Patient Stories
A summary of our patient stories at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
May 12, 2023
Natalie
"To know that this medicine is helping me even today, living when the statistics show that I probably shouldn't be. I just, I'm so grateful."
April 14, 2023
Dave
"The people at Emory, in terms of their knowledge, their dedication, their efforts, and their communication about how to manage that cancer that I had and have was just extraordinary."
March 17, 2023
Jesse
"This place saved my life. They really did."
Feb. 1, 2023
David
"My outlook on life is thank God for Emory and all that they do. These physicians and clinicians, the nurses are the best in the world."
Dec. 1, 2021
Johan
"What's amazing to me, is all the people that come through Winship. I go in there and immediately at the reception area they know my name, they greet me when I come in."
Nov. 1, 2021
Jennifer
"I know that I would have never made it through that without my team at Emory. I just am so grateful that I landed at Emory."
Sep. 1, 2021
Maryann
"Because of them doing clinical trials, because of them doing so much research, if I had not been at Winship, I probably wouldn’t be here today."
Sep. 15, 2020
Tony
There were many great solutions here in Atlanta, but the best to me was Emory Proton Therapy Center."
June 1, 2020
Janice
"You want a doctor who's gonna be there for you...and take you to the best course of treatment."
Feb. 1, 2020
Jenny Arnold
"I feel really confident in Winship. It's a great fit for me."
Sep. 1, 2019
Derrick Cameron
"The clinical trial was a godsend for me. The side effects are basically nil and I have my life again."
Sep. 1, 2019
Marie Spearman
"This is the place to be I think, because you have all this available. The very best!"
April 1, 2019
Tom Willner
"We called Winship and found a urologist and came here because we wanted to go someplace that was a research hospital."
April 1, 2019
Christine Webb
"If there is a clinical trial out there and your regular treatment that they give you doesn't work for you, why not do clinical trials?"
Feb. 1, 2019
Alex Adams
"I felt that through out the entire process, this guy (his doctor) was really listening to me. He was paying attention."
Nov. 1, 2018
Hank Wachter
"They (Winship) have all the tools, all the resources, and all the facets of the science that's necessary to be good at this stuff."
Sep. 3, 2018
Leah Davis
"All of the help that I got from Emory from the doctors to the nurses to the social workers, it was all comprehensive and I really felt like I was their primary concern."
July 23, 2018
Edward
"Doctor Kaufman has got to be the greatest oncologist in the world as far as I'm concerned. And the program they have here is just incredible."
March 20, 2018
Lorraine Harris
"My doctor wanted to try a new drug. As a result, he asked me to be a part of a clinical trial. And I was more than happy to do that."
March 20, 2018
Christen Chandler
"The one thing that Dr. Meisel told me from the very beginning was, this is about maintaining my quality of life."
Nov. 2, 2016
Melanie Mowery
"I would just want every single woman who goes through cancer to know there's a light at the end of the tunnel and that there can still be a fairy tale ending."
Oct. 5, 2016
Ruben
"I was confident in Winship doctors and nurses for cancer care. Winship has experts in my type of leukemia."
Oct. 5, 2016
Hugh Smith
"I was a prostate cancer patient at Winship and I had a great outcome."
Oct. 5, 2016
Tamara Mobley
"Winship's cancer clinic is set up to find a cure. And I believe a cure for cancer will be found in my lifetime."
Oct. 4, 2016
Jane Meisel, MD
"Being aware of your own breasts and noticing if something is changing is helpful."
June 3, 2016
Scott Creggers
"Don't give up...Life is good!"
June 3, 2016
Shannon Mayfield
"My team at Winship has not only kept me alive, they have kept me living."
Feb. 10, 2016
Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD
"Everyone at Winship has one common goal and that is to translate our scientific discoveries into the very best cancer care, cancer prevention and cancer education."
Oct. 6, 2015
David Huether
"Dr. Lonial keeps pulling rabbits out of his hat for another treatment, another clinical trial. Things are good!"
Oct. 2, 2015
Keerthi Gogineni, MD
"Early detection makes a difference in being able to diagnose a breast cancer at a stage where we have options to cure it."
Oct. 2, 2015
Mylin Torres, MD
"We're trying to figure out...what we can do to reverse what is being caused by the therapy itself."
Oct. 2, 2015
Michael Cohen, MD
"We can detect more cancer that way (through 3D breast imaging) and we can decrease call back rate."
June 17, 2015
Martha Arellano, MD
"Without research, we wouldn't be able to consider Mr. Ross cured of his leukemia."
May 21, 2015
Barbara McCullough
"I think all cancer patients are heroes for the courage they show while undergoing treatment."
May 6, 2015
Deatra Perkins, RN
"I was drawn to oncology. It's like a key with a lock, it fits."
May 3, 2015
Richard Stamper
"We're grateful for the immediate action that was taken and for the personal care and attention we've received from Winship."
April 27, 2015
Bari Ross
"Winship doesn't just treat the disease, they treat the heart, the mind and the soul."
March 18, 2015
Shannon Kahn, MD
"What has always been a drawing factor is the support Winship gives to the physician and to the patient."
Feb. 24, 2015
Edmund K. Waller, MD
"We have a group who are working together trying to find a way to address each of the problems our patients face."
Feb. 24, 2015
Sagar Lonial, MD
"Experience is a big part of what I think helps us deliver high quality patient care."
Feb. 24, 2015
Lawrence Boise, PhD
"By having a bridge between scientists and clinicians, we are able to better both our patient care and our research."
Jan. 9, 2015
Karen Godette, MD
"You're getting the up-to-date protocols and everything in one place."
Jan. 9, 2015
Viraj Master, MD
"I have the ability to have incredible collaborative efforts that take place every day."
