JALBCA Supporting ECMC

Since 2018, JALBCA has provided vital support for the Mobile Mammography Services Program. This generous assistance has helped to fund mobile mammography screening, education, and patient navigation services for over 4,700 patients throughout the region, yet the lives touched and saved are likely immeasurable. The continued support of JALBCA became especially crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. As nationwide attention was turned to pandemic relief efforts,  JALBCA continued their mission of supporting programs that are fundamentally important for life-saving early detection. As hospitals, healthcare providers, and organizations of all kinds struggled financially, JALBCA's support was critical to ensuring the survival of programs such as these.

Grantee Project

Through the creation of the Comprehensive Breast Health Center, the ECMC Foundation and Erie County Medical Center seek to remedy inequitable health outcomes by bringing together the fragmented breast health care model under one roof in an area of high need. The partners seek to build on the success of the Mobile Mammography Coach and use this experience to expand its services to a brick-and-mortar location within the hospital. The  cornerstone of the new Comprehensive Breast Health Center will be the addition of the first brick and mortar mammography suite in Buffalo’s highest need area. The future mammography suite will have one, 3D digital  tomosynthesis, Selenia Dimensions system one DEXA bone density scan unit. Tomosynthesis is the latest, digital mammography technology available, and decreases recall and false-positives rates, thereby improving the effectiveness of breast cancer screening. Operations in the new mammography suite are expected to begin Q1 2025.

Our Mission

The ECMC Foundation is a not-for-profit affiliate organization of the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) that works to procure resources for the enhancement of services offered to ECMC's patients and surrounding community. The Foundation's mission is to procure the resources and conduct fundraising efforts necessary to provide and grow programs that assist ECMC in achieving the best possible health outcomes for its patients. In addition to owning and operating the Mobile Mammography Coach, the ECMC Foundation also provides programs for youth to explore healthcare careers and professional development funds for employees seeking to advance their careers. These efforts support ECMC's critically important lifesaving care and other health services for patients and their family members and professional development and advanced education opportunities for ECMC's caregivers and medical staff.