Cancer Center

We welcome family caregivers of a loved one with an Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia diagnosis to join us at our monthly Caregiver Support Groups.

When: January 21, 2019 and every first and third Monday of the month

Where: Carson Tahoe Cancer Center, Resource Room, 1535 Medical Parkway in Carson City.

Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Facilitator: Christine Cassinelli

We welcome family caregivers of a loved one with an Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia diagnosis to join us at our monthly Caregiver Support Groups.

Where: Carson Tahoe Cancer Center, Conference Room, 1535 Medical Parkway in Carson City.

When: February 13, 2019 and every second Wednesday of the month

Time: 1-2:30 p.m.

Facilitator: Barbara Singer

Good morning Carson City! It’s going to be another chilly day in the valley, with a high of 52. It will be partly cloudy from 10 am to 3 pm, and currently there is a strangely high humidity of 83 percent.

Here’s what we have going on today:

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the northwest corner of the Cancer Center at Carson Tahoe Hospital.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved.

Happy Friday, Carson City. Another weekend draws nigh, one more closer to Nevada Day and Halloween.

HopeFest 8, a fundraiser benefitting cancer patients of Northern Nevada, returned for its eighth year Friday night at the Carson Tahoe Cancer center, but before the fundraiser had even began employees of Carson Tahoe raised $30,000 in the few months leading up to the benefit.

As your reward for making it through the first school-week of the year, you’ll find plenty of fun ways to celebrate. Hopefest8 at the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center is a free concert featuring folk/pop singer, Tyrone Wells, bringing awareness and raising funds for local patient resources. The grand prize of their raffle is a brand-new car, so good luck. It’s a birthday bash at Living the Good Life. Wish proprietress, Gina, many happy returns and groove to the sounds of the Trippin’ King Snakes.

HopeFest8, an annual Carson Tahoe Health Foundation summer music concert fundraiser in support of local cancer patients, returns this Friday, Aug. 24 to Carson City.

For the past four years, Angels With Flowers has donated floral arrangements to hospitals and senior care centers throughout the Carson City area. On Monday, the program, established by local florist Lori Morris, donated its 99th and 100th arrangement of 2018.

The Carson Tahoe Health Foundation is excited to announce the official date for their annual fundraiser, HopeFest8, in support of local cancer patients.

Ready for a good time? The Carson City Fair runs all day and culminates with a special concert in the arena starring Journey Unlimited. Car lovers are in for a treat: you can head down to the Carson Mall for their monthly cruise night, or roll into the Max Casino to get registered for the 33rd annual Run Whatcha Brung Car Show. The Trippin King Snakes take the stage in McFadden Plaza for a free all-ages show. Break a leg to the kids of Youth Theater Carson City; they open their production of ‘Bye, Bye, Birdie’ at the Community Center this evening.

On Friday, July 27, Hip-Hop on over and Party with us: In support of local cancer patients, the Patient Financial Services Department of Carson Tahoe Health have come together with local businesses and artists to host a night of Hip Hoppin Fun!

Into every life, a little trash must fall. A whole lot of trash, however, might be involved if you’re a beach. Keep Tahoe Blue is hitting the lake shore this morning to help mitigate the aftermath of yesterday’s festivities; lend a hand if you can. If you are looking for something quiet today, check out our local art galleries: they all have revolving exhibits featuring a variety of artists. The True Grit Exhibit at Western Nevada College comes to a close tomorrow, so head up there before it hits the trail.

THURSDAY, July 5: Things to do in Carson City

Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the north corner of the Cancer Center parking lot at 1535 Medical Parkway.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500 feet or more.

Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved. In case of bad weather, we will cancel.

It’s National Trails Day, so community partnerships and over 30 volunteers teamed up with shovels in hand to finish work on the Foothill Trail behind the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center in Carson City.

CARSON CITY — On Monday, Carson Tahoe Medical Group opened its newly renovated space and welcomed new oncologist, Dr. Mridula Vinjamuri, M.D. from Commonwealth Cancer Center.

About a decade ago, a group of community members organized a sustainable horticulture program targeting food insecurity in Carson City. They called it the Greenhouse Project, a not-for-profit effort to improve the quality of food available to the area’s most hungry.

The Greenhouse Project is gearing up for another busy season, and now is the time to mark your calendars to save dates for several events and volunteer opportunities.

Carson Tahoe Health is excited to announce that the most advanced robotic surgical system, the da Vinci Xi, will be available at the Regional Medical Center beginning mid-November 2017.

Calling all Geeks. After a long hiatus, the Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz has returned to Carson City, and is setting up shop inside Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint on Tuesday nights. Grab your smartest friends for a fun night of yummy drinks, great food, and nerdy competition. It's National Register to Vote Day - Carson residents can go to the County Clerk's office in the Courthouse. While you're there, head to the CCAI Gallery on the second floor to catch the last few days of the 'Industrial Art: Sports Edition' exhibit.

For at least two years, Carson-Tahoe (C-T) Health’s Cancer Center has had periodic trash explosions on its parking lot because of wildlife’s ability to access the unsecured dumpsters for the ‘free food.’

CHS opened its doors a little longer, a little wider, and totally unplugged for Sept. 11-17, 2017. Students and staff participated in daily activities supporting and encouraging a non-digital learning environment. Each day, five standards of Social and Emotional Learning were touched by encouraging students to power-down their phones and unplug.

Nationally known Sounds True recording artist, educator and author, 
Diáne Mandle performs an intense transformational sound immersion with ancient Tibetan bowls, gongs and percussion to soothe, inspire and awaken the body, mind and spirit. The concert is designed to relieve stress, enlighten the mind and bring people into a transcendent state of being.


Bring a mat to lie on. $25 advance $30 week of event.

The event is Sept. 28 at 7:00 pm, Sierra Foot & Ankle, 2350 So. Carson Street, #3, Carson City, 775-450-2605
More on Diáne's work at: https://vimeo.com/195824528

Carson Tahoe Health is pleased to announce that its president and chief executive officer, Ed Epperson, has been honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement
Award as part of Nevada Business Magazine’s 2017 "Healthcare Heroes."

In his 1624 prose poem, “No man is an island” John Donne writes about the symbiotic relationship between one human being joined to all human beings, how the loss of one effects everyone negatively and how the strength of one can impact everyone positively.

Let's kick off the weekend with a street party, or two. The HopeFest Concert at the Carson Tahoe Medical Center is a family friendly celebration. Grab something from a food truck, enter their raffle, and get your groove on. The music doesn't stop when the sun goes down though. You've got your choice of Deception at Living the Good Life, or Mentally Spent on the Third Street Stage in McFadden Plaza. Douglas County has Summerfest in Minden Park: live music, yummy eats, and a come-as-you-are car show sure to get Carson Valley hoppin.

18, at the hospital's Cancer Center in Carson City. The event has distributed more than $439,000 in local patient support since 2011, from insurance ...

The Carson Tahoe Health Foundation is pleased to announce the date for HopeFest7, a free outdoor concert with headliner, Tyrone Wells. All proceeds from food, drink, and raffle tickets sales directly benefit local cancer patients undergoing lifesaving medical treatments, providing support for basic needs that go beyond the hospital walls.

Cancer patients were treated Friday morning to a fly-fishing retreat in Gardnerville co-hosted by Carson Tahoe Cancer Center and Casting For Recovery, a national organization that has been funding outdoor events for cancer patients over the past two decades.

Free and open to the public! Join Summit Neuropsychology for this special wellness session. You'll learn general tips for remembering things you may normally forget, especially related to symptoms people often experience while going through chemotherapy. RSVP to (775) 445-7508 or contact CancerInfo@CarsonTahoe.org. This will be held at the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center, Conference Room. Located at 1535 Medical Pkwy, Carson City, NV.