Cancer Care Without Boundaries

Dr. Ahmed with patient

Cancer Care Without Boundaries

Improving life expectancy and the patient experience

Improving life expectancy and the patient experience

A cancer diagnosis can leave you wondering what's next. But what if it didn’t have to? 

Rapid innovation and research breakthroughs continue to shift the paradigm of how and where cancer can be treated. By leveraging these advances across our RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center locations, we’ll provide compassionate, personalized cancer care every step of the way. 

There is still work to do to save more lives. With your partnership, we will ensure more families across the greater Chicago area have access to high-quality care, promising clinical trials and unmatched, supportive patient experiences. Will you join us?

Gifts of any amount to any Rush cancer program help us achieve our mission to provide every person with the care they need at every stage of their cancer journey.

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The Boundaries We’ll Break

Together, we can identify more cancers in their earliest stages and expand access to life-changing care. Here are the opportunities we can seize with your partnership:

  • Cancer care close to home: Enhance technology, facilities and systems across the region to provide world-renowned cancer care close to home.
  • High-quality cancer care at every stage: Strengthen equitable, patient-centered care for all cancer types and in early detection and prevention, supportive oncology, and survivorship initiatives.
  • Research to fuel advancements: Drive the future of cancer prevention, detection and survivorship through basic science research, clinical trials and evidence-based approaches to care.
  • Best-in-class faculty and staff: Attract the best and brightest cancer experts in the field, provide the tools and resources they need to train the next generation of providers, and bring you the care you deserve.
Amina Ahmed, MD

“Our patients are at the center of everything we do. We are committed to providing people the care and support they need to thrive — starting with diagnosis and continuing throughout their lives.”

— Amina Ahmed, MD
Director, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
The George D. Wilbanks, MD, Professorship of Gynecologic Oncology

Why Rush?

  • Rush is committed to providing quality services to diagnose, treat and support people dealing with cancer. Our partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center* reinforces this promise. It allows us to enhance our cancer program systemwide with more advanced treatments, research and better care for you. 
  • In February 2023, we opened the Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building — a new systemwide anchor for cancer services, representing the greatest milestone to date in our mission to create the cancer program our families and communities deserve.
  • The Regenstein Breast Imaging Center is at the forefront of innovation in breast cancer screening — from boasting one of the most advanced fleets of imaging equipment to pioneering a personalized screening program that is saving more lives.
  • Rush supportive oncology enhances the health and well-being of patients through robust, holistic programming, including Waterford Place Cancer Resource Center at Rush Copley Medical Center, which offers a range of supportive services for people with cancer and their families — at no cost to them.

* All philanthropic gifts benefit initiatives of RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center in the greater Chicago area and Northwest Indiana and do not fund research or programs at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

We Can Help You Direct Your Gift

Interested in discussing how you can help more people access the cancer care they deserve? Contact Charles Palys, director of development, at (312) 563-9049.

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Corporate and Foundation Support Makes a Difference

Is your organization interested in partnering with Rush to change lives in our communities by advancing cancer care and research? Contact Erin Shelp, senior director of corporate and foundation relations, at (312) 942-6850

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The Momentum We’ve Built

Learn more about the impact of our donors’ support for Rush’s cancer programs. 

Read the Cancer Care Impact Report
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