Oncology Offense
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About My Services:
- Type(s) of Advocacy: Administrative, Medical / Navigational, Mental / Behavioral Health, Health Management, Cancer, End of Life
Hi, I’m Coral Ragognetti. My pronouns are she/her, and I am a cancer patient advocate and educator. I’m sorry you’re here because it likely means that you or someone you love dearly has been diagnosed with cancer. I’m truly sorry.
If you are feeling lost, frustrated, out-of-the-loop, out-of-control, confused, in-the-dark, or fearful of the unknown, I may be able help reduce your burden and make the path forward easier to envision and navigate.
Let’s talk about your experience. What’s going on? How are you feeling? What’s top of mind? What do you need? What’s standing in your way? What do you want to know? And it’s okay if your answer to any or all of those questions is, “I don’t know.” I get it—I really do. We can seek answers together, at your pace, at your direction, and in alignment with your values.
I’m here to lower hurdles and make this indescribable chapter of your life a bit easier to move through, with hope and confidence.
Creating Oncology Offense stemmed from my desire to lower the hurdles that future cancer patients and their caregivers will encounter as they learn about cancer and make decisions about their health and their futures. Taking into account my more recent experiences caregiving and supporting my family through their cancer diagnoses, coupled with my lifelong interest in science and medicine, this endeavor felt both natural and necessary.
Through Oncology Offense, my goals are:
- To improve the cancer experience for you, your caregiver, and your family.
- For you to feel empowered to learn and make informed decisions about your cancer care and your future.
- To help you locate the information you need and help it make sense when it doesn’t.
- To direct you to information you can act on, and to put you ahead so you’re not scrambling when things get tough down the road.
- For you to have easy access to topics often left out of the broader cancer conversation.
- For you to discover what’s possible, novel, emerging, and personalized to you, not just what is standard, what’s always been done, or what works “for most patients.”
- For you to be able to take an offensive stance against your cancer and the impact it has on your life.
I’ll provide the map, but you are in the driver’s seat. Let’s go.
Unbound.
I’m not bound to:
- a health system, clinical practice, hospital, or facility
- an insurance provider
- a specific healthcare provider/doctor
- any employer
- a pharmaceutical or biotech company
- a government health agency
I’m tied only to my patients, their needs, and my personal integrity & ethics.
Geographical Area(s) Served: I serve the Northeast Florida-Jacksonville area for in-person advocacy and navigation services including the following counties: Duval, St. Johns, Nassau, Clay, and Baker. Virtual advocacy services are available for patients and their families throughout the US.
Additional Information:
- Accepting New Clients
Education & Paid Advocacy Experience:
- BS: Biomedical Science
- Educational Experience: -Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Science with a minor in English -CRLA International Advanced Tutoring Certification for tutoring college-level Biology, Chemistry, English, and French -Relevant course work (undergrad, post-grad, CE) includes biology, cell biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, cancer biology, physics, anatomy & physiology, microbiology, forensic science, nutrition, biomedical ethics, and more. Additional Training: -Fundamentals of Integrative Oncology MSKCC (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) -CAPC Palliative Care Training (Center to Advance Palliative Care) -AWCIM Integrative Oncology, Contemplative Care, and Cancer Nutrition Training (University of Arizona, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine) -GW Cancer Center Survivorship Care Series -GW Cancer Center Oncology Patient Navigator Training Graduate -Susan G. Komen Navigation Nation Training Graduate -HealthAdvocateX Transgender Advocacy Series Graduate -LGBTQ+ Affirming Cancer Ca
Licensed information:
- Licensed Professional: No
- Educational Advocacy Certification: Yes
