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Deborah Hamolsky, RN, MS, AOCNS
Deborah Hamolsky has practiced oncology nursing since 1980. At the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center since 1993, she develops programs at the center, provides direct clinical care, and gives educational and emotional support to women with breast cancer and other breast health concerns. Over the years, Deborah has worked as an inpatient oncology staff nurse, a home-care case manager, a research assistant for breast-cancer nursing studies and an oncology and AIDS clinical nurse specialist. She is also deeply committed to community-based work and advocacy, and has taught special education in the inner city, provided substance-abuse counseling, worked with adolescents in the juvenile-justice system and administered a community-based clinic. Deborah has lectured locally and nationally on topics including breast cancer and breast health, cultural competency in patient care, sexuality, chemotherapy, and cancer emergencies, grief and bereavement and pain management. She has also trained Bay Area community organization volunteers to work effectively with people with cancer. Deborah has received the Jeanne M. Yalon Award for excellence in oncology nursing at UCSF. She has written a chapter on oncology nursing in "Everyone's Guide to Cancer Treatment," as well as chapters on breast cancer in an oncology nursing text.[Hamolsky, Debby] She is currrently working with a multidisciplinary group to develop a survivorship program within the UCSF Cancer Center.
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