Ken Selden
Location: spine
Jean St. Pierre
Location: hand
Scott Tjaden
Location: knee
Profile: Dr. Keith Skubitz
University of Minnesota Professor and medical oncologist Keith Skubitz has been treating people with sarcoma cancer for over 20 years.
Profile: Logan Spector, PhD
Logan Spector is not a medical doctor, but he does have the opportunity to talk with families as part of his research work. In his experience, the first question asked by parents whose children have been diagnosed with cancer is: What’s going to happen to my child? The second question is: Why did this happen…
Profile: Dr. Subbaya Subramanian
Dr. Subramanian has been researching sarcomas since 2003. Although only few funding resources are available for sarcoma research compared to other cancers, Subramanian is drawn to the field. Sarcomas often strike children and young adults, who have so much life left to experience. Subramanian would like to discover ways to help these people. His own…
Profile: Dr. Kathryn Dusenbery
University of Minnesota Professor and Radiation Oncologist Katie Dusenbery has been involved with Rein in Sarcoma from the start. After all, she tells us, “Karen was my patient.” She appreciates the support RIS provides for her other patients and looks for ways the physicians can say thank you in return. A founding board member, Dr.…
Profile: Dr. Emily Greengard
Emily Greengard is a Pediatric Medical Oncologist at the Masonic Cancer Center and Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Greengard has become involved with the RIS Medical Advisory Committee so central to the work of the Red Flags team. Passionate about treating her patients and having the opportunity to combine her practice with…
Profile: Dr. Scott Okuno
Dr. Scott Okuno is an Oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he treats patients who have sarcoma. He works with a team of people who have different specialties, “a good group of people,” who are “learning all the time” and who put their knowledge together to decide how best to treat patients.…
Profile: Dr. Christian Ogilvie
University of Minnesota Associate Professor and orthopedic surgeon Christian Ogilvie chose medicine so he could practice science, while working directly with people. He likes teaching people, educating patients. And he likes to fix things. He appreciates the chance to make a big difference in someone’s life, in a moment. To restore them, perhaps, to what…