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Pancreatic Cancer Garden Walk

for Awareness & Hope

2006

 

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Biomedical Research Center

975 NE 10th Street

Oklahoma City , OK

 

 

Supported by the OU Pancreatic Cancer Support Group, OU Physicians,

the OU Southwest Program for Pancreatic Cancer, &

the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, OUHSC

 

 

PROGRAM

 

 

9:00-10:00                Registration                        

                                    During the registration period, refreshments will be available for all participants -

                                    Coffee, drinks, pastry, other.

 

9:40-9:45                  Welcome to Participants & Introductions

                                    Russell Postier, MD; Schilling Professor & Chairman, Department of Surgery.

                                    Faculty & staff associated with the pancreatic cancer program.

                                   Moderator Bryan Painter, Front Page Columnist for the Oklahoman.

 

9:45-10:00                The GARDENS

                                    Bobby Jackson

                                    Discussion of the mission*, the history, and the development of the Gardens of                                              the OU Health Sciences Center led by Bobby Jackson, Assistant Director of

                                   Landscape Services & front-line participant in the development of the gardens.

 

10:00-11:00              The WALK                                                   

                                    The WALK through the Gardens will be escorted with commentary by Bobby

                                   Jackson regarding the stories behind the plants, shrubbery, and trees in each of

                                    the Gardens of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

 

                                   The WALK will be wheelchair accessible

 

10:45-11:00              Refreshments

 

 

11:00-12:00              Presentations 

                                                                       

                                    Pancreatic Cancer - After the Shock is Over

                                    Jim & Mary Jane Edwards - Jim is a survivor and he and Mary Jane are home                                               builders in Duncan, OK

                                                           

                                    A Councilor's Perspective of Pancreatic Cancer

                                    Rhonda Johnson, PhD - Rhonda is the Director of Education for the OU Cancer                                            Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology                                            

                                    Bridging the Gap Between Basic Sciences and Patient Therapy

                                    Jennifer Holter, MD - Jennifer is an Assistant Professor in Hematology-Oncology                                          in the Department of Medicine engaged is both research and patient care..

 

                                    Reflections & Wisdom of a Long-Term Pancreatic Cancer Survivor

                                    Louie & Jane LePak - Louie is a survivor and associated with Catholic Charities.

 

 

*GARDEN MISSION STATEMENT

 

Our mission for the Oklahoma Health Center community is to create an oasis in the city that will provide an atmosphere for healing, renewal, and consolation for our patients and their families. This will be a restorative place full of nature's beauty where caregivers, students, faculty and staff can both work and be refreshed so that we might all better serve.  And finally it is hoped that this green oasis will serve as inspiration and respite for the immediate neighborhood as well as the greater Oklahoma City area. 

 

 

DIRECTIONS

 

Please see the map below.  The Biomedical Research Center is in red.  Parking will be in the J lot (in grey) immediately east of the BRC.  There is a circle drive in front of the BRC which will permit unloading of passengers before parking.  Signage will be in place to direct you to the gathering place for the WALK.

 

 

QUESTIONS

 

Please contact Dan Brackett at (405) 271-2108.