Stacie Beam-Bruce, MSW, Patient Navigator

Cancer is stressful enough without the headaches of sorting
through an often overwhelming health-care process.
As her title implies, Stacie Beam-Bruce is a guide. But unlike
patient navigators at large hospitals, Stacie doesn't just meet
with new patients, link them with services, and then move on.
She follows patients through the entire course of their care
at Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center.
"My job, in essence, is to make sure their needs are being
met," she says. "They can throw any questions they have my way.
If I don't know the answer, I will find it. I am their advocate."
Before she was hired for this position in 2006, Stacie interned
with the clinic's Mind-Body Medicine Department, offering supportive
counseling to patients and their families.
Her experience includes many years as a volunteer for Wellness
House in Yakima, helping people facing cancer and other life
threatening illnesses. She also interned at Yakima Valley Memorial
Hospital as a discharge planner in the intensive care and oncology
units.
Stacie earned her Master in Social Work degree from Eastern
Washington University and has a Bachelor of Science degree in
environmental toxicology from Western Washington University.
She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers
and the Association of Oncology Social Workers. She serves as
the continuing education chair for the Puget Sound Oncology
Social Work Network.
"The journey through a cancer diagnosis can be incredibly
complex on so many levels," she says. "I am blessed to be in
a position to offer compassion and understanding as I help
people navigate through the process. For me, an integrated
approach to wellness is essential; my contribution to this
approach is making sure the core needs of people are being
met so they can focus on their healing."