Dr. Julie Chu, a Hematology-Oncology physician at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, loves to care for her individual patients. And when the person with cancer is a child, family members too become like patients. Pediatric cancer medicine is very family-centered, and the wishes, feelings and perspectives of the adults will impact the care of…
It is hard to watch patients die. Yet getting to know people who face cancer and seeing how they persevere can be gratifying and inspirational. Treating cancer patients helps keep University of Minnesota Professor and orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ed Cheng grounded and provides him with perspective. Dr. Cheng considers it a privilege to be a…
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Denis Clohisy saves lives. With a world-class multidisciplinary team at the University of Minnesota, he is working to save more. RIS funding provides a creative spark and a vital source for a “hopeful research culture” at the U, which may one day contribute badly needed treatment advances for sarcoma. For now, each…
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.…
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…
Could you ever imagine sarcoma cancer, with a fairy tale ending? University of Minnesota Professor and cancer geneticist Dr. David Largaespada is working hard to make this happen. Through creative collaboration with others at the University and supported in part by RIS, Dr. Largaespada seeks both to better understand how cancer grows in people and…
In the three years since she first attended a Rein in Sarcoma event, pediatric oncologist Dr. Nancy McAllister has become deeply engaged in its mission. As a Children’s Hospitals and Clinics physician, She is connecting her patients with RIS, welcoming patients at the summer Party and partnering with the Red Flags team to increase awareness…
University of Minnesota Professor Jaime Modiano is a dog doctor, whose passion for treating his animal patients may translate into new medicine for you. Dogs get sarcoma cancers, naturally, at a much higher rate than people do. They also have much shorter life spans than people. We can learn a lot by studying dogs, and…
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.…
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…
