
When Brenda Nease was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, listening to music and playing the piano helped her through her treatment and recovery. Now Nease uses music to help other patients and their families at Emory Winship Cancer Institute.
Emory University Hospital ranks among the nation's best hospitals in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report guide to "America's Best Hospitals." Overall, Emory is one of only 170 hospitals, out of more than 5,400 medical centers in the country to be named in even one of the magazine's top 50 specialty rankings.