When you receive a cancer diagnosis, your world changes, and we want to provide real resources — people — you need to navigate your next steps. We offer Cancer Care Navigators to help you with every part of your journey so you can focus your energy where it needs to be: on defeating the disease.
Oncology Patient Navigators
Oncology Patient Navigators are available to help guide patients through the healthcare system, as well as locate community resources that meet their needs. Assistance can be provided for many things, including practical problems, such as transportation, finances, childcare, housing and insurance or clinically oriented problems, like treatment side effects, nutrition and home health needs. Our Care Navigators can also help coordinate your care and treatment by communicating with members of your medical team.
Mount Nittany Medical Center’s oncology Patient Navigators offer the support that you and your family need and are available at no cost to patients.
Meet our Patient Navigators
Resources
At Mount Nittany Health, we strive to provide our oncology patients with all the resources they need when it comes to fighting cancer. We hope that these resources will help you connect to the person who can best meet your needs.
| Resource | Phone number |
| Breast health navigator | 814.231.6870 |
| Genetic counseling and testing | 1.800.243.1455 x1631 |
| Ostomy/wound clinical nurse specialist | 814.234.6195 |
| Pastoral care | 814.231.7090 |
| Rehabilitation services (speech, physical and occupational therapy) | 814.234.6169 |
| Service excellence (problem resolution) | 814.234.6706 |
Local support groups
The list below includes oncology-related support groups in the central Pennsylvania area. Details for these support group meetings are listed in our Events section.
| Group | Contact |
| Breast Cancer Support and Education Group | Angelique Cygan, 814.231.6870 |
| Central Counties Ostomy Association | Judy Faux, 814.234.6195 |
| Centre Crossings Hospice Support Group | Nichole Crawford, 814.237.7400 |
| Fertility Issues and Loss Support Group | info@heartofcpa.org, heartofcpa.org |
| Healing From Loss Support Group | Marie Radziak, 814.235.8906 |
| Home Nursing Agency Bereavement Support Group | Ann Foust, 814.237.1404 |
| Let’s Talk — All Cancers | Cancer Survivors Association, 814.237.2120 |
| Tides — Grief Support for Children and Those Who Care for Them | Holly Torbic, 814.692.2233 |
| Understanding Your Grief Support Group | Marie Radziak, 814.235.8906 |
| Young Survivor Coalition (YSC) Face 2 Face (meets bimonthly) — for women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40 or younger | Heather Sanford, yscheather@gmail.com, 814.441.0682 |
Additional cancer resources
We strive to offer the most personalized cancer care possible, but we know that there’s no such thing as too much support when it comes to fighting cancer. That’s why we’ve collected these trusted resources for your convenience; it’s just another way for our team to partner with you in your battle against cancer.