I remember my very first AOSW Annual Conference in La Jolla, California, back in 1998 (I think it was ‘98) and I attended a talk on depression in patients with cancer by Susan Hedlund. I thought she was a brilliant (and beautiful) inspiration. She was also an excellent actor! She role-played a young woman with …
Meet Your Leaders: Susan Hedlund, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW, AOSW Past-President Read More »
How long have you been an oncology social worker? 10 years
I have worked as an oncology social worker at Providence Cancer Institute in Portland, Oregon, for 21 years. Currently I have two distinct roles. I work as a clinical oncology social worker with the Transplant and CAR-T team, and coordinate a program for kids who have a significant adult in their life with cancer and …
Member Spotlight Krista Nelson, LCSW, OSW-C, BCD, FAOSW Read More »
“Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.” ~Dale Carnegie
Like many of you I have been and continue to be inspired by so many of the leaders I have encountered since I first joined AOSW in 1992. In this issue I am delighted to interview one of those very inspirational people. An admirer of AOSW icons becomes an icon herself.
How long have you been an oncology social worker? Four years—two in an oncology setting and two years prior to that in hospice.
Crystal Fields-Burdick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Oncology Social Worker. Her professional focus has been exclusive to psycho-oncology.
Few of us get the opportunity to reflect on the life contributions of another oncology social work professional, but we will attempt to provide that for Dr. Kimberly Lawson. The picture will be incomplete because Kim recently died from a refractory form of endometrial cancer. Although many of the initial disease factors seemed favorable, the …
In Memoriam: Kimberly Lawson, DSW, MSW, LCSW, BSW, FAOSW Read More »
Jeanice Hansen, LCSW, OSW-C Oncology Social Worker & Cancer Support Services Manager Saint Joseph Hospital Cancer Centers of Colorado Denver, Colorado
"I had a professor who told us, 'If you [as an organization] are not financially solvent, you cannot do all of those great things you want to do.'"