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This show brings together the most requested and researched cancer information into a single resource. It’s not just information. It’s the right information, right when you need it most.
Current, Comprehensive, and Customizable:
Our goal is to help empower patients, through information, to help them navigate a cancer diagnosis. From initial diagnosis, throughout treatment, and in to all phases of survivorship, Bag It guides patients on how to talk to their healthcare providers, ask questions, and serve as the most important advocate on their care team.
In addition to the tools and resources found in the Bag It bag, we’ve developed this comprehensive online Resource Center designed to be your starting point when you’re researching any of the many topics related to a cancer diagnosis. The Bag It Resource Center is continuously evaluated and updated to ensure we’re providing easy access to the best resources available.
The Bag It bag includes resources specifically to support those who are providing care and support for cancer patients. Among our resources, we’ve included Caring for the Caregiver, from the National Cancer Institute. This booklet offers ways for a friend or family member to take care of themselves while caring for a loved one with cancer.
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Current, Comprehensive, and Customizable:
Our goal is to help empower patients, through information, to help them navigate a cancer diagnosis. From initial diagnosis, throughout treatment, and in to all phases of survivorship, Bag It guides patients on how to talk to their healthcare providers, ask questions, and serve as the most important advocate on their care team.
In addition to the tools and resources found in the Bag It bag, we’ve developed this comprehensive online Resource Center designed to be your starting point when you’re researching any of the many topics related to a cancer diagnosis. The Bag It Resource Center is continuously evaluated and updated to ensure we’re providing easy access to the best resources available.
The Bag It bag includes resources specifically to support those who are providing care and support for cancer patients. Among our resources, we’ve included Caring for the Caregiver, from the National Cancer Institute. This booklet offers ways for a friend or family member to take care of themselves while caring for a loved one with cancer.
16 SEP 2022 · Mindy's guests Carly Boos, CLL Society Executive Director and Uterine Cancer Program Director at SHARE Cancer Support, Kitty Silverman talk about their Partnership with Bag It and valuable services and programs offered for individuals with CLL or uterine cancer.
BIO ~ Carly Boos
I was born and raised in the Kansas City area but relocated to San Diego in 2021. I have worked in health care-related nonprofits since 2009. I have a Master of Education in Adult Education and an MBA from the University of Kansas.
After an early career in various industries, I found my calling working in health-care related nonprofits in 2009, when I joined the Continuing Medical Education Division of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), where I led teams in educational design and technology, accreditation and compliance.
After nearly a decade at AAFP, I went to work for the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics as a Senior Director of Education & Meetings prior to joining CLL Society in 2018, where I serve as Executive Director.
CLL Society is an inclusive, patient-centric, physician-curated nonprofit organization that addresses the unmet needs of the chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) community through patient education, advocacy, support, and research.
In 2005, when Dr. Brian Koffman was diagnosed with CLL, he and his wife, Patty, sought to define and acquire the best possible care for one CLL patient: Brian. Uncovering critical, unmet needs within the CLL community, they created the non-profit CLL Society to function as a conduit, making vital support and credible, cutting-edge treatment information available to all CLL patients and their caregivers.
Today, CLL Society serves tens of thousands of CLL patients and their families and caregivers, as well as the CLL medical community around the world
Company / Organization Website URL: www.cllsociety.org
Company or Guest LinkedIn URL:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cll-society/?viewAsMember=true
Company or Guest Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/CllSociety
Company / Org Facebook Page URL: https://www.facebook.com/CLLsociety
Personal Bio ~ Kitty Silverman
Uterine Cancer Program Director
SHARE Cancer Support
I was born and raised in New York City, and have a degree in English Literature from New York University.
I have been working in the women's cancer arena for over 25 years.
I served as the executive director of the Women At Risk breast cancer program at NY Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center which provided programs benefiting women at high risk for breast cancer and women with breast cancer.
I then opened and managed the New York City Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, where I directed all of the Chapter's programs and fundraising activities. Prior to my work in women's cancers, I worked in the special events field both in the for profit and not for profit sectors.
At SHARE, I oversaw the development of the new uterine cancer program in 2020, and currently manage all aspects of the program.
ksilverman@sharecancersupport.org
Company Phone: (646) 817-3303
Company / Organization Website URL:
https://www.sharecancersupport.org/
Company or Guest LinkedIn URL:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittysilverman/
Company or Guest Twitter URL:
https://twitter.com/SHAREsupport
Company / Org Facebook Page URL:
https://www.facebook.com/SHARECancerSupport
19 AUG 2022 · Well-being across the dimension of Wellness with Jessica Somar. Mindy's talks with this month's guest, Wellness Expert Jessica Somar about the physical, emotional, social, environmental and financial dimensions of wellness with (or without) a cancer diagnosis.
BIO ~ Jessica M. Somar
Certified Health Educator - Corporate Well-Being Expert
I was raised outside of Madison, WI, and despite being in AZ since 2006, I will forever be a Wisconsin girl at heart.
I spent my entire childhood as a competitive gymnast.
I went to college at UW - La Crosse, where I graduated with a BS in Community Health. I have held certifications in pilates/yoga (piYo), sports nutrition, Youth Mental Health First Aid and I am a certified health education specialist.
My biggest pride in life is my family, my husband, son and 3 bonus (step) daughters.
Being a certified health education specialist and having my bachelor’s of science in Health Education, I have spent nearly 17 years in the corporate wellness arena. I started my career as an intern at the fitness center within Motorola, which is what brought me to Arizona. From there, I had the opportunity to develop a comprehensive and robust employee wellness program for a large, nationally located department of defense contractor.
It was such a unique experience, not only due to the nature of the organizations' work, but the diverse employee population. The next chapter of my career, I stepped into more of the population health space working for organizations that provided health management services to employers. This shift offered a variety of roles over the last 12 plus years. I spent time telephonic health coaching, developing worksite wellness programs, managing teams of telephonic coaches and onsite well-being coordinators, and most recently, designing well-being and engagement strategies and serving as the director of engagement for a large insurance company.
Throughout this time, I also provided sales support to the teams I worked alongside with, serving as the resident wellness expert, contributing to RFPs (requests for proposals), finalist presentations and strategy sessions with new and potential clients.
The range of my experience in the wellness industry, has given me broad perspective on how wellness means so many different things to different populations, as well as how to influence human behavior aiming to improve the overall quality of living for individuals. The world of wellness can be overwhelming so my role as a Certified Health Educator is to focus on evidence-based medicine and guidelines to achieve a healthy lifestyle again resulting in positive outcomes for individuals and the companies they work for.
I am currently self-employed, which allows the opportunity to pick projects and engagements that align to my passions while providing me the flexibility to focus more priority and time on my family.
jessica.m.somar@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamsomar/
(602) 524-5944
24 JUL 2022 · Mindy's guests are Patient Power co-founders - focused on patient community development, relationship-building with medical experts and centers of excellence, pharma, advocacy groups; focus on raising the "patient and care partner voices" to help them actively participate and drive their own healthcare decisions.
22 MAY 2022 · This month Mindy talks with two Escape to Thrive alum during the annual conference about how THRIVE impacted their cancer advocacy and why this conference is so unique and beneficial to cancer advocates.
About Andrea Ivory:
Andrea Ivory, a 17-year breast cancer survivor, is the founder and Executive Director of The Women's Breast & Heart Initiative, a non-profit organization with a focus on disease prevention and early detection.
A Philadelphia, PA native, Andrea is a graduate of Barry University and currently serves and in resides in South Florida. She is happily married to Willie Ivory, who actively supports her endeavors to transform and save lives.
Andrea has received the following recognitions for serving her community:
Yoplait Champion, L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth, Top 10 CNN Hero, Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader, and AARP Purpose Prize, among others.
The Women's Breast & Heart Initiative (WBHI) transforms and saves lives while providing at-risk women, low-income populations, and college students with the resources necessary to lead disease deterrent lifestyles. Through targeted door-to-door outreach, workplace wellness, virtual advocacy, college campus clubs, preventive screenings, care coordination, and patient navigation, WBHI lives its mission to advance health equity.
Company / Organization Website URL: flbreasthealth.com
Company or Guest LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ivory-3921a3a/
Company or Guest Twitter URL: @wbhi
Company / Org Facebook Page URL: @thewwbhi
About Betsy Glosik:
Born and raised in Cincinnati Ohio, Betsy attended Miami University and graduated with a BS in Home Economics and Consumer Sciences. At the time, Home Ec was most often an education degree, but Miami allowed a concentration that was more business-oriented and developed to help bridge the gaps in consumerism, marketing, and product development, and that is the area that she pursued.
After graduation, her degree and interests allowed her to work in the food industry in Chicago, developing products with a chef from Mexico for food service. After a move to Cleveland, she was able to use her kitchen skills as a recipe tester and contributor to an updated cookbook edition. A career turn took her into the optical world as an optician and eventually frame sales until her diagnosis of a second cancer in 2007.
As a direct impact from her personal cancer diagnosis and treatment, Betsy started a non-profit to help support women of any cancer type and their care partners with integrative approaches to help manage disease and treatment side effects. For the last six years, she has worked to build patient advocate representation in the Society for Integrative Oncology, starting from a small task force of six to a full-blown Committee of 25.
Advocates in the organization represent multiple cancer types, professions, and advocacy roles to help promote research, construct guidelines and develop patient resources for evidence-informed modalities to be used alongside traditional surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. These modalities are purposefully used to help promote wellness and ease symptom burden to improve overall quality of life issues both during and after treatment.
Betsy has served as the Co-Chair for the Patient Advocate Task Force (now Committee) at SIO from 2016-2021, and continues to sit on the Committee and Board of Trustees. In this role, she has coordinated the Committee’s activities in patient advocate-led research in Integrative Oncology, annual conference planning for the PA segment, growth and outreach. She continues to seek to improve the effectiveness of the PA voice for Integrative Oncology care, as a being a conduit between patients, survivors, care partners, and clinicians to increase awareness of Integrative modalities for improved quality of life.
In addition to her work for SIO, she has participated in cancer healthcare advocacy with the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Company / Organization Website URL: https://integrativeonc.org
Company or Guest LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsy-glosik-96698530/
Company or Guest Twitter URL:@dhopeinc
Company / Org Facebook Page URL:
https://www.facebook.com/SocietyForIntegrativeOncology
26 APR 2022 · Victoria Cramer shares her life hacks & secrets to surviving cancer.
About Victoria Cramer:
Victoria is a three-time cancer survivor who is an author, motivational speaker, happiness
coach, and recovering global leader in the hotel industry. She is an avid cyclist, scuba diver,
snow skier, and past skydiver.
She and her husband live in Mesa, Arizona with their twin eight-year-old daughters, 2 dogs, 2 bunnies, and a cat. They spend much of their time traveling the globe or getting outdoors to camp. Victoria is from Germany but is an Arizona Wildcat!
Victoria is an inspirational leader who brings dynamism and passion to every engagement, be it strategic planning, business/executive coaching, consulting, facilitating globally or public speaking. Victoria has 30 years’ experience being a transformational leader in the global hospitality space. She has expertise in all aspects of global operations, growth, and strategic planning. She has expertise at the local, national, and global levels as well as with startup and legacy brands.
Victoria has successfully steered a hotel management company of 800 employees and 25 Marriott and Hilton hotels through the worst economic downturn in hotel history. As CEO, the company saw its highest profit margins in recorded history. Her experience comes from working at Marriott Hotels, Choice Hotels, and as a consultant for Abbott Labs, Cisco Systems, and Microsoft.
Victoria is a people champion. She is a consultant, strategist, coach, author, and public speaker and spends much of her time greening up the human spirit and mentoring the human race on how to find happiness in spite of the epic stuff thrown at us each day.
Contact Info:
victoria@victoriacramer.com
Company / Organization Website URL: www.victoriacramer.com
Company or Guest LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/portervictoria
Company / Org Facebook Page URL: https://www.facebook.com/victoria.porter.50
11 APR 2022 · Cancer advocacy, storytelling, and survivorship with Dr. Veronika Panagiotou.
About Veronika Panagiotou, Ph.D.:
She empowers and educates patient advocates on the most pressing policy issues facing quality cancer care to facilitate their engagement in public policy advocacy.
Veronika was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma a few days after celebrating her 25th birthday in Pittsburgh, PA. Eight years later, she uses her cancer diagnosis and the knowledge she has gained through the process to empower other cancer survivors to tell their stories and support their advocacy.
Dr. Veronika Panagiotou obtained her doctorate in Community Engagement at Point Park University. She holds an MS in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Veronika Panagiotou has presented research across the country on the topics of food insecurity, human-centered design, and civic engagement. She obtained her doctorate in Community Engagement at Point Park University in 2021. She defended her dissertation entitled, “Do Service-Learning Models Create an Opportunity to Cultivate Civic Engagement Outcomes at Point Park University? A Phenomenological Study of Students’ Perspectives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
Veronika currently serves as the advocacy and program manager at the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS). She supports over 700 advocates that are a part of the Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT). She empowers and educates patient advocates on the most pressing policy issues facing quality cancer care to facilitate their engagement in public policy advocacy.
She has a long history of being an advocate with NCCS. She shared her story of how access to insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) saved her life, advocated for paid leave for cancer survivors during the pandemic, and discussed meeting with and building ongoing relationships with her members of Congress.
Company / Organization Website URL: www.canceradvocacy.org
Guest LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronikapanagiotou/
Company LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nccscanceradvocacy
Company or Guest Twitter URL:@veronikap88 & @canceradvocacy
Company / Org Facebook Page URL: https://www.facebook.com/cancersurvivorship
6 MAR 2022 · 42% of cancers are potentially preventable. AICR’s Director of Nutrition Programs Sheena Patel Swanner provides simple lifestyle recommendations you can start today to help reduce your risk of cancer or a recurrence. Learn more and Take the Healthy 10 challenge today!
About Sheena Patel Swanner:
Sheena has her master’s degree from the University of Kentucky in Dietetics Administration. She is the Director of Nutrition Programs at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
Sheena Patel Swanner, MS, RDN brings more than a decade of experience working on health promotion, wellness, and disease prevention and management to her role as the Director of Nutrition Programs at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
At AICR she oversees evidence-based programs focused on reducing cancer risk by promoting improved nutrition, diet and weight management, and provides practical tips and tools to implement AICR’s recommendations.
Prior to joining AICR, Sheena worked with the United States Air Force as a Health Promotions Dietitian, with the elderly population directing Nutrition Education Programs and in the clinical nutrition setting. She is passionate about helping individuals improve their overall quality of life through nutrition and diet and is enthusiastic about making cancer prevention a reality by empowering and motivating individuals in healthy, fun and inspiring ways through her curated content, blogs, webinars and speaking engagements.
For additional information, please see the following:
Cancer Health Check: www.cancerhealthcheck.org
Healthy10 Challenge: www.healthy10challenge.org
American Institute for Cancer Research www.aicr.org
Company Instagram: @cancerprevention
27 JAN 2022 · Mindy spoke with Dr. Rodgers Wilson, a forensic psychiatrist by training with an interest in transcultural psychology. The importance of early detection in cancer, sharing your personal history with your healthcare team and having the tools to move forward after a cancer diagnosis is critical to living your best life.
Dr. Rodgers Wilson is passionate about the effects of racial discrimination on health outcomes and engagement in healthcare and has performed federal research on the consequences of misdiagnosis on health outcomes. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Wilson has a keen interest in and has worked with providers on physical and behavioral health integration within primary care.
Dr. Wilson is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Forensic and Adult Psychiatry, in administration and management by the American Psychiatric Association, and holds a certification in Healthcare Quality Management by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.
With over 30 years of clinical leadership experience, Dr. Wilson has worked with capitated provider organizations to improve population health management and instituted population health management strategies for health plans to impact the clinical care for high-risk clinical populations. He is experienced in palliative care oversight and delegation, and the use of centers of excellence to enable utilization and quality improvement. His interests include the transition of care innovations, medical and behavioral co-case management, motivational interviews skills in case management, and developing incentives for patient experience.
Within the community, he serves on the board of a cancer support organization and he started an educational scholarship which is named after his late parents. He is a member of the Arizona Psychiatric Association and the Arizona Medical Association. He has participated in Cigna's African American-focused mentorship program and provides mentorship support to early career psychiatrists in the community.
He is a published children’s book author and a professionally trained screenwriter. In his leisure time, he enjoys cooking Cajun and Creole cuisine.
18 DEC 2021 · Mindy interviews a Stage 4 Cancer Survivor and Advocate Sheila McGlown. A wonderful example of what Bag It can do for you or your loved ones during this trying and worrying time. Join Mindy for this uplifting story.
About Sheila M. McGlown
Sheila M. McGlown is a pioneering breast cancer advocate with a particular focus on the black community. She has overcome personal adversity to help support and educate her community about the risk of breast cancer and how to live a fulfilling life after diagnosis.
In 2009, Sheila was diagnosed with Stage IV HER2+ ER+ invasive breast cancer. By the time she received her diagnosis, the tumor had already metastasized to her liver and rib.
Sheila uses her voice to raise awareness about the racial disparities faced by black women throughout their breast cancer journey. Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is devastating for anyone, and Sheila passionately believes that racial disparities should not have an impact on the standard of treatment that black women receive.
Eleven years as a metastatic breast cancer survivor is a testament to Sheila’s strength of will. And she takes strength and comfort from her faith, which has helped her to find greater meaning in her journey.
She draws inspiration from her favorite bible verse, Matthew 17:20 – with faith, nothing is impossible.
25 Year Air Force Veteran
BA (2012) and MBA (2016)
Website: https://asurvivorslens.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gracies.Angel
Twitter: @swaggsheila1
Other: IG A_SURVIVORS_LENS
30 OCT 2021 · In this episode Mindy spoke with Jonny Imerman, a cancer survivor diagnosed at 26 years of age. Jonny talks about how his diagnosis changed his focus in life and the impact he is making for those impacted by cancer. Recognizing the mental health challenges and the need to connect to others Jonny started Imerman Angels to provide one-on-one cancer support for those impacted by cancer. Today, Jonny's passion continues as he works to help organizations with brand awareness in his recent endeavor, Cloztalk.com
Jonny Imerman
*Jonny Imerman grew up in Metro Detroit and shortly after graduating from the University of Michigan, he was diagnosed with advanced cancer & experienced 2 years of chemo & surgeries.
Jonny co-founded ImermanAngels.org, a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides free one-on-one peer cancer support for thousands of cancer families each year & partners with hundreds of hospitals.
Jonny also co-founded CLOZTALK.com, a giant e-store where people can buy made-on-demand, high-quality “nonprofit org” brand logo apparel & choose from hundreds of vetted causes.
Jonny is grateful to have one ball and help others. Ha! There is no way to fight cancer without humor.
Jonny and his one ball live together in NYC.
*Imerman Angels a nonprofit that introduces someone fighting cancer to another person who fought the same cancer— 1-on-1. The organization helps caregivers (family members) 1-on-1, too. Imerman Angels has 12,500+ trained, volunteer cancer survivors and caregivers on call. They live in every state and in 100+ countries.
Know a family with cancer? A cancer survivor or caregiver? Please send them to www.ImermanAngels.org.
CLOZTALK raises BRAND AWARENESS for great nonprofits through premium charity-branded apparel. CLOZTALK inspires people to rock their favorite nonprofit logo on their clothes & to spread the word. CLOZTALK is an online clothing and apparel company that produces and sells high-quality, made-on-demand, charity-branded apparel for nonprofit causes at CLOZTALK.com.
Zero investment for nonprofits. So good causes are protected.
Website URL: https://cloztalk.com/
https://imermanangels.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImermanAngels
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imermanangels/
Twitter: @JonnyImerman
This show brings together the most requested and researched cancer information into a single resource. It’s not just information. It’s the right information, right when you need it most. Current,...
show more
This show brings together the most requested and researched cancer information into a single resource. It’s not just information. It’s the right information, right when you need it most.
Current, Comprehensive, and Customizable:
Our goal is to help empower patients, through information, to help them navigate a cancer diagnosis. From initial diagnosis, throughout treatment, and in to all phases of survivorship, Bag It guides patients on how to talk to their healthcare providers, ask questions, and serve as the most important advocate on their care team.
In addition to the tools and resources found in the Bag It bag, we’ve developed this comprehensive online Resource Center designed to be your starting point when you’re researching any of the many topics related to a cancer diagnosis. The Bag It Resource Center is continuously evaluated and updated to ensure we’re providing easy access to the best resources available.
The Bag It bag includes resources specifically to support those who are providing care and support for cancer patients. Among our resources, we’ve included Caring for the Caregiver, from the National Cancer Institute. This booklet offers ways for a friend or family member to take care of themselves while caring for a loved one with cancer.
show less
Current, Comprehensive, and Customizable:
Our goal is to help empower patients, through information, to help them navigate a cancer diagnosis. From initial diagnosis, throughout treatment, and in to all phases of survivorship, Bag It guides patients on how to talk to their healthcare providers, ask questions, and serve as the most important advocate on their care team.
In addition to the tools and resources found in the Bag It bag, we’ve developed this comprehensive online Resource Center designed to be your starting point when you’re researching any of the many topics related to a cancer diagnosis. The Bag It Resource Center is continuously evaluated and updated to ensure we’re providing easy access to the best resources available.
The Bag It bag includes resources specifically to support those who are providing care and support for cancer patients. Among our resources, we’ve included Caring for the Caregiver, from the National Cancer Institute. This booklet offers ways for a friend or family member to take care of themselves while caring for a loved one with cancer.
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