What is the Women’s Wellness Clinic at Fred Hutch?
The Women’s Wellness Clinic was started almost 20 years ago at Fred Hutch Cancer Center (then Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) under former Director of Breast Medical Oncology Julie Gralow, MD. Located on Level E of the Arnold Building and housed within the Wellness Center, it served as the first long-term survivorship clinic for solid tumors at the organization.
After Gralow left Fred Hutch to become Chief Medical Officer of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology), Rachel Yung, MD, a Fred Hutch medical oncologist and breast cancer specialist, took over as director. She has led the Wellness Clinic for the past eight years. In addition to Yung, the clinic is staffed by a team of experts who focus on breast and ovarian cancers and have a deep knowledge of genetics.
The clinic offers wellness-focused follow-up care for women who have completed cancer treatment for breast cancer. They also monitor women at increased risk for developing breast cancer…