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Pacific Meso Center Welcomes New Treasurer Anu Venkatesh
Pacific Meso Center Welcomes New Treasurer Anu Venkatesh
Accounting Director at Los Angeles’ PrepareYourBooks.com Brings Her Accounting Expertise to Fight Mesothelioma
Los Angeles, CA. March 20, 2013/- The Pacific Meso Center (PMC) at the Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (PHLBI) (https://pacificmesocenter.org/) is pleased to announce it has added Anu Venkatesh to its board of directors as Treasurer. Anu is a Director of Accounting at PrepareYourBooks.com (https://www.prepareyourbooks.com/), an accounting and financial management firm in Glendale, California that provides accounting services to individuals, corporations and non-profit organizations.
“Anu stepped right up to the plate on our Inaugural 5K Walk/Hike last October in Agoura Hills, and contributed enormously to our success”, said Clare Cameron, Executive Director of PMC. “We are most fortunate to have her on our team.”
Pacific Meso Center Celebrates Grand Opening of First Free-Standing International Mesothelioma Research Laboratory on February 13
Los Angeles PMC Research Laboratory dedicated solely to malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — OnWednesday, February 13th the Pacific Meso Center (PMC) will celebrate the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art laboratory dedicated solely to the discovery of new treatments and prevention of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a cancer of the chest lining (pleura) caused by asbestos exposure.
As the first of its kind in the world, the PMC Research Laboratory is headed by a distinguished team of physicians and scientists focused solely on mesothelioma research in a collaborative effort that is independent of the limitations often imposed by academic and private medical institutions. The team includes one of the foremost experts in the field of mesothelioma research and treatment, Robert B. Cameron, M.D., who serves as PMC’s scientific advisor. Dr. Cameron is a cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical oncologist, the director of the UCLA Comprehensive Mesothelioma Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the West Los Angeles Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, and a long-time proponent of lung-sparing surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma. He organizes the Annual International Symposia on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, which is held each spring in Santa Monica, CA. Read More ⇒
Dr. Robert Cameron on Treating Mesothelioma - Novel Multi-Modal Approach
“Remove the Tumor, Save the Lung and Treat Meso as a Chronic Illness”
Dr. Robert Cameron is a cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. He is the director of the mesothelioma program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the chief of thoracic surgery at the West Los Angeles Veterans’ Administration Medical Center.
Dr. Cameron has been treating mesothelioma patients for over 20 years. He is the innovator of the lung-sparing Pleurectomy/Decortication surgical procedure for mesothelioma and has performed the procedure on over 300 patients to date. He has also published many articles and is a frequent lecturer on the surgical and multi-modal management of pleural mesothelioma. Read More ⇒
First Free-Standing International Mesothelioma Research Laboratory Opens in Los Angeles
Laboratory is dedicated solely to malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM); pleural mesothelioma is an asbestos-related cancer of the chest lining (pleura)
Pacific Meso Center (PMC) is a division of the Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (PHLBI), a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research organization established in 2002, and is focused on both the treatment and prevention of MPM.
As the first of its kind in the world, the research lab was established to lead a focused and collaborative mesothelioma research effort that is independent of the limitations often imposed by academic as well as private medical institutions. The lab will focus not only on the development of novel treatments for mesothelioma but also on its prevention.
Medical Research Institute Focusing on Treatment of Mesothelioma Launches New Patient Resource Website
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ — The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (“PHLBI”), a non-profit medical research institute focusing on the treatment and prevention of malignant pleural mesothelioma, is proud to announce the launch of its new website: https://www.phlbi.org.
With substantial contributions from PHLBI’s Scientific Advisor, renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical oncologist Dr. Robert Cameron, phlbi.org is a unique resource where patients, caregivers and providers can obtain up-to-date information about pleural mesothelioma and Dr. Cameron’s innovative approach to treating the disease.
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Walter “Wally” Nielsen and his lovely wife, Arleen, sit surrounded by comfort and beauty – testaments to their hard work and creativity. A well-tended garden is a riot of spring color, but the leaden sky and cool drizzle portend another side of the Nielsens' seemingly idyllic life.
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Louisiana born and bred, Abe Cherry spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy as an aircraft mechanic before retiring as a Chief Petty Officer in 1981. His next career was in the forest industry in Louisiana where he performed maintenance in paper mills before he retired for the last time in 2006.Abe Cherry
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