Apr 01, 2021 10:00 AM
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Joanne Bloom Tanzer received treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma for 11 years. During that time, Joanne received the best possible care at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) before passing away in April 2020.
“Everything at Huntsman is first class,” says Thomas “Tommy” Tanzer, Joanne’s husband, “Your people are heroes.”
Tommy faced his own cancer diagnosis and received treatment at HCI as well. He says whenever he and Joanne walked down the hall to the chemo infusion center and looked out over the Salt Lake Valley, they knew they would be provided with hope.
In gratitude for the care and compassion Joanne received during her treatment at HCI, Tommy donated $10,000 in the summer of 2020 and wrote a letter expressing his gratitude to the teams at HCI. A part of that letter is shared here, with permission:
As part of Tommy’s letter of gratitude, he named many of those involved in Joanne’s care, including her primary care doctor, Anna Beck, MD, and her nurse, Vicki, Jonathan Tward, MD, PhD, David Gaffney, MD, PhD, Renee Vadeboncoeur, MS APRN, FNP, and the infusion and radiology staff.
Tommy says he knows this gift will be used in the best way possible and has the utmost trust in HCI.
