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Robert Stone and the three-year job that lasted thirty
He arrived at City of Hope as a lawyer with a three-year plan. Thirty years later, Robert Stone is still working out how an institution can grow without losing the habits that made him stay.
AccessHope
AccessHope is a Duarte, California-based health benefits company, founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of City of Hope, that remotely delivers leading cancer expertise from National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers to employers and their covered employees. Rather than asking patients to switch doctors or travel, AccessHope connects local treating oncologists with subspecialists from elite centers, providing peer-to-peer case reviews and evidence-based treatment recommendations so patients can get the best cancer knowledge anywhere - without leaving home.
Brad Kreick
Brad Kreick is the CEO of AccessHope, a commercial venture spun out of City of Hope that connects local oncologists with subspecialist cancer experts at NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. After three decades moving between payers, providers and private equity - Oxford Health Plans, Apria Healthcare, SolutionHealth - he took the helm to turn a nonprofit cancer benefit into a national business, closing a $33 million Series B in 2024 and scaling AccessHope past 10 million covered members.