Summits Podcast

Epi 43: Scot Pollard on caring for his wife through her breast cancer journey

December 13th, 2022  |  30 mins 12 secs

basketball, beatcancer, bigman, boston, breastcancer, cali, california, cancer, caregiver, celtics, center, community, detroit, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indy, inspiration, jayhawks, kansas, kings, mormon, nba, pacers, pistons, realtor, rockchalkjayhawk, sacramento, samuraiscot, sandiego, scotpollard, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, survivor, torreypines, utah, washington, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 43 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Scot Pollard, former Indiana Pacers player and realtor with West Clay Realty. Tune in as Scot shares his 10-year NBA career and his experience caring for his wife through her breast cancer journey. “It’s not something you choose to go through, but it is something that can make you either break apart or get closer. And we chose closer.”

Epi 42: Dr. Nick Zyromski talks about cancer getting personal

November 28th, 2022  |  30 mins 6 secs

adenocarcinoma, all, baseball, beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, cleveland, community, guardians, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indians, indy, inspiration, iu, iuhealth, leukemia, mayo, mayoclinic, nyu, ohio, pancreas, pancreaticcancer, professor, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, surgeon, surgery, whatsurcancerstory, whipple, whyheroes, wooster

In episode 42 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Nick Zyromski, a local physician and Professor of Surgery at the IU School of Medicine. Dr. Zyromski is faced with cancer stories every day, as he treats patients with pancreatic, liver and bile duct problems. Tune in as Dr. Zyromski shares the day cancer hit home – when his daughter Sarah was diagnosed with cancer on her sixth birthday – and how community strengthened his family during hard times.

Epi 41: Gary Brackett on a winning attitude

November 15th, 2022  |  39 mins 49 secs

30daysofdiversity, attitude, baseball, beatcancer, bigten, cancer, caregiver, colts, community, deionsanders, empathy, faith, family, football, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, justdoit, leukemia, newjersey, oakenbucket, rutgers, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 41 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Gary Brackett, former linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts. Tune in as Gary shares his football career, how cancer affected his family, and how important mindset is in helping people push through adversity.

Epi 40: Coach Katie Gearlds on counting your wins

November 2nd, 2022  |  14 mins 17 secs

basketball, beatcancer, beechgrove, bigten, boilermakers, boilerup, cancer, caregiver, community, europe, hero, indiana, indianaallstar, indianapolis, indy, inspiration, marian, missbasketball, naia, overseas, purdue, seattle, seattlestorm, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, thegrove, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, wnba

In episode 40 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to West Lafayette to talk with Katie Gearlds, head women’s basketball coach at Purdue University. Tune in as Katie shares the trajectory of her basketball career and the importance of counting your wins when facing difficult times.

Epi 39: Jenny Brown shares her three-time breast cancer journey

October 18th, 2022  |  45 mins 45 secs

cancer, caregiver, community, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, story, summit, summits, summits podcast

In episode 39 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Indianapolis native Jenny Brown, a three-time breast cancer survivor. Tune in as Jenny shares the fiery attitude that carried her through her diagnoses and her strong belief in clinical trials, both in her own cancer journey and for the future of others.

Epi 38: Dr. Laurie Littlepage on her fight against cancer

October 4th, 2022  |  13 mins 53 secs

beatcancer, breastcancer, cancer, caregiver, collaboration, community, harpercancerresearchinstitute, harvard, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, lymphoma, molecularbiology, prostatecancer, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, universityoftexas, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 38 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to the University of Notre Dame to talk with Dr. Laurie Littlepage, Campbell Family Associate Professor of Cancer Research at the Harper Cancer Research Institute. Tune in as Dr. Littlepage shares the unique collaborative efforts happening at the Harper Cancer Research Institute, and the personal cancer stories that fuel her passion to continue the fight against cancer. “For me, working on cancer is definitely personal, and it’s about the patients.”

Read more about the Catherine Peachey Fund’s gift to Dr. Laurie Littlepage and the Harper Cancer Research Institute: https://www.heroesfoundation.org/the-catherine-peachey-fund-announces-100000-gift-to-university-of-notre-dame-cancer-researcher/.

Epi 37: Scott Dunstan on giving back to the cancer community

September 22nd, 2022  |  41 mins 51 secs

24foundation, bankofamerica, beatcancer, bloodcancers, bootyloop, cancer, caregiver, charlotte, community, esg, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, jetlinx, leukemia, lymphoma, northcarolina, september, showursummits, spokes&mirrors, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, swing4heroes, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 37 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Scott Dunstan, President of Dunstan Group and co-host of the BrandBuilders Podcast. Tune in as Scott shares the cancer loss that changed the trajectory of his family at an early age, and how he gives back to his local cancer community today.

Does this episode inspire you to give back to the Indiana cancer community? Join us as a sponsor, donor or volunteer! www.heroesfoundation.org/contact

Tune in to the BrandBuilders Podcast at http://dunstangroup.blubrry.net

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

September 6th, 2022  |  37 mins 44 secs

beatcancer, bluedevils, buckeyes, cancer, caregiver, chapelhill, cincinnati, cincy, clinicaltrials, cml, community, drugs, duke, gleevac, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, kinaseinhibitors, leukemia, melanoma, miamiofohio, miamiuniversity, nf1, nf2, northcarolina, pediatriccancer, pediatriconcology, pedscancer, pharmacology, ralieghdurham, riley, rileychildrens, sarcoma, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, tarheels, teamjoey, theohiostateuniversity, unc, wadeclapp, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

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 35: Ethan Braden on cancer research happening at Purdue University

August 23rd, 2022  |  17 mins 56 secs

albequerque, beatcancer, boilermakers, boilerup, branding, cancer, caregiver, community, elililly, hero, indiana, indianapolis, innovation, inspiration, marketing, mba, mitchdaniels, newmexico, nil, notredame, personalbrand, purdue, purdueuniversity, showursummits, sopurdue, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, willamette

In episode 35 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to West Lafayette to talk with Ethan Braden, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Purdue University. Tune in as Ethan shares the unique work of the Purdue Center for Cancer Research, the collaborative efforts the Center shares with other universities, and the story from a 6-year-old girl that forever changed his cancer perspective.

Epi 34: Summit Partner Chris Hendricks shares why he supports the Heroes Foundation

August 9th, 2022  |  26 mins 44 secs

americanstandard, beatcancer, bendavis, cancer, carcinoma, caregiver, community, duncansupply, familybusiness, fishing, fourdayray, hendricksregional, hero, hoosiers, hvac, immunotherapy, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, mayoclinic, mdanderson, metastatic, showursummits, story, summit, summitpartner, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, urologyofindiana, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 34 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Chris Hendricks, President/CEO of Duncan Supply Company and Heroes Foundation Summit Partner. Tune in as Chris shares his father’s metastatic renal cell carcinoma journey and how that experience drove Chris to give back to the Indiana cancer community. Why did Chris choose Heroes? “If there’s ever been a cause worthy enough of standing our business and our name behind, it’s for sure this one.”

Subscribe to the audio version of the Summits Podcast
https://summitspodcast.fireside.fm

Find out more about the Heroes Foundation
https://www.heroesfoundation.org

Find out more about The Brookfield Group
https://thebrookfieldgroup.com

Discover Platform 24 co-working
https://www.platform24.co

What’s your cancer story?

Hosted by cancer survivor and philanthropist Vince Todd, Jr., Chairman and Co-Founder of the Heroes Foundation, and Heroes Foundation Board Member Daniel Abdallah, the Summits Podcast is a place for people to share their stories.

Everyone has a cancer story.

From battling a deadly disease to caring for a loved one, when we rise up and face life’s greatest challenges, we see with a new vision, feel with a greater passion, and think with a deeper perspective.

Along the way, paths cross, journeys intersect, and missions converge.

For Vince Todd, it was his own cancer diagnosis that led him and his wife, Cindy, to launch the Heroes Foundation to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention, and resources to advance research for a cure.

What started with friends and family grew into a community. The Summits Podcast is an extension of that community.

Our stories are what bring us together.

Artists, athletes, doctors, business people - we’re all family members, community leaders, and activists.

Everyone has a story. Anyone can inspire. No one battles alone.

Join the conversation.

Let’s climb the summit together.