Dr. Judy Felgenhauer

Judy Felgenhauer, MD, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital

Judy Felgenhauer, MDPediatric Hematologist/OncologistSacred Heart Children's Hospital

The Burrises were referred to Dr. Judy Felgenhauer, a Spokane oncologist, who scheduled an MRI and then referred Cassandra to Dr. Conrad in Seattle, who preformed a biopsy.

"Hopefully on the surface it would look like any other camp," said Judy Felgenhauer, a pediatric oncologist at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, who has volunteered at the camp since it began 20 years ago.
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That feeling of not being alone is particularly important for children, said Felgenhauer, the oncologist.

"Adolescence is all about conforming," she said, "and when you get diagnosed with cancer, boy, you stand out."

September 26 - SHCH Hematology/Oncology - Judy Felgenhauer, MD (509) 474-2777September 27 - NW Center for Congenital Heart Disease (509) 747-6707

Judy Felgenhauer, MD

Judy Felgenhauer, MDSacred Heart Children's Hospital Pediatric Oncology Center101 W. Eighth AveSpokane, WA 99204(509) 474-2777

Dr. Judy Felgenhauer, Director of Pediatric Oncology at SHCH, will direct the newly developed cancer Survivorship Program at SHCH and PCC in Spokane, WA.

Dr. Judy Felgenhauer, medical director of oncology at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, said a parent could feel guilty for not banking blood after reading the marketing.

"What they don't talk about is we have no idea how long these cells are going to last," she said.

Felgenhauer would tell parents to do it if they, for instance, had an older child with leukemia.At least one of her patients facing that scenario chose to bank their blood through Cord Blood Registry, but they paid a lower rate because of their income level.

But only one in 600 children end up with some kind of malignancy, and 75 to 80 percent of those cases are curable without stem cells, Felgenhauer said.

"You're getting into pretty small numbers" of children who would need the cells, she said.