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Nilay Shah, MD is a clinician-scientist and Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT at Nationwide Childrenโs Hospital. His primary clinical focus is on pediatric solid tumors, including neuroblastomas, tumors of the kidneys, and rare solid tumors of childhood. His research focuses on the molecular drivers of pediatric cancers and how new treatment approaches can be taken to better target those drivers. In this role, he works to identify new uses of currently available anticancer treatments, including drugs originally developed for use against cancers in adults. He serves as Associate Director for Liver Tumor, Kidney Tumor, Germ Cell, and Neuroblastoma Targeted Therapies, and is currently the Sponsor and Study Principal Investigator the CaboMain trial, a Phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy of the oral anticancer agent cabozantinib as a maintenance therapy for ultra-high-risk solid tumors.
He also serves as co-director of the Cancer Genetics Program. This program serves to advance the use of genetic and genomic evaluations for the benefits of patients. In this role, he sees patients in the Cancer Predisposition Clinic for evaluation, surveillance, and management of patients with genetic alterations that predispose to cancer development. He also consults on patients for precision oncology, partnering with the Institute for Genomic Medicine to identify therapeutic approaches based on patient tumor and germline genomics.
Dr. Shah is a graduate of the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University, earning his medical degree in 2003. Dr. Shah completed a residency in General Pediatrics in 2006 at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Johns Hopkins University and the National Cancer Institute in 2011. He also was a Research Instructor at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., prior to his arrival at Nationwide Children's Hospital in 2013. -
National Pediatric Cancer Foundation Website
nationalpcf.org
Personal emails to contact us:
Health Navigator Form to Contact Kelly
https://nationalpcf.org/health-navigator/
Online toolkit - we would also be happy to mail you a copy if desired
https://nationalpcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Pediatric-Cancer-Toolkit-Your-Guide-National-Pediatric-Cancer-Foundation-2022.pdf
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โข ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ โ The childrenโs picture book
โข ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐
โข ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐: ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ -
Dr Takijah Heard is a Chicago native, born on the south side of Chicago. Dr Heard received her doctorate of medicine from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She remained on the south side at UIC/Advocate Hope Childrenโs Hospital for her pediatric residency. Dr Heardโs pediatric neurology residency and epilepsy fellowship was completed at Harvardโs Boston Children Hospital. After completing her fellowship in epilepsy, she attended the Harvard School of Public Health to learn more about how to conduct epilepsy research in order to impact the world on a broader level. She has travelled to various countries in Central America and Africa including Zambia and Tanzania teaching and spreading awareness about epilepsy. In 2018, Dr Heard continued these educational efforts by travelling to Kenya with a mentoring program called I Am Abel Foundation.
Dr Heardโs teaching skills have been honored as she was the recipient of the Deanโs Excellence in Teaching Award during her first position as the Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Houston. She has worked extensively with the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas and Greater Chicago and now functions as a board member and physician advisor. She currently serves on the Physician Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago. Dr Heardโs passion for epilepsy has been shared on National Public Radio (NPR), FOX News in Chicago and WGN local news in Chicago. She has been named as one of 2013โs Top America Doctors. Dr Heard has authored chapters in books and articles focused on pediatric epilepsy. Additionally, she has been featured in an award winning book called Against All Odds Celebrating Black Women in Medicine that has recently turned into a documentary renamed Changing the Face of Medicine which was released in 2017.
Dr Takijah Heard is currently working as pediatric neurologist and epileptologist at NorthShore University Health System as the Director of Pediatric Neurophysiology. She also works at Neurabilities Healthcare treat a more broad range of neurologic disease, behaviors and epilepsy. She cares for kids with any and all neurologic issues but has a special passion for children with seizures. She has helped with the creation of the MediKidz comic book series highlight her personal patients ability to conquer their epilepsy. She continues to teach medical students and residents about pediatric neurology and epilepsy in hopes of broadening the field. In 2022, she was awarded the Chicagoland Mentor of the Year Award by a medical mentoring group called the I Am Abe Foundation. She currently in on Instagram as the Baby Brain Doctor in an effort to increase education through the media avenues. She has pushed her passion for epilepsy awareness to the Mrs. America platform. She was crowned Mrs. Illinois on 6/17/23 and will be competing for Mrs. America on 8/26/23 in Las Vegas, Nevada. If crowned Mrs America, she will have a national platform to influence change in epilepsy education, care and awareness. In the meantime, she will use her 1 year of reign as Mrs. Illinois to increase epilepsy awareness through various speaking and appearances throughout Illinois.
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Miranda Walker with her mom, Amber.
an 11 year old with an amazing story of perseverance and tenacity with an understanding well beyond her years -
Joel was born in El Paso Texas and raised in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Joel attended New Mexico State University and graduated in 2001 and started working in ophthalmology surgery. Joel also attended the University of Texas at El Paso and graduated in 2014. He currently works for Southwest Eye Institute and Vista Surgery Center. He created the nonprofit organization, โThe Gold Cornerโ, and also started the YouTube channel under the same name. He uses this platform to speak with parents whose children have been affected by cancer. He created this channel to raise awareness where these little warriors are showcased as they are, heroes. Whether these children were already called home or are currently fighting.
Joel is also a member of the worldwide brotherhood โBearded Villainsโ where he serves as the Charity Head Officer. Bearded Villains is a charity-based worldwide brotherhood.
He is also an ordained minister, author, motivational speaker but his passion is martial arts.
Joel works as a referee and judge for professional and amateur mixed martial arts fights and is licensed with several sanctioning bodies. This is where he got his nickname โThe Bearded Refโ
He welcomed his daughter Mia into the world on July 17th, 2015, But his world turned upside down in Sept of 2017.
See more about his organization at thegoldcorner.org
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Victoria Porter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and owner of Garland County Grief Counseling in downtown Hot Springs. She worked for several years in hospice and bereavement care and is now a grief therapist specializing in grief and loss only. She is a Certified Compassionate Bereavement Care Provider and an Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work Certified Provider.
In this episode, we will discuss things to avoid saying to a grieving parent.
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Dr. Cannon's Bio: She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences. She was then commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy. After her service in the military, and a brief stint in biomedical research, she completed my medical degree at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, with an internship at the Childrenโs Hospital of Los Angeles and finished her residency at the Morgan Stanley Childrenโs Hospital of New York. She worked in rural South Carolina with the National Health Service Corps, and moved to Hot Springs AR in 2016, where she began working at Hot Springs Pediatric clinic.
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An Unexpected Fight: a pediatric cancer podcast trailer.
