Cancer Treatment Centers Of America - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2013
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Thai Lee, MBA 1985

hospice care, but Lee refused to give up. Researching treatment options, she found doctors at Johns Hopkins who performed complicated surgeries. Today, Margaret is cancer-free, and much of Lee's philanthropy... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

come at night. The spokes are community cancer centers where chemotherapy, radiation, and rehabilitation take place. As America struggles with its fee-for-service model, Amil,... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Stripped of his voice box and vocal cords, he had to learn to speak using his esophagus. Batten, an entrepreneur who thrives on difficult challenges, says that... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain

"I never intended to write a book," says Deborah A. Cohen (MBA '87). Nor did she expect to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35. The author of Just Get Me Through... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Dec 2013
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Your Own Medicine

WILLIAMS CHARLEY SECKLER in the midst of the first-ever trial for a DMD treatment at Johns Hopkins University. Photo courtesy the Seckler Family by Dan Morrell There's this picture View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

02 Aug 2011
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A Fearless Force for Change

during the initial phase of her treatment, a regimen that would have flattened most patients. Instead, Linn regularly attended indoor cycling sessions at Equinox Fitness Center in New York City. "I may have... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A 'reluctant entrepreneur' draws on the HBS network

Cancer survivor Kathryn Giusti (MBA 1985) gives a talk about being a "reluctant entrepreneur" in founding the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. (Published April 2014) View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Making a Statement

treatment centers in the country. Paul’s experience led him to make a gift during his 25th Reunion to endow a fund to benefit the School’s Health Care Initiative. Given the fund’s initial success, he... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

6.4 million residents, 440,000 who were previously uninsured have become covered, with 191,000 of those securing private, nongovernment insurance. At 2.6 percent, Massachusetts now has the lowest rate of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

The health care industry needs so much improvement, it will take a whole movement to fix it. “The more leaders, the better,” says Luc Sirois (MBA 1997), who sees progress coming not through a single organization, but rather from groups of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall

pharmaceutical companies focused their R&D on treatments for common illnesses — such as diabetes and high cholesterol — an approach that resulted in the development of blockbuster drugs. We now recognize... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

line and on improving the quality of patient care. In 2005, Porter developed a multiyear learning partnership with MD Anderson, regularly ranked as the top cancer treatment... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
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Dean’s Award

Douglas K. Schillinger (fifth from left), for his diligence, determination, humility, and strength while undergoing treatment for melanoma Father Thomas Patrick Doyle, C.S.C., for being a strong and generous source View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

conclusion by manually going through the data,” the lead doctor told the Japan Times, “but Watson’s speed is crucial in the treatment of leukemia, which progresses rapidly and can cause complications.” This... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Mar 2006
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Academic Cross-Pollination

then have to think about the prospects for commercialization. They have to communicate back and forth extensively. What were some of the projects? As an example, one of last year’s teams was looking at an... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
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Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)

applications, particularly in the food industry. Although a stroke in 1992 left Murray with extensive left-side paralysis, he can often be found mending fence on his farm. He is excited to be undertaking an ozone-based treatment for... View Details

Keywords: Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

30 Sep 2014
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Life Lessons on the Open Seas

program started by teaching sailing skills to children with spinal cord injuries, it now serves children and adults with a variety of physical and emotional challenges as well as cancer patients and... View Details