Summits Podcast

Epi 76: Facing your child’s cancer diagnosis with Sarah Beggs

September 4th, 2024  |  36 mins 21 secs

advancement, beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, community, cornell, curtsimic, dallas, daughter, depauw, eds, goldmansachs, havegrace, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, indianauniversityfoundation, inspiration, iu, iusf, jelloshots  , little500, livingtolive, lungcancer, morein24, newyorkcity, nyc, philanthropy, plano, podcast, sloankettering, stage4, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, texas, westpoint, whyheroes

In episode 76 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to Indiana University in Bloomington to visit Sarah Beggs, Senior Vice President at the Indiana University Foundation. Tune in as Sarah shares how cancer became personal for her family as her daughter faced a stage 4 ALK+ lung cancer diagnosis.

Epi 75: Living fully after cancer with survivor Kevin Bohn

July 23rd, 2024  |  46 mins

ambassador, athlete, beatcancer, blood cancer, california, cancer, caregiver, chicostate, chop, coma, community, cybersecurity, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, kevstrong, leukemia, lymphoma, marathon, nonhodgkins, podcast, resuscitated, runnerwithoutastomach, running, sacramento, santarosa, showursummits, stage4, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, tahoe, teamheroes, universityofcalifornia, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, willpower, yubico

In episode 75 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by California-native Kevin Bohn of Yubico. At just 25 years old, Kevin was blindsided with a stage 4 lymphoma diagnosis, resulting in removal of his stomach and spleen. Post-treatment, Kevin eventually committed himself to growth after cancer, focusing on his mental health and energy. Now five years post-treatment, Kevin has ran multiple half-marathons and will run the Santa Rosa Marathon in August 2024. Don’t miss Kevin’s story of strength and perseverance.

Epi 73: Nursing & Cancer Care with Julie Otte

May 7th, 2024  |  38 mins 33 secs

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In episode 73 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Julie Otte, Associate Professor at Indiana University Indianapolis School of Nursing. Tune in as Julie shares her time as an oncology nurse, and the research she is doing to improve patient outcomes.

This #NationalNursesWeek, the Heroes Foundation thanks all nurses who are making a difference in the lives of patients and families!

Epi 68: Surviving & Thriving with Rick Czaplewski

February 20th, 2024  |  47 mins 14 secs

abvd, author, beatcancer, betterdirtythandone, biopsy, bucks, cancer, caregiver, community, cyclist, father, hero, heroesfoundation, hodgkins, hodgkinsdisease, hope, indiana, indianacancercommunity, indianapacers, indianapolis, inspiration, ironman, lance, milwaukee, milwaukee bucks, morein24, motivationalspeaker, mountranier, nba, noonewalksalone, pacers, podcast, relapse, speaker, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, survivor, swimfromalcatraz, uweauclaire, whatsyourlegacy, whyheroes, wisconsin, wrestling

In episode 68 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Rick Czaplewski – author, speaker, and two-time cancer survivor. Tune in as Rick shares his journey of fighting Hodgkin’s Lymphoma as a college student, and how that experience shapes his life today.

To purchase Rick’s book, “Better Dirty Than Done”, visit rickczaplewski.com/purchase-book.

Epi 66: Supporting mental health with Dr. Natalie Dattilo

December 5th, 2023  |  24 mins 1 sec

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In episode 66 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Natalie Dattilo, clinical physchologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School. From practices to support mental health to the gifts that come from showing generosity, don’t miss our conversation with Dr. Dattilo.

Epi 65: Beth Rashleigh’s cancer caregiver story

November 21st, 2023  |  36 mins 57 secs

author, ballstate, beatcancer, breastcancer, brenebrown, cancer, caregiver, chirpchirp, cia, community, community health, consulting, crisisproofleadership, dc, hero, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, leadership, lfgin23, lifelonglearner, morein24, newpal, newpalestinehighschool, podcast, rashleighconsulting, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, support, teamjoey, ted lasso, trimedx, washington dc, whatsurcancerstory, why heroes

In episode 65 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Beth Rashleigh of Rashleigh Consulting, a leadership consulting firm in Indianapolis. From her favorite Ted Lasso leadership moments to her family’s cancer caregiving story, don’t miss our conversation with Beth.

Epi 63: Men and breast cancer

October 31st, 2023  |  32 mins 40 secs

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In episode 63 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. David Sumner, professor emeritus of journalism at Ball State University. From a surprise diagnosis to recovery and perspective, tune in as Dr. Sumner shares his experience with breast cancer.

For more on the book that Dr. Sumner recommends for cancer recovery, read more here: https://www.lifeovercancer.com/.

Epi 62: Lisa Hayes fights disparities in breast cancer care

October 17th, 2023  |  44 mins 15 secs

advocate, africanamerican, beatcancer, breastcancer, breastcancerawareness, cancer, cancer community, caregiver, cervical, chemo, community, disparities, disparity, education, genetic testing, gennesaret, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, hispanic, indiana, indianapolis, indy, inspiration, lawschool, lfgin23, minority, new orleans, october, pike, pink, pink4ever, podcast, radiation, research, showursummits, story, stvincentdepaul, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, surgery, survivorsguilt, triplenegativebreastcancer, tulane, whyheroes, womenshealth

In episode 62 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Lisa Hayes of Gennesaret Free Clinic and Pink-4-Ever Ending Disparities. Tune in as Lisa shares her personal triple-negative breast cancer story and her passion for fighting disparities in breast cancer care and treatment.

For more on Pink-4-Ever Ending Disparities, visit pink-4-ever.org.

Epi 61: Piper Lyon gives back

September 26th, 2023  |  39 mins 34 secs

abdomen, attitude, believe, burkitts, burkittslymphoma, cancer, caregiver, chemo, chest, childhoodcancer, community, fightlikealyon, flashes, franklin, halloween, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, hoosier, indiana, indianapolis, indy, inspiration, kidney, lfgin23, lymphoma, neck, onedirection, pediatric, pediatriccancer, pediatriccancerawareness, pediatriccancerresearch, pediatriconcology, piperstrong, podcast, realtor, september, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, teamjoey, tonsils, tumor, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 61 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Kim and Piper Lyon. Tune in as the mother and daughter share memories of her Burkitts Lymphoma diagnosis and how they’re celebrating being 5 years cancer free! “It is pretty tough, but you can get through it if you believe.”

For more on Piper’s cancer story, watch here: youtu.be/IBQMSikFYUg

For more on Halloween4Heroes, visit halloween4heroes.com

Epi 57: Dr. Bill Tierney on caring for cancer patients

July 25th, 2023  |  50 mins 19 secs

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In episode 57 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Bill Tierney of the Fairbanks School of Public Health in its Department of Global Health. Tune in as Dr. Tierney shares his long-standing career in medical research and how surviving cancer made him a more empathetic doctor.