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Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its physician partners at Washington University School of Medicine are one of only 14 hospitals and medical institutions in the country listed among America’s elite medical centers in U.S.News & World Report’s List of “America’s Best Hospitals.”

On may 15, hundreds of generous ST. Louisans will “get their heads in the game” by joining host Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the Barnes-Jewish hospital foundation’s illumination10 gala to benefit the Alvin J. Siteman cancer center at Barnes-Jewish hospital and Washington university school of medicine.

Oncology nurses often care for the sickest of the sick, which can be stressful and emotionally difficult. But every nurse who works with cancer patients shares the common denominator of passionate care for patients, says Christine Rimkus, RN, an oncology clinical nurse specialist at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

Actress Christina Applegate helps the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation raise $1.44 million at the illumination09 gala to launch the Cancer Frontier Fund, a $50 million fundraising initiative to accelerate the pace of cancer breakthroughs at the Siteman Cancer Center.