouri Hospital makes its commitment to quality cancer care for this region when a Cobalt 60 teletherapy unit is installed at the Hospital for radiation therapy treatment.
1981
Southeast completes construction of the $3 million Regional Cancer Center. Built into the Hospital hillside, the Regional Cancer Center and its state-of-the-art equipment is yet another stepping stone toward a brighter prognosis for cancer patients.
1984
Although Southeast has maintained a Tumor Registry since the 1930s, in 1984 cancer becomes a reportable disease in the state of Missouri. The Commission on Cancer states that a 90 percent follow up should be maintained for all patients diagnosed with cancer within the past five years. In 2007, Southeast's Tumor Registry rate for follow up is 99.06 percent.
1985
Southeast implements Home Health Services, becoming the first hospital-based home care agency in the region.
1986
Southeast introduces the concept of hospice care to the region through Southeast Hospice.
1990
Southeast completes a new MRImaging Center in the Regional Cancer Center. The $2.1 million project replaces the mobile magnetic resonance imaging unit that the Hospital has used since 1987.
Radiation Oncologist Dr. Joseph P. Miller began practicing at the Regional Cancer Center.
1993
Southeast Hospice becomes Medicare Certified and a separate department from Southeast Home Health.
1997
Cancer patients and their families find a new avenue for video and print information about cancer as well as educational programs about cancer presented by healthcare professionals with the opening of the Generations Family Resource Center.
2000
The Hospital's Regional Brain and Spine Center implements a highly sophisticated wireless image guided neuro navigational system which enables neurosurgeons to perform complicated and delicate surgeries to remove tumors and other abnormalities of the brain.
2001
A new 1.5 Tesla strength unit is installed in the MRImaging Center. The $1.7 million project replaces a magnet in use since 1990.
2002
A new service, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is added. PET provides physicians with unique diagnostic data that is particularly helpful in the diagnosis and staging of many cancers.
Southeast files a Certificate of Need (CON) application with the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee in Jefferson City for a new multi-energy linear accelerator at the Regional Cancer Center. The unit features Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), a new form of radiation therapy that combines computer-generated beams of nonuniform intensity to produce a highly conformal uniform dose to cancerous tumors while simultaneously providing unprecedented sparing of surrounding sensitive tissues.
2003
Individuals with a strong cancer history (breast, ovarian and colon) can receive cancer risk assessment, counseling, education and, if appropriate, genetic testing at the region's first Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic at the Regional Cancer Center.
The treatment of prostate cancer with radioactive seed implantation is offered, allowing many men the option of receiving radiation therapy for their prostate cancer in one day rather than over eight weeks.
2004
Southeast introduces to the state NovalisR Shaped Beam SurgeryTM. Novalis combines image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with stereotactic radiosurgery offering unsurpassed precision for treatment of small tumors of the brain, spine, prostate and other areas of the body.
2005
As part of a renovation of existing nursing units, renovation of the Inpatient Oncology Unit is completed.
2006
A key component of services for women is redefined with the opening of the Breast Care and Diagnostic Center at 60 Doctors' Park.
Southeast becomes the third hospital in Missouri and the first community hospital in the state to offer robotic-assisted surgery for prostatectomies using the revolutionary daVinci® Surgical System.
2007
Radiation Therapy adds MammoSite® high dose-rate brachytherapy for the treatment of some early stage breast tumors to its arsenal of technologies to fight cancer.
A new X-ray therapy system specifically designed to treat skin cancer, also is added in Radiation Therapy.
Southeast introduces www.technologyofhope.com, the Novalis Web site that contains useful information for both physicians and patients.
2008
Plans are unveiled for a new, 49,200 square foot Regional Cancer Center on the Hospital's West Campus. The $33 million project will open in December 2010.
Hematologists - Oncologists, Dr. Roberto Martinez, and Dr. Celia Chan began practicing at the Regional Cancer Center.
2009
Hematologist - Oncologist Dr. Krishnamohan R. Basarakodu (Dr. Krishna) began practicing at the Regional Cancer Center.
Hematologist - Oncologist Dr. James C. Mosley III began practicing at the Regional Cancer Center.
2010
The $33 million Regional Cancer Center is set to open in December, 2010. The center will occupy 49,200 square feet and is one of the largest projects in the history of Southeast Missouri Hospital.
Hematologist - Oncologist Dr. Sri Laxmi Valasareddi began practicing at the Regional Cancer Center. |