2012 Cancer Survivorship Celebrations

Pictured: Robert E. Wittes Manhattan Survivorship Celebration Physician-in-Chief Robert E. Wittes welcomes patients and their families to the Manhattan survivorship celebration – the largest Manhattan event to date, with 450 people in attendance.
Pictured: Laura Liberman Manhattan Survivorship Celebration Speaker Laura Liberman, a cancer survivor and breast radiologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, encourages survivors to put joy into every day.
Pictured: Harrie Bakst and Duane Bailey-Castro Manhattan Survivorship Celebration Speaker Harrie Bakst (left) greets Duane Bailey-Castro after having shared his experience of being diagnosed with cancer as a young adult. Duane shared his cancer survivorship story at the 2010 celebration.
Pictured: Donna Wilson Manhattan Survivorship Celebration Personal trainer Donna Wilson energizes the audience with tips on how to improve fitness after cancer treatment.
Pictured: Wendy Minor Manhattan Survivorship Celebration Massage therapist Wendy Minor describes how touch therapy can soothe pain and discomfort.
Pictured: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Basking Ridge Basking Ridge Survivorship Celebration The first cancer survivors and their guests, caregivers, and medical staff arrive at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Basking Ridge’s annual celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day in Bridgewater, NJ.
Pictured: Elizabeth Peck and Deena M. Atieh Graham Basking Ridge Survivorship Celebration Twenty-eight-year-old breast cancer survivor Elizabeth “Lizzy” Peck embraces oncologist Deena M. Atieh Graham (right).
Pictured: Helen L. Sidebotham and Janet Mack Basking Ridge Survivorship Celebration Cancer survivor Janet Mack (right) catches up with her physician, Helen L. Sidebotham, a radiation oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Basking Ridge.
Pictured: Audience Members Basking Ridge Survivorship Celebration Nearly 500 local-area cancer survivors and their guests, caregivers, and medical staff from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Basking Ridge gathered in observance of National Cancer Survivors Day.
Pictured: Linda Peck Basking Ridge Survivorship Celebration Summit resident Linda Peck (left) shares her daughter Lizzy’s story with nearly 500 local-area cancer survivors and their guests, caregivers, and medical staff.
Pictured: Borys R. Mychalczak and Kate Conn Sleepy Hollow Survivorship Celebration Kate Conn, survivor of stage III breast cancer (right), gets a hug from her radiation oncologist, Borys R. Mychalczak, after sharing her story with nearly 300 Westchester-area cancer survivors and their guests.
Pictured: Victoria Johnson and Philip C. Caron Sleepy Hollow Survivorship Celebration Breast cancer survivor Victoria Johnson (left) catches up with Sleepy Hollow oncologist Philip C. Caron at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Sleepy Hollow’s annual celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day.
Pictured: Carolyn Wasserheit and Amy Albalah Sleepy Hollow Survivorship Celebration Breast cancer survivor Amy Albalah (second from right) poses with her family and her oncologist, Carolyn Wasserheit (center), at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Sleepy Hollow’s annual celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day.
Pictured: Daphna Y. Gelblum and Joseph Minogue Long Island Survivorship Celebration Head and neck cancer survivor Joseph Minogue (right), a former New York firefighter and 9/11 first responder, poses with his oncologist, Daphna Y. Gelblum, at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Long Island celebration, attended by nearly 1,000 cancer survivors and guests.
Pictured: Craig B. Thompson Long Island Survivorship Celebration Craig B. Thompson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s President and CEO, delivers the keynote address at the Long Island celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day.