Partnership to bring MD Anderson cancer treatment to Montgomery County

By John George  – Senior Reporter, Philadelphia Business Journal

May 17, 2019, 12:48pm EDT

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Holy Redeemer Health System signed a letter of intent Friday to develop a joint cancer program at Holy Redeemer Hospital in eastern Montgomery County.

The agreement will expand the reach of Cooper University Health Care’s partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, one of the leading cancer centers in the country.

Financial terms of the agreement are being kept confidential.

The Philadelphia Business Journal first reported exclusively in late 2016 and again last year on the discussion taking place between the health care providers.

"This partnership provides our integrated cancer care team with the opportunity to bring a higher level of cancer care to the communities we serve today and in the future at Holy Redeemer," said Michael Laign, president and CEO of Holy Redeemer Health System.

In a 2016 interview, Laign said that Holy Redeemer was looking to enhance its cancer program and believed MD Anderson had the best approach to "very coordinated, very integrated cancer care that includes the latest protocols and treatments.”

Under the proposed partnership, MD Anderson at Cooper’s clinical experts will be based at Holy Redeemer and provide a wide range of cancer services using MD Anderson treatment protocols. In addition, doctors at MD Anderson at Cooper in Camden will provide clinical oversight of the cancer program at the Holy Redeemer campus and beyond. Patients at the Holy Redeemer Hospital will have access to the integrated, multidisciplinary approach to cancer care available at MD Anderson at Cooper. Those services include radiation oncology, medical and surgical oncology, infusion, and diagnostic imaging.

George E. Norcross, III, chairman of Cooper's Board of Trustees at Cooper, said Cooper's agreement with Holy Redeemer "expands our partnership with one of the nation’s leading cancer centers, MD Anderson, so that more patients in the region will have access to a higher level of cancer care.”

The MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper opened in 2013. The center also has South Jersey locations in Voorhees, Willingboro and Egg Harbor Township.

Holy Redeemer rival Abington-Jefferson Health opened an $80 million outpatient cancer center in Willow Grove one year ago.

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