Friday, June 11, 2010

Please help Abby Yap, our Mover and Shaker, help Fred's Team at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center!

Of the 188 Movers and Shakers we've featured, Abby Yap was the sixth and she was featured in honor of Valentine's Day as she works in cardiology:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2009/02/movers-and-shakers-abigail-yap-of-lenox.html

Please help Abby help Fred's Team at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center!

Abby writes:

I’ve joined Fred's Team in the race against cancer to support lifesaving research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – the nation’s preeminent center for research and treatment devoted exclusively to cancer.

The need is great, and that's why I’m hoping you will consider making a donation to support my run.

Since 1995, Fred's Team has helped underwrite pioneering research in pediatrics and dozens of other areas – research that has funded new treatments that have made a real difference in the lives of millions of people affected by this deadly disease.

This kind of progress is made possible by the generosity of people like you. The link below will bring you to my Fred's Team Web page, where you can make a tax-deductible online donation. Thank you so much!
Click here to visit my personal page.
If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address:http://mskcc.convio.net/site/TR/FredsTeamEvents/Freds_Team?px=1764032&pg=personal&fr_id=1320&et=sulssnpITXoL4rRyQ3-OBQ..&s_tafId=9090

ABOUT FRED'S TEAM

Fred's Team is a group of dedicated runners of all abilities who participate in athletic events to raise funds for cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Since its founding in 1995, Fred's Team --

has raised more than $38 million to benefit vital research at MSKCC.
is the primary source of support for theAubrey Fund for Pediatric Cancer Research, established in 1997 to benefit ongoing research for childhood cancers, including leukemia, neuroblastoma, brain tumors, and certain forms of sarcoma.
attracts thousands of members who participate in marathons and athletic events of all types, in New York, Chicago, Boston, and worldwide.

Not a runner? You can volunteer at a Fred's Team event or support a Fred's Team member.

The world's oldest and largest private cancer center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has devoted more than a century to patient care as well as to innovative research, making significant contributions to new and better therapies for the treatment of cancer.

Founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital by a group that included John J. Astor and his wife, Charlotte, the original building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan began its move to its present location on York Avenue in 1936 when John D. Rockefeller, Jr. donated the land upon which, in 1939, Memorial Hospital was constructed. Between 1970 and 1973, a new Memorial Hospital was constructed and this building stands on the site today.

In the 1940s, two former General Motors executives, Alfred P. Sloan and Charles F. Kettering, joined forces to establish the Sloan-Kettering Institute (SKI). SKI has since become one of the nation's premier biomedical research institutions. Built adjacent to Memorial Hospital, SKI was formally dedicated in 1948. In 1960, SKI and Memorial Hospital were unified into a single entity, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.


	Dr. Thomas J. Kelly, Director, Sloan-Kettering Institute and Dr. Robert E. Wittes, Physician-in-Chief, Memorial Hospital

Today, the Center has more than 10,000 employees including 727 Memorial Hospital attending staff and 133 SKI members. In 2008, more than 22,000 patients were admitted to Memorial Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering accommodated 466,000 outpatient visits at its Manhattan and regional sites combined.

In recent years, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has expanded with new construction and renovations designed to meet the growing needs of both our patients and our research programs.

We have developed a network of community-based state-of-the-art outpatient cancer treatment facilities that bring our expert care closer to patients living throughout our geographical area, including Long Island, Westchester County, and New Jersey.

MSKCC's Breast Examination Center of Harlem(BECH) provides breast and cervical cancer screening at no out-of-pocket expense to the women of Harlem. Since its founding in 1979, BECH has had more than 204,592 visits. In addition, in 2003 MSKCC entered into a partnership with Harlem's North General Hospital throughThe Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, to offer the medically underserved population of Harlem access to the highest quality cancer treatment and screening services.

The Center's new 23-story research building, which opened in mid-2006, houses many of our laboratories and allow for expansion of a number of our research programs. The second phase of construction has commenced on a seven-story laboratory building next door.

An exciting new dimension was added to MSKCC in 2004 with the establishment of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. A major goal of the school -- which offers a PhD program in cancer biology -- is to narrow the gap between basic cancer research and clinical applications by training a cadre of gifted young scientists to attack clinical problems through basic and translational research. The first class was admitted in July 2006.

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