INDIANAPOLIS
– Grace, sincerity, honesty.
Those three
words are used to describe the approach Mary Lou Mayer, MD, takes in treating
all of the patients who have turned to her for their cancer care for more than
two decades. And that’s why this hematologist/oncologist is being honored as
the latest recipient of the Healing Hands Award, presented quarterly by
Franciscan St. Francis Health.
With her
family and her private practice staff joining her, Mayer will receive the award
Friday, May 9, at her south side office, adjacent to the Franciscan St.
Francis-Indianapolis campus.
“Since 1993,
Dr. Mayer has had a dramatic impact on her patients, families and co-workers,”
said Christopher “Topper” Doehring, MD, vice president of medical affairs for
Franciscan St. Francis. “She strives to be available when needed to answer
questions, mentor staff and support her patients with a compassionate yet
honest prognosis and treatment plan.”
That same
sentiment is echoed by one of Mayer’s staff members, who nominated her for the
award.
“In oncology,
we celebrate our survivorship and guide our patients and families through all
aspects of treatment,” wrote Angela May, RN. “At the most difficult times in a
disease process, when a physician determines a customized plan of care, Dr.
Mayer relays options with the kind of honesty I would want from my physician.”
Mayer is
board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. She is a
member of the Indiana State Medical Society, Hoosier Oncology Group, American
College of Physicians and American Society.
An
Indianapolis resident, Mayer earned a degree in agriculture at Purdue
University, where she also studied chemical engineering. She earned her medical
degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she also completed
residency training in internal medicine and a fellowship in hematology and
oncology.
The Healing
Hands Award recognizes Franciscan St. Francis physicians for excellence in
clinical skills, patient relations, research, stewardship, and reflection of
the hospital’s care ministry, values and mission.
