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The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, in response to the ongoing global health crisis, made a generous gift of $45,000 to support telehealth services for adolescent, young adult (AYA) and pediatric cancer patients in the Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Institute at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
The contribution is one of many ways Char and Chuck Fowler, Chann Fowler-Spellman and Ed Spellman and Holley Fowler Martens and Rob Martens have helped improve both experiences and outcomes for young cancer patients. After the Fowlers lost their teenage daughter and sister Angie to melanoma in 1983, the family’s passionate advocacy and support resulted in one of the nation’s first endowed chairs in AYA oncology and paved the way for the revolutionary Angie’s Institute.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is currently at the forefront of everyone’s mind, but other health needs don’t end because of the coronavirus, especially for those with cancer,” said Char Fowler. “AYA cancer patients still need access to the resources and physicians at Angie’s Institute. And, because their treatments may have drastically lowered their immunity, it’s more important than ever that they be able to get UH care from the safety of home.”
With COVID-19 in our community, the UH telehealth services provided by the funding from the Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation– including telephone and online video appointments – creates educational content that will assist our patients and families as they learn to navigate care for cancer and blood disorders from their homes.
“Telehealth is expanding our capacity to communicate with and serve our patients,” said John Letterio, MD, Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. “It is allowing us to do everything from ramping up access to technology for both our patients and our providers, and enabling us to deliver the same compassionate, quality care that our Rainbow patients have come to count on.”
Learn more about how UH telehealth and virtual visits can be an easy to access service to keep your doctor’s appointments on track during this uncertain time.
University Hospitals is grateful to all individuals and organizations willing to help our caregivers, patients and community during the COVID-19 crisis. Community response and caregiver support funds have been established to support the extensive patient care, medical supplies, research and education needs.