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Winston-Salem, NC - Eugene Paschold, M.D., an oncologist at Piedmont Hematology Oncology Associates, has been treating patients at the Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center for more than 22 years. Recently, Dr. Paschold was diagnosed with colon cancer and has now founded a chemotherapy support group - the first of its kind in the area to be led by a physician who is himself undergoing chemotherapy.

The support group, which will begin on Tuesday, April 26, focuses on the physical and emotional side effects of chemotherapy. Dr. Paschold says his experiences as an oncologist and a cancer patient have helped him not only in founding the support group but also in treating his own patients.

"My friends tell me that I am now the 'complete oncologist,' and I think they are right," Dr. Paschold says. "There are things that I have learned that I never could have learned unless I had cancer. And I do think those things make me a better doctor."

For more information about the chemotherapy support group or the oncology services of the Forsyth Regional Cancer Center, call (336) 277-0199.

Forsyth Medical Center is one of seven hospitals that are part of Novant Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in North Carolina. In addition to Forsyth Medical Center, other hospital affiliates include Medical Park Hospital in Winston-Salem and Thomasville Medical Center in Thomasville; also Presbyterian Hospital, Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital Matthews and Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville in the Charlotte area. Other facilities and programs of Novant Health include three philanthropic foundations, two nursing home and senior residential facilities, physician clinics, outpatient surgery and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs. Novant Health has been nationally recognized as the "Best in Industry for Working Mothers" by Working Mother Magazine and one of the "Top 40 Family-Friendly NC Companies" by Charlotte Parent and Piedmont Parent magazines. Additionally, Novant Health was named to the 2003 SMG Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks in the country.