Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - PanCAN

•    Paula Kim, President and founder of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) http://www.pancan.org./index.html  based in El Segundo, California, visited and spoke at the University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus and the OU Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City Campus on March 24^th and 25^th.  The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the most influential national organization focusing on pancreatic cancer in the United States.  Her visit is sponsored by the OU ~ Southwest Program for Pancreatic Cancer which was recently founded by the Department of Surgery, OUHSC Oklahoma City and the Department of Communication, OU Norman in partnership with PanCAN.  She was accompanied her associates
   

•   Julie Fleshman, JD, MDA - Executive Director & Corporate Secretary of PanCAN
   

•    Michele Muething, DPT - PanCAN  Director of Patient and Liaison Services
                                                    (PALS) & Scientific Affairs
   

who had leading roles in the presentations and discussions.

 During our discussions they:

  shared their experiences in establishing support and advocacy groups,

  advised regarding the development of an effective patient oriented pancreatic cancer program,

  became familiar with the clinical, social, and research resources in Oklahoma, &

  met with the public and pancreatic community of Oklahoma.

The title of their presentation was:

They gave two presentations, one on the OU Norman campus and the other on the OU Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City campus. 

       PAULA KIM,  President & Founder
 
                              Paula graduated from Inglewood High School and has been a life
                              long resident of the   South Bay area. She enjoys being involved
                              in many volunteer activities that center on her children, Ryan
                              and Stephanie. She spent many years in the construction industry
                              before coming to PanCAN.

                              She lost her father to pancreatic cancer in 1998. Paula enjoys
                              photography and writing as well as golfing and gardening with her
                              husband, Bob.

       JULIE M. FLESHMAN, JD, MBA,  Executive Director & Corporate Secretary

                               Julie Fleshman graduated from Santa Clara University School of
                               Law and Leavey School of Business in December 2000 with a
                               JD/MBA degree. Fleshman graduated Magna Cum Laude from the
                               University of California at Santa Barbara in 1997 with a B.A. in Law
                               & Society and was awarded most outstanding graduating senior in
                                the Law & Society program. She has also studied for a term at
                               Oxford University and in Tokyo, Japan.

Fleshman's work experience includes positions as the In-House Counsel Law Clerk at 3Com Corporation, a Legal Department Law Clerk at Nippon Steel Corporation in Japan, an Intern in the Political Unit at CBS News in Washington D.C., and an Intellectual Property Intern at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro in San Francisco. She was a finalist in the Santa Clara University School of Law 1999 Honors Moot Court Competition and served as a Chair on the 2000 Honors Moot Court Board. Fleshman chaired and served as a representative on a wealth of committees throughout her schooling career. She lost her father to pancreatic cancer in June 1999. Her mother, sister and brother live in Pleasanton, California.

      MICHELE MUETHING, DPT,   Director of Patient and Liaison Services (PALS) and
                                                      Scientific Affairs
 
                                 Michelle Muething is a 2002 graduate of the University of Southern
                                 California, with the degree of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT). She
                                 has considerable experience in working with and communicating with
                                 patients of various diagnoses and medical professionals, both in
                                 hospitals and outpatient clinics. Prior to obtaining her professional
                                 degree, Michelle received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1998
                                 from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During her time at
                                 Georgetown University, she competed as a member of the NCAA
                                 Division I Cross Country and Track & Field Team.

Michelle joins PanCAN after being touched by the loss of a close friend's father to pancreatic cancer