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Cancer Treatment Centers of America Opens

Submitted by Don Buckindail, Director of Digital Operations

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012, 2:41pm

Fireworks light up the night sky over Newnan, Ga., location of Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s newest cancer treatment hospital. CTCA at Southeastern joins CTCA destination hospitals in Chicago, Philadelphia, Tulsa and Phoenix in treating complex and advanced-stage cancers.

More than 500 guests enjoyed fireworks to cap off the grand opening celebration at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Newnan, Ga.

Georgia State Representative Lynn Smith from Newnan (second from right) presents a House proclamation to (from left) CTCA Chief Operating Officer Roger Cary, CTCA at Southeastern President and CEO Kane Dawson, and CTCA co-founder and vice chair Roger Mayo at the recent grand opening celebration.

Surgical oncologist Dr. George Daneker, CTCA at Southeastern chief of staff and chief of surgery, explains how advanced technology and multiple treatment options put patients at the center of their care with CTCA’s Patient Empowered Medicine model.

State House member Lynn Smith, from Newnan, recognized CTCA’s benefits to the community and the State of Georgia. The new Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center is expected to provide 500 new jobs and $500 in economic impact during its first five years of operation.

Robert Mayo, co-founder and vice chair of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, thanks state and community leaders for helping to make CTCA at Southeastern a reality, during the grand opening celebration in Newnan.

CTCA at Southeastern President and CEO Kane Dawson expresses his gratitude to those who helped make the 226,000-square-foot state-of-the-art hospital a reality just a year after breaking ground. Cancer Treatment Centers of America specializes in treating complex and advanced-stage cancers.

Cancer Fighter and Patient to Patient Network member Jeff Brown from Nashville, Tenn., offers the invocation at the CTCA at Southeastern grand opening celebration.

Rev. Chip Gordon, director of pastoral care at CTCA at Southeastern, reflects on the power of hope and healing during the cancer treatment hospital’s grand opening.

The choir from Westside Baptist Church in Newnan opened the grand opening celebration at the new Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. CTCA® at Southeastern joins CTCA destination hospitals in Chicago, Philadelphia, Tulsa and Phoenix in treating complex and advanced-stage cancers.

Life-size bronze statues under a living tree recreate Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s boy-tree-dog logo that represents hope, optimism and life. The statues grace the main entrance of CTCA’s newest cancer hospital in Newnan, Ga.

Caregiver and Cancer Fighter Annette Brown from Nashville, Tenn., enjoys the festivities during the grand opening celebration of CTCA at Southeastern in Newnan, September 18.

Cancer Fighters Toni Bradshaw (center) and husband Jerry (far right) of Clinton, N.C., reflect during the invocation for Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center grand opening. Approximately two-thirds of patients at the Atlanta-area cancer hospital are expected to come from outside Georgia.