Moffitt in the News
July 23 - Aug. 4, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott talks investors, state funding with Moffitt Cancer Center officials
St. Petersburg Times “The Buzz” blog – Aug. 4 (This same story published in The Miami Herald’s “Naked Politics” blog.)
Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, joined Gov. Rick Scott on a tour of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa on Thursday.
Tampa non-profit group hosts costume party to raise money for ovarian cancer research and education
10 News – Aug. 4
The local organization provides funding for cancer research and education and has given thousands to the work of area hospitals like the Moffitt Cancer Center.
SCOTT TO TOUR MOFFITT, LUNCH WITH LAWMAKERS
Tallahassee Democrat – Aug. 4
Gov. Rick Scott remains in the Tampa Bay area today and will have lunch with the Tampa legislative delegation and then tour the Moffitt Cancer Center. (12 p.m., Lunch: Columbia Restaurant, 2117 E. 7 Ave., Tampa; 2:30 p.m., Moffitt Cancer Center 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa.)
Sports Calendar for 8/4
Cape Coral Daily Breeze – Aug. 4
Saturday, Oct. 29 Cape Coral Hooters Fall Charity Golf Event - Palmetto Pine Country Club, registration 7:30 a.m., shotgun start 8:30 a.m.; entry fee $340 per foursome, corporate foursome sponsorship $440 (includes hole sponsorship), tee & green sponsorships $100; proceeds benefit Moffitt Cancer Center. Info: Cape Coral Hooters (239) 945-4700
Scientific Satisfaction at Moffitt Cancer Center
The Ledger (blog) – Aug. 3
Moffitt Cancer Center is moving up in the ranks among readers of The Scientist magazine, a print and digital publication for life-science professionals.
MS therapy draws debate
ConnectMidMissouri.com / KRCG 13 (New Bloomfield, Mo.) – Aug. 1
Bulent Arslan, M.D., from Moffitt Cancer Center performs the venoplasty procedure.
The Royal Dames Women of Hope
Ocala Magazine – Aug. 1
Lois Johnson conferred the title of Royal Lady upon Dr. Erin Dunbar, a UF/Shands Brain Surgeon and a 2010 and 2011 Royal Dames research grant recipient, Dr. M. Catherine Lee, Breast Surgeon at Moffitt Cancer Center, and Judy Flickinger, R.N. a volunteer at Ocala/Marion County Hospice.
A blood battle in Manatee: Blood banks fight for donors
Bradenton Herald – July 31
Those two counties send patients to Moffitt Cancer Center and All Children's Hospital, and virtually all of their trauma patients go to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg and Tampa General Hospital
Protect USF-Lakeland ties
The Tampa Tribune – July 30
Moffitt Cancer Center is on campus, and two hospitals and research firms are nearby.
Inflating Veins, Deflating MS Symptoms
News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN) – July 29
When Dr. Bulent Arslan at Moffitt Cancer Center saw her tests, he agreed to do an experimental MS procedure called venoplasty for Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency, or CCSVI.
Magazine Gives Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center Top Ranking
The Ledger – July 29
Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, for example, ranked 18th nationally for cancer treatment in its latest listings.
Two Polk County companies make Florida Trend's best companies to work for
ABC Action News – July 29
I had a bone marrow transplant in 2009 at Moffitt (Cancer Center), and so far, so good".
Extending life for $120,000
Florida Times-Union (blog) – July 29
Whether or not there are cures for various cancers will come from the experimental treatments being given at places like “Moffitt Cancer Center” where I send all my metastatic melanoma patients.
Latinos en Moffitt
Bay News 9 – July 23
Watch Moffitt’s Prado Antolino, Language Services Program Manager, talk about her program and how it helps our patients here at Moffitt.
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