_____________________________________________________________________ This week, Real World Health Care interviews Suzanne M. Miller, PhD, Professor of Cancer Prevention and Control and Director of Patient Empowerment and Health Decision Making at Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). Dr. Miller , is on the Board of Directors of the HealthWell Foundation and the Society of…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ By Krista Zodet, President, HealthWell Foundation Mental health is the costliest medical condition in the nation, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). It devastates individuals, families and communities. For many, behavioral health problems do not exist in a vacuum; they are inextricably linked with serious medical…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ The searing back pain was the first indication to Marilyn Gould that something wasn’t quite right. The 67-year-old retired architect from Baltimore started to feel the pain at age 62 and began visiting a variety of doctors and specialists to find out what was wrong. Blood work indicated high…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ Real World Health Care continues our multiple myeloma series with an interview with Edward A. Faber Jr., DO, MS, associate director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program managed by Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. in conjunction with the Mercy Health and The Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. He also serves…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ We continue our series on multiple myeloma with an interview with Gareth J. Morgan, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, PhD, professor of hematology and director of the Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Morgan also serves as deputy director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer…more.
________________________________________________________________ Our series on melanoma concludes as we shine the spotlight on the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF). We spoke with the MRF’s Director of Education, Shelby Moneer, MS, CHES and MRF’s Scientific Advisory Committee Co-Chair, Michael B. Atkins, MD, PhD, Deputy Director of the Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University.…more.
________________________________________________________________ Cutting-Edge Melanoma Treatment at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey This week, Real World Health Care continues our series on melanoma by interviewing two colleagues from the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sharad Goyal, MD, is Associate Professor and Director of…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ For this week’s post in our series on melanoma melanoma, Real World Health Care interviewed Kelly M. McMasters, MD, PhD. Dr. McMasters serves as the director of the Multidisciplinary Melanoma Clinic at the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Here, he works with colleagues to identify the…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ Real World Health Care continues our series on melanoma with a discussion with Howard Kaufman, MD, FACS, surgical oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Dr. Kaufman’s clinical and research work focuses on using the immune system to fight cancer. He also runs a scientific laboratory focusing on…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ By Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine & Clinical Director, Melanoma, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center May is Melanoma awareness month, and our series on melanoma continues with a discussion with Dr. Douglas B. Johnson of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Dr. Johnson leads Vanderbilt’s melanoma clinical and research…more.
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