EFTA R1 01997927 A20 Monday, March 28, 2011 • • THE WALL srREgr JOURNAL ' CITY NEWS DONOR OF THE DAY I By Laura Landro r Survivor's Prescription for Care As both cancer survivor and physician, Eva Andersson-Dubin is all too familiar with the lack of access to coordinated, seamless patient care for patients confronting breast cancer. That's why she and her husband, philanthropist and hedge-fund executive Glenn Dubin, donated $15 million and helped raise another 87.4 million to create the Dubin Breast Center at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, which will be completed next week. The center, in a L5,000- square-foot space carved out of some old offices on the first floor of the Fifth Avenue IGingenstein Pavillion, is a comprehensive state-of-the-art facility that promises integrated care for women in one place from the time they are diagnosed through recovery and aftercare. Dr. Andersson-Dubin, a former Miss Sweden and model for the Ford agency, left the glamorous life to attend medical school at the Karolinicsa Institute School of Medicine in Stockholm, and then at UCLA School of Medicine, where she received her MD. She completed her medical residency at Lenox Hill Hospital, then worked in corporate medical clinics, finding time along the way to marry Mr. Dubin, a cofounder and chief executive of Highbridge Capital, the multibillion dollar hedge fund owned by J.P. Morgan Chase & Ca The couple have three children. They have been active in many charities, and Mr. Dubin was a founding board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, and joined the Mount Sinai Board of Trustees in 2004. But 312/ years ago, they faced a medical crisis of their own when Dr. Andersson-Dubin was diagnosed with Stage One breast cancer. Despite her pro- fessional savvy and connec- tions, she found herself navi- gating the fragmented world of cancer care, dealing with sev- eral doctors who were rarely in communication with each other. •I had to lug my charts around everywhere and be re- sponsible for everything, and everyone taking care of me was in a different location," she says. That won't be the case at Mount Sinai, where Dr. Ander- sson-Dubin was intimately in- volved in every aspect of the new center's design, picking out fabrics and photographs in the welcoming reception area and private chemotherapy in- fusion rooms, she says. She says she chose Mount Sinai be- cause of its commitment to building up its cancer care and its recruitment of George Rap- tis, a top oncologist who came from Columbia University Col- lege of Physicians and Sur- geons and formerly worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Can- cer Dr. Center. Andersson-Dubin fre- quently confers with Dr. Raptis and surgeon Elisa Port, who will serve as co-directors of the center. In addition to pa- tient care, the center will have weekly meetings on transla- tional medicine—the incorpo- ration of the latest research findings into treatment. In addition to clinicians for radiology, medical oncology, surgery, and radiation, the cen- ter will provide psychosocial support—including holistic therapies such as massage, nu- trition, and patient counseling. With doctors, nurses, and so- cial workers under one roof, Dr. Andersson-Dubin expects communication and teamwork to be easier, making for seam- less transitions of care. But most importantly, she says, "the patient's needs are going to come first." EFTA02682709