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Image Recovery Center at the Kimmel Cancer Center

IMAGE RECOVERY CENTER

 

Our Mission:

Image Recovery is a program founded with a sincere desire to help individuals of all ages whose appearance and self-esteem are affected while undergoing treatment from illness such as cancer.

 

Our mission is to offer patients education, choices, and caring support during a difficulty time in their lives.  Everyday we touch someone’s life and offer a special kind of support.  We consider that a special privilege and one we take very seriously.

 

Personal Experience

As a young child Marianne witnessed the horror of losing a sibling to leukemia.  In 1976 cancer struck again when her daughter was diagnosed with leukemia.  In 1987 Marianne herself was diagnosed with a non-cancerous brain tumor and suffered the physical devastation of brain surgery.  She has combined these real life experiences with her aesthetic expertise to provide the most comprehensive image rehabilitation program for cancer patients and others who have been traumatized by illness or accident.

 

Understanding the Program and Services

Many of the treatments for cancer may cause temporary or permanent physical changes, that along with diagnosis have the potential to alter body image and a sense of well being.  The Image Recover Centers have been designed to help women, men, and children improve their appearance during and after cancer therapy.

 

While modern medicine works to heal you on the inside, we have assembled the most comprehensive program to educate and assist you with appearance related issues.  At a single convenient location, we offer information, related products, tools, and hands-on instruction to support you during the various phases of your recovery.  Working in collaboration with your medical providers, we develop an individual appearance enhancement plan to assist you through the visible changes, which may occur.  By relieving your anxiety and concerns related to appearance you are able t focus on wellness during your recovery.

 

Location

Weinberg Building

First Floor

In the Outpatient Waiting Area

Walk-ins Welcome

 

410-502-5623

 

 

 
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