MPN Hero Bridges the Care Gap to Address Mental Health Issues in Patients with MPNs
Madeleine Henriquez noticed that the mental health care of patients with MPN was being overlooked and took action in a way that has changed her community for the better.
When she hears the word hero, physician assistant Madeleine Henriquez thinks of someone who has a big impact on a community of individuals to create a positive change — and that’s exactly why CURE® recognized her for when it named her as a 2019 MPN hero.
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Henriquez was part of the Physician Assistant Foundation’s inaugural class of mental health first-aid workers in 2017, where she learned to identify signs of mental health distress and help address them, as well as to teach others to recognize and respond to these issues.
Henriquez brought her training back to MD Anderson, where she has shared it with her peers.