Summits Podcast

Epi 66: Supporting mental health with Dr. Natalie Dattilo

December 5th, 2023  |  24 mins 1 sec

attitude, beatcancer, boston, brighamandwomenshospital, cancer, caregiver, cognitivebehavior, community, dana-farberinstitute, florida, foundation, gators, generosity, goblue, goodmorningamerica, gratitude, harvard, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, iusimoncancercenter, lfgin23, mental wellness, mentalhealth, michigan, mindset, morein24, motivation, ohio, phd, physicalwellness, podcast, prevention, psychologist, psychology, research, resilience, self-care, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, support, university, wellness, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

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 64: Danielle Halsey on exercise and cancer

November 14th, 2023  |  39 mins 12 secs

avoteforyourself, beatcancer, brain fog, cancer, cancerrehab, caregiver, celsius, colorado, community, coors, dolomites, exercise, exercisephysiology, fit4heroes, foundation, golden, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, italy, iuhealth, iusimoncomprehensivecancercenter, lfgin23, livestrongattheymca, morein24, move, olympics, pedshemonc, peloton, physicaltherapy, showursummits, smartwater, somethingisbetterthannothing, story, strengthtraining, stuartscott, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, thebird, whatsurcancerstory, why heroes

In episode 64 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Danielle Halsey, Exercise Physiologist at the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. Tune in as Danielle shares not only the benefits of exercise in cancer rehabilitation, but the benefits of an active lifestyle for all people. “Every minute you do a little bit of exercise is a vote for yourself and your health.”

Epi 63: Men and breast cancer

October 31st, 2023  |  32 mins 40 secs

author, ballstate, ballstateuniversity, beatcancer, books, breastcancer, cancer, caregiver, chirpchirp, cincinnati, citrus, communications, community, domorein24, education, florida, football, getscreened, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, journalism, knowyourbody, knoxville, lfgin23, lifeovercancer, magazines, october, phd, podcast, radiation, running, selfexam, showursummits, speaker, stage2, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, tennessee, trademagazines, university, wefly, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, writing

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 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 56: Dr. Ted Brauer raises awareness for oral cancer

July 6th, 2023  |  31 mins 28 secs

alcohol, beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, community, dentalpractice, dentalschool, england, harrypotter, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, iu, lfgin23, newcastle, northcentral, oralcancer, oralscreening, riskfactors, showursummits, soccer, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, thatdad, thryoidcancer, tobacco, vaping, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 56 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Ted Brauer of Brauer Family Dentistry. Tune in as Dr. Brauer brings awareness to the screenings and risk factors for oral cancer.

Epi 54 Drew Tower of Project 44

June 6th, 2023  |  27 mins 27 secs

ad, administration, advocacy, andrewsmith, athleticdirector, athletics, basketball, beatcancer, bethematch, bonemarrow, bonemarrowregistry, bradstevens, brownsburg, bulldogs, butler, cancer, caregiver, charity, chasestigall, coaching, community, covenantchristian, deaconscott, donordrive, dougboles, education, executivedirector, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, hoosiers, indiana, indianapolis, indy, indy500, inspiration, lfgin23, lymphoma, newcastle, nhl, non-hodgkins, nonprofit, podcast, prevention, project44, research, showursummits, stevealford, stories, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, support, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 54 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Drew Tower, Athletic Director at Brownburg High School and Executive Director of Project 44. Tune in as Drew shares the non-profit organization named for Butler University’s men’s basketball player Andrew Smith.

Learn more about Project 44 at project44.org.

Epi 52: Dr. Nick Countryman shares skin cancer prevention tips

May 3rd, 2023  |  30 mins 8 secs

aad, americanacademyofdermatology, asymmetry, beatcancer, border, cancer, carcinoma, caregiver, coloncancer, color, community, dermatologist, dermatology, diameter, evolving, freeskincancerscreening, golf, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, ihm, immaculateheart, indiana, indianapolis, indy500, inspiration, josefnewgarden, lfgin23, lungcancer, mba, md, melanoma, meridiankessler, notredame, penske, pickleball, podcast, selfexam, showursummits, skincancer, skincancerscreening, spf, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, tanningbeds, tennis, tonykanaan, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, yale

In episode 52 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Nick Countryman, dermatologist at Dawes Fretzin Dermatology.  As we head into Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, you don’t want to miss Dr. Countryman’s top tips for protecting your skin from harmful sun exposure.

Epi 51: Dr. Tarah Ballinger on physical activity and cancer care

April 20th, 2023  |  22 mins 5 secs

beatcancer, cancer, cancerprevention, cancerresearch, caregiver, cbus, columbus, community, exercise, fit4heroes, getphysical, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, interception, iu, lfgin23, move, notredame, ohio, oncologist, oncology, physicalactivity, prevention, research, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, thearnold, vanderbilt, vandy, wellness, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 51 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Tarah Ballinger, breast oncologist at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and research gift recipient from Heroes Foundation’s Catherine Peachey Fund program.  Tune in as Dr. Ballinger shares the supportive oncology programs offered by the IU Simon Cancer Center and the important correlations between physical activity and cancer care.

Join us for Fit4Heroes!  Everyday Heroes are participating in the Heroes Foundation’s campaign through April 30 to increase their physical fitness and raise important funds for Hoosiers fighting cancer.  Register today at fit4heroes.org.

Epi 50: Dr. Nawal Kassem details cancer prevention and genetic testing

March 30th, 2023  |  20 mins 8 secs

beatcancer, cancer, cancerresearch, caregiver, community, geneticmutation, genetictesting, hero, heroes, heroesfoundation, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iuhealth, lebanon, lfgin23, middleeast, showursummits, sjp, sjpfellow, sjpheroescancerresearchfund, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, uae, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes

In episode 50 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Nawal Kassem, breast oncologist with IU Health and the Heroes Foundation’s new SJP Heroes Cancer Research Fund Fellow.  Tune in as Dr. Kassem shares her passion for cancer prevention and how genetic testing can greatly affect a patient’s outcome.

For more on the SJP Heroes Cancer Research Fund, visit heroesfoundation.org/sjp-heroes-cancer-research-fund/.