Summits Podcast

Epi 36: Dr. Steve Angus shares pediatric cancer treatment advances

September 6th, 2022  |  37 mins 44 secs

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In episode 36 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Steve Angus from the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. Tune in as Dr. Angus shares the pediatric oncology treatment advances initiated by funding from the Heroes Foundation’s Team JOEY program. Dr. Angus also details his personal leukemia journey that further fueled his fight against cancer.

Epi 29: Dr. Sharon Stack shares her fight against cancer

May 17th, 2022  |  13 mins 36 secs

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In episode 29 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to the University of Notre Dame to talk with Dr. Sharon Stack with the Harper Cancer Research Institute. Tune in as Dr. Stack shares the personal cancer story that fuels her fight, and the collaborative and cutting-edge atmosphere at the Harper Cancer Research Institute. “Everything comes from research, and it’s research that cures cancer.”

For more on our recent gift to the Harper Cancer Research Institute, read more here: https://www.heroesfoundation.org/the-catherine-peachey-fund-announces-100000-gift-to-university-of-notre-dame-cancer-researcher/

Summits Podcast Episode 18: Brian Dancy On Surviving Stage 4 Cancer And The Silver Linings Along The Way  

December 1st, 2021  |  37 mins 19 secs

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Diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer in 2020, Brian Dancy was initially given two years to live.

“I didn’t quite believe it. I didn’t want to believe it.”

From the diagnosis that left him dumbfounded to the support system that swooped in and surrounded him – how cancer has changed his outlook on life, the advice he’d give others, and how he plans to continue to beat the odds.