The Girls Night Out Proceeds Help Breast Cancer Patients

St. Luke’s Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery’s 3rd annual Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day event, “The Girls” Night Out, raised more than $14,000, all of which will be used to support local breast cancer patients. The event was a carnival-themed evening held at Homewood Suites in Center Valley on October 10.

This was the third year of the event held in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “Each year, the amount of money raised has increased significantly,” said Crystal Corredera, practice administrator, St. Luke’s Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

All proceeds go to St. Luke’s Cancer Compassion Fund, established to provide charitable support for programs and services that help St. Luke’s patients throughout their cancer journeys. “Money from the fund may be used to help any patients in need with such things as medication, medical supplies, transportation, groceries or other necessities -- a wig or new clothes -- as they go through the process of healing,” Corredera said.

Juan Carlos Martinez, MD, said the event helps cancer patients and their families celebrate life and look forward to the future “because there is a way back to normalcy after treatment.” It also provides patients and families “with ease of mind knowing there’s financial support available, if necessary, as they go through their cancer journey.”

St. Luke’s would like to recognize and thank the generous event sponsors. Plantique and Homewood Suites Centennial Event Center were the event’s “Big Girls” sponsors; “Uplift” sponsors were Dr. W. Michael Morrissey, Jr. and Dr. Juan Carlos Martinez, KCI, Mentor, and Nazareth Pallet.

For more information about breast reconstruction after mastectomy or lumpectomy, or to schedule a consultation, contact St. Luke’s Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at 484/526-1260.

About St. Luke’s

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 15,000 employees providing services at 10 hospitals and 300 outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue greater than $2 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.  Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.  In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s created the Lehigh Valley’s first and only regional medical school campus.  It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 34 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 263 residents and fellows.  St. Luke’s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system with Medicare’s five- and four-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  St. Luke’s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.  In 2019, three of IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals were St. Luke’s hospitals.  St. Luke’s University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health seven times total and five years in a row. St. Luke’s has also been cited by IBM Watson Health as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Program.  Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.  St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.