Hawaii Pacific Health Donor Reports Spring 2016 | Page 10

Wilcox GALA
THE WILCOX HEALTH FOUNDATION GALA PROVIDES THE RESOURCES TO IMPROVE AND
EXPAND OUR PATIENT-CENTERED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
Last year’s gala, Fiesta for Life, brought

gala. Based on Uri’s medical history, her

together community members, leadership,

nurse practitioner recommended she join

physicians and nurses to raise $81,585 toward

the High Risk Breast Program provided

a new digital mammography unit with

at Wilcox.

tomosynthesis and stereotactic capabilities.

visited the Wilcox Women’s Center twice

Currently, the hospital outpaces the national

a year for an exam and risk evaluation. In

average for access to breast screenings

October 2014, her mammogram revealed a

for men and women. This additional unit

cluster of spots, which a biopsy confirmed

will provide patients on Kaua‘i with the

was breast cancer. Following her diagnosis,

needed access to advanced technology and

Uri discussed treatment options with her

lifesaving breast cancer detection.

doctor. Because her cancer was caught early,

As part of the program, she

she had the option for a lumpectomy. Uri

“I am so grateful

underwent surgery, followed by four rounds

that Wilcox is right

of chemotherapy and a series of radiation

here on Kaua‘i, with

treatments.

the expertise and

In October 2015, scans revealed that Uri, 36,

technology needed
to detect my cancer

is now cancer-free. She continues to enjoy
Uri (left) with her
partner, Spencer

life in Lawai with her partner, Spencer, and
their dog, Lily. “I am so grateful that Wilcox

early and

The theme, Fiesta for Life, was chosen to

is right here on Kaua‘i, with the expertise

save my life.”

celebrate Kaua‘i’s vitality. Patients such as

and technology needed to detect my cancer

Uri Martos, pictured above with her partner

early and save my life,” Uri says. “Today, I feel

Spencer, benefitted from the advanced

fantastic. I am blessed with good health.”

technology and shared her story at the
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