Patient Navigator

A patient newly diagnosed with cancer enters unfamiliar territory. There is new terminology, a series of appointments, tests, and a general sense of uncertainty.

At the Zimmer Cancer Center, a patient navigator is the face and reassuring voice that helps patients make sense of what can be unsettling experience. And, the fact that care at the Zimmer Cancer Center is concentrated in the same vicinity, either in the Center itself or in nearby buildings on campus, makes the course of treatment easier and more