A Holiday Gift Idea

A Holiday Gift Idea

A Holiday Gift Idea As December rolls around and gift-giving season is near I’d like to share what could be the best gift you give all season. If you know a family who lost a child (or other loved one) consider sending them a picture of their child doing something...
Dr. Amy Smith

Dr. Amy Smith

Dr. Amy Smith, Advisory Council Spotlight Dr. Smith is the Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Neuro-Oncology at Orlando Health-Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She has spent her career caring for infants, children, and young adults fighting...
McKenna Claire Foundation

McKenna Claire Foundation

Partner Spotlight: McKenna Claire Foundation After McKenna Claire Wetzel passed from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), her family made the courageous decision to donate her brain and spinal cord to research. McKenna’s mom Kristine said donating McKenna’s tumor...
Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield

Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield

Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield: Advisory Council Spotlight As a pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Jeffrey P. Greenfield is a strong proponent of transitional neurosurgery: caring for patients with specific conditions from childhood through adulthood. Compassionate clinical care,...
Go Gray in May

Go Gray in May

Go Gray in May for Brain Cancer Awareness Month It’s April and spring is evident everywhere. The world is exploding with color… red robins, purple hyacinths, yellow daffodils, green grass. It’s all so hopeful… the budding trees evidence of new life and the knowledge...
Promising Therapeutic Target found for Medulloblastoma

Promising Therapeutic Target found for Medulloblastoma

Promising Therapeutic Target found for Medulloblastoma In 2013 Michael Gustafson passed away, 5 years after his medulloblastoma diagnosis. Michael decided to donate his tissue to research in the hopes that other children would not experience the suffering of brain...