Adult Patient and Family Advisory Council (APFAC)
Since our inception in 1998, the Adult Patient and Family Advisory Council (APFAC) has served as a national model for healthcare institutions. By partnering with Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center staff members regarding adult patient care, we help improve the patient experience and ensure patient- and family-centered care.
What We Do
- Advocate for expanded patient and family support services
- Partner with hospital administration for increased staffing and improved scheduling, when needed
- Implement better communication and service recovery
- Improve infrastructure and physical spaces, including the design of our Chestnut Hill and Foxborough locations, and our Yawkey Center for Cancer Care
Get Involved
Do you want to share your voice and experience, guide the development of projects, and shape key decisions that affect the patient care and family experience at Dana-Farber? Learn more and contact us today.
- Read our informative flyer.
- For more information about the Adult Patient and Family Advisory Council, including membership, please call 617-632-4319, or email pfac@dfci.harvard.edu.
- Apply to join the Adult Patient and Family Advisory Council
Co-chairs, Adult Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC)
May has been a caregiver to her husband, who was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in 2020. She joined the Adult PFAC with the goal of helping Dana-Farber to provide excellent patient-centered cancer care. May is particularly interested in equitable access to high-quality oncology care, in cancer survivorship, and in palliative care.
Judy has been a patient at Dana-Farber since 2020 when she was diagnosed with AML. As a patient and having worked as a physician, she joined the Adult PFAC, hoping to give back to other patients and the institution. She is interested in many aspects of cancer care, including health equity in clinical and research medicine, psychosocial oncology care in survivorship, and patient education.
At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we are committed to hearing feedback from patients and families from our Adult and Pediatric oncology units.
Learn about the Pediatric Patient and Family Advisory Council (PPFAC)