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Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, is Director of the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center and a Professor of Surgery and Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the clinical leader of the Breast Oncology Program at the NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF. Dr. Esserman has extensive clinical and research experience in breast cancer with a strong commitment to breaking new ground in breast cancer therapy. A prolific writer and contributor to both United States (US) and international journals, Dr. Esserman has numerous publications in peer–reviewed journals covering all aspects of breast health from immunology to health policy. She speaks extensively at public and private forums within the US and internationally. Dr. Esserman's guiding principle for research and clinical care is that a patient's knowledge, participation, and comfort are key to ensuring that a patient receives the best possible care, participating as partners in their health care.  |
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Suzanne Grace had a distinguished 20+ year career in the performing arts as a professional dancer, choreographer, teacher and artistic director of her own dance company based in St. Louis, MO. She retired in 1997 upon moving to California and devoted her talents to the healing arts of yoga, Pilates and bodywork. She volunteered for 4 years as a massage therapist for cancer patients at the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic in Oakland, and led a monthly yoga retreat in Marin County for women, whose lives had been touched by cancer. Suzanne has taught and performed worldwide, sharing her unique understanding of the wisdom of the body potential, and inspiring all who experience her work to "move with grace." She resides in the Sierra foothills between two sacred rivers near Auburn, CA.
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Debra Jarvis is a general oncology chaplain at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. In spite of being a reverend, she takes joy in being irreverent and finding humor and balance in life. She is a commentator for National Public Radio and the author of The Journey Through AIDS, HIV Positive: Living with AIDS, and Take It Again-From The Top. A former hospice spiritual counselor, she has facilitated cancer retreats at Harmony Hill Retreat Center and is creator of "The Existential Expedition" a renewal program for medical staff. Since she is a breast cancer survivor, antioxidant donations in the form of dark chocolate are always welcome. |
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Michael Lerner, PhD is president and founder of Commonweal, a health and environmental research institute in Bolinas , California . He is co-founder with Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, a week-long retreat for people with cancer featured by Bill Moyers in his award winning PBS series “Healing and the Mind.” Lerner is the author of Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer , (MIT Press), widely considered a seminal book in the field. He is also president and co-founder of Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts in Washington , D.C. , which offers the Cancer Help Program on the East Coast. Lerner is a member of the CEO Advisory Board of the American Cancer Society. He is also the co-founder of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, a national partnership of individuals and organizations committed to the prevention of cancer and other diseases.
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Kate Munger is a singer/songwriter who lives with her family, sings, works and swims along the shores of Tomales Bay and has lead community singing for 25 years. In 2000 Kate founded the first Threshold Choirs, for women who are called to sing at the bedsides of people who are dying. Today there are 27 Choirs across the country and one forming in Iceland. These choirs offer a way for singers to express gratitude for the gift of singing in their lives, offer an expansion of the act of "being" with people who are dying, ill or in coma, and bring together a magnificent community of huge-hearted, collaborating, creative women who know that true service heals everyone. The Threshold Choirs are proud of their second CD of original music for singing at bedsides entitled Tenderly Rain; their first, LISTENING at the Threshold was released in December 2004. |
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Shaina Noll is a singer/songwriter from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her vocal training while studying to be an actress. With her interest in the spiritual becoming more compelling, she left that path, going on to receive a master's degree in transpersonal psychology. Her love of singing, combined with her deep interest in healing and spiritual awakening, inspired her to start writing, gathering and recording songs to support those on a journey of healing. Serenity, spirituality and inspiration permeate every aspect of her soul-nourishing albums, Songs for The Inner Child, Bread for the Journey, and You Can Relax Now. Her songs have been a source of comfort and support to people around the world. She has been particularly touched and gratified to know that her songs have gifted a great many people when they are undergoing treatment for cancer.
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Judith Orloff, MD, is a psychiatrist, author of the bestseller Positive Energy: Ten Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear Into Vibrance, Strength, and Love. (Three Rivers Press, 2005) She is also author of Guide to Intuitive Healing and Second Sight. Dr. Orloff is an international lecturer and workshop leader on the interrelationship between medicine, intuition, and energy. Her work has been featured on CNN, PBS, and NPR and has appeared in USA Today, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Self . She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and has a private practice in Los Angeles where she lives by the ocean. |
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Patrick Quillin, PhD, RD, CNS is an internationally recognized expert in the area of nutrition and cancer. He has 27 years experience as a clinical nutritionist, of which 10 years were spent as the Director of Nutrition for Cancer Treatment Centers of America where he worked with thousands of cancer patients in a hospital setting. He has earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in nutrition and is a registered and licensed dietitian (RD & LD) and Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) with the American College of Nutrition. He has appeared on over 60 television and 220 radio shows nationwide and is a regular speaker for medical and trade conventions. He taught college nutrition for 9 years, and worked as a hospital dietitian. His 15 books have sold over 1 million copies and include the best sellers Healing Nutrients and Beating Cancer With Nutrition, and the textbook, Adjuvant Nutrition in Cancer Treatment. In 1992, 1994, and 1995 he organized 3 international symposia on “adjuvant nutrition in cancer treatment”.
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Sacramento Taiko Dan is a community based non-profit organization, formed in 1989 by a group of people who wanted to study the art of Taiko. The multi-cultural group, comprised of members ranging in age from 9 years old to over 70, is directed by Tiffany Tamaribuchi, a former performing member and current guest artist of the prestigious San Francisco Taiko Dojo. Tiffany has traveled extensively throughout Japan to study with several Taiko groups, including the world renowned Taiko group, Kodo. The word TAIKO means “big drum”. It is the word commonly used to describe the art of Japanese drumming, used for healing and religious ceremonies and once an integral part of Japanese life.
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Sista Monica Parker singer/songwriter, record producer and award-winning performer, is one of the most sought after and admired Blues, Soul and Gospel singers on the international music scene today. Sista Monica is a 2006 nominee for a W.C. Handy Award (the Grammy of the blues world) for “Best Soul Blues Female Artist Of The Year”. She put down her gospel roots singing and touring with gospel choirs in Chicago and Gary, Indiana. She exploded onto the music scene in 1992, singing festivals, concerts and producing original songs. In 2003, she was diagnosed with a rare and severe form of cancer, Synovial Sarcoma. Determined to sing and live out her purpose, she has survived aggressive chemotherapy, two major surgeries and high dosage radiation treatments. Sista Monica is a soul survivor. She contends “It was surely the music and the grace of God that kept me alive!” Her 7th and latest CD, "Can't Keep A Good Woman Down”, released in 2005, is certainly a testament to that. Mostly original songs, it offers hope and a reflection of her remarkable recovery experience |
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Master Ko Wong is internationally recognized as an advanced Chi Kung practitioner. For more than 40 years Master Ko has practiced Chi Kung and meditative practices in Hong Kong, China, the United States, and Canada. In 1988 in recognition of his accomplishments, he was appointed assistant director at the prestigious China Cancer Research Foundation in Zhanjiang, China. In 1992, Master Ko brought his teachings to the United States where he founded the Ko Wong Chi Kung Institute in San Francisco. In 1998, he began instructing Chi Kung classes and Walking Chi Kung for Cancer Patients at the Institute for Health & Healing at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Master Ko is exceptionally skilled at treating people with severe health conditions and is cherished by his students for his warmth and humor. |
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