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About CST

Our Staff

Cancer Support Team's staff members are well-trained, compassionate professionals who provide comprehensive supportive services to cancer patients and their families. With many years of experience working in hospitals, home care, and hospice programs, our staff members are uniquely qualified to care for individuals with cancer, as well as provide information and support to loved ones involved in their care.

Our staff members truly understand the special needs of those affected by cancer and can tailor services to patients' and families' individual concerns at any stage of the cancer diagnosis.

Executive Director
Judith Dobrof, DSW

Coordinator of Patient and Family Services
Lucille Winton, R.N.

Business Administrator
Julie Meade

Nurses
Rita Burke, R.N.
Helen Cuccia, R.N.
Patrick Shields, R.N.
Katie Shields, R.N.
Patty Vaughn, R.N.

Social Workers
Judy Delehanty, LCSW
Bonnie Markey, LCSW
Debbie Oberlander, LMSW

Case Manager
Kristina Rodriguez

Administrative Assistants
Cathy Collins
Gini Ricca

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Our Board of Directors

Officers

President
Arnold M. Wald, M.D.
Co-Founder, Cancer Support Team, Founder, Rye Radiology; retired physician

Secretary
Lisa Edmiston, Development Consultant

Treasurer
Rupert Walters
Group President, The NPD Group

RuthAnn Brazill, Law and Government Affairs, AT&T

John A. Geoghegan, Esq., Attorney at Law, Gellert & Klein, P.C.

Brian Leeney, Retired Executive VP and Director of Mergers & Acquisitions, Allied Irish Bank USA

Carol Petrillo, Board Member, Sound Shore Medical Center

Carla Volpe Porter, General Counsel, Renaissance Technologies Corp.

Eduardo Saponara, M.D., F.A.C.P. Director, Department of Medicine; Chief, Hematology Division, Lawrence Hospital Center

Christina Staudt, PhD, Co-founder and President Westchester End of Life Coalition

Frank Webers, President, Collins Brothers Movers

Tania Weiss, Senior Producer, Alan Weiss Productions

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Board Emeriti

James Coogan ,Esq.
Miriam Curnin
Geraldine Durkin, R.N.
Carol Headley
Harriet Huber
Maggi Landau
David Lindskog, Esq.
Mildred Marshall
Anne Martin
Morgan Sullivan-Walsh, Esq.

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Our Advisory Board

Mark Edmiston
Sue Formato
Harriet Huber
Betty Kelly
Philip J. Orlando, C.F.A.
Carla Volpe Porter
Lynn Redgrave
Tony Sibio
Linda Smith-Shearer
Robert Wiener

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History

Cancer Support Team was founded in 1978 under the guidance and vision of Arnold Wald, M.D. and Gayle Lee, R.N. They understood the special needs of cancer patients, and created what has become the only Westchester-based home care program providing nursing and supportive care to those with cancer and their families at any stage of the disease, at no cost and without regard to insurance coverage. CST incorporated in 1983 as a non-profit organization and, in 1992, became licensed by the New York State Department of Health.

CST has grown over the years and continues to offer a comprehensive array of medical, educational and support services. Our staff consists of nurses, social workers and a case manager who provide services from diagnosis, through treatment and beyond. They work in conjunction with over 50 volunteers to provide the support that those affected by cancer need to cope with the diagnosis. Today, CST serves over 450 individuals annually as well as many family members, friends and caregivers involved in their care.

First to care when the need is there.

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