The Story of Helen Moss

When I first discovered my cancer, I very naively felt that I could be just like Bruce Willis' character in 'Die Hard' and that I would fight this cancer off and be victorious. However, the treatment pulled me down and 'fighting' or that mind set drained my energy.

Read the rest of Helen's story here.

Board of Trustees

Helen Moss, Managing Trustee
Carole Adrine
Shirlee A. Moss
Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell
Barrie Cassileth, Ph.D.
Dale H. Cowan, MD, JD,
Ensign Cowell
Stanton L. Gerson, M.D.
Betty Ann Helms
Jim Moss, Esq
John Moss
Peter Osenar
Timothy Resor, E.A.
Stephen Sagar, MD
James A. Schoff, Esq
Michael Weiss, MD, PhD
Robert J Ronis, M.D., M.P.H.
Wulf Utian, MD

Trustees Emeriti

Nathan Berger, MD
Barbara Peterson Ruhlman

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

 
November 3-4, 2010- PNC Bank Sponsored Dr. Plotnikoff Along with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as the Foundation’s Tenth Annual Guest Speaker Series in Integrative Oncology PDF Print E-mail
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Dr. PlotnikoffDr. Plotnikoff is theMedical Director, Institute for Health and Healing, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital; Associate Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at theCenter for Spirituality & Healing located at the Institute for Health and Healing, Abbot Northwestern Hospital.

 


Dr. Plotnikoff is an associate professor of clinical medicine and pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School. There, he co-chaired the task force that led to the establishment of the Center for Spirituality and Healing. He served as its first medical director from 1997-2002. From 2002-2007, he served first as a visiting associate professor then as an Invited Associate Professor at Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan. He is now the Medical Director of Allina Health Care's Institute for Health and Healing. He maintains a faculty position at both the University of Minnesota as well as at Keio University.

Dr. Plotnikoff’s focus is cross-cultural and integrative medicine. In 2004-6, he served as the principal investigator and FDA-IND sponsor for a 175 subject phase II randomized-controlled clinical trial of a Kampo (Traditional Japanese herbal medicine) formula. He was also the PI for a widely-cited study of vitamin D deficiency and chronic pain. His most recently written medical textbook chapters include: herbal medicines, pediatric CAM, integrative care for osteoporosis as well as spirituality and clinical care.
Dr. Plotnikoff is the recent recipient of several international awards for both medical research and medical education. He has received early career distinguished achievement awards from Carleton College and from the University of Minnesota Medical Alumni Society. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the United States-Japan Foundation Leadership Program.
 

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