Project Purple Podcast

Our coverage of how coronavirus is affecting the pancreatic cancer community continues with an interview with Dr. Pual Oberstein, MD. Dr. Oberstein shares his expertise as Director of GI Medical oncology and assistant director for the pancreas center at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health in NYC. He shared how the medical side of the P.C. community is dealing with the outbreak and s...

We discussed how the new coronavirus outbreak is affecting the pancreatic cancer community with Kelsey Klute, MD from the UNMC oncology team. Dr. Klute provided her expert advice on minimizing the risks of COVID-19 infection among survivors, fighters, caregivers, and those in remission. Anyone with a compromised immune system has a higher risk of complications due to this virus and that includes t...

Dino traveled to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York to interview Dr. Aimee Lucas, MD, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of medicine. With a specialty in gastroenterology and family hereditary risk of GI cancers, Dr. Lucas is a valued member of the Precede Consortium.

Dixie Redfearn is a melanoma and breast cancer survivor who is currently battling pancreatic cancer. While she's no stranger to cancer, her mentality and approach to life is almost always positive. She shares her story on episode 101 of the Project Purple Podcast.

On episode 100 of the Project Purple Podcast, we interviewed a guest who lives further from our office than anyone we've ever interviewed. Helen MacGregor called in all the way from Melbourne, Australia to share the amazing story of her battle with pancreatic cancer.

Survivor Ray Angelone discussed his battle with pancreatic cancer. It took him 8 rounds of chemotherapy to get to the Whipple surgery, and now he is "not letting the worry of scans or reccurence take over his living" as he continues treatment.

2019 recipient of the Rick Carone fellowship grant, Sonia Kupfer, MD, joined this week's episode to discuss the incredible work she is doing to help save lives at the University of Chicago medical center. After losing some of her own close family members to melanoma and colon cancer, Dr. Kupfer performs research towards: "Diagnosis and treatment of patients with genetic disorders such as hereditar...

Christina Hoy, Kirsten Eberle, and Susanne Welling from UNMC's early detection clinic sat with Dino to talk about the amazing work they are doing to help save lives.

Survivor and runner Ryan Hohenadel is the voice behind Longrunfit.com. In this week's episode, he tells the story of his battle with pancreatic cancer and how his strong mindset has led him to view the disease as a "dangerous opportunity."

Dino interviewed John Gero to discuss John's battles with diabetes and precancerous cysts in his pancreas. As someone who is at a high risk for pancreatic cancer, John is his own best advocate. You can list to John as he shares his mindest in this weeks episode.

We interviewed Dr. Aaron Grossberg, M.D., Ph. D. in New York on the eve of the Precede Consortium for early detection. Dr. Grossberg focuses on research and treatment of pancreatic cancer through radiation oncology as an Assistant Professor at OHSU.

We spoke to Dr. Talia Golan, MD in New York City on the eve of the 2nd annual Precede Worldwide Consortium meeting. As Medical Director of the pancreatic cancer center at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel, she is working tirelessly along with other medical professionals for a cure to this terrible disease. Find out why Dr. Golan is optimistic about a future with an early detection protocol and a...

Dino, Vin, and Chelsey celebrate the end of the 2010's by counting down their top 10 moments of the decade.

Dino and Vin take a look back at another amazing year at Project Purple and share their top 10 moments of 2019.

Josie Cole was enjoying life with her husband and pets and had very few health problems. When she noticed some strange symptoms similar to pancreatitis, her nursing background told her she should consult a doctor. As it turns out, what she thought was pancreatitis was in fact pancreatic cancer. Josie joined us on the podcast to share her story as she continues to battle this disease.

We brought in Director of Development Chelsey Bunyer to give you some expert fundraising advice. She sat down with Dino to talk about the "do's" and "dont's" of fundraising.

Dr. Bret Schipper, MD is doing lifesaving work as Chief of Surgical Oncology at Hartford Hospital and Director of Oncologic Surgery for their cancer institute. In this week's episode, he takes us inside the world of surgical oncology.

Renee McCoy has accomplished a lot as an activist, pastor, professor, and advocate for those suffering from HIV & AIDs. After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the age of 65, she has continued in her work with a new perspective. This episode explores how her advocacy and background prepared her for her fight as well as what our society can learn from diseases like AIDs and pancreatic cance...

The Project Purple team sat down to recap the 2019 New York City Marathon. The staff shared some of their favorite moments while taking down a New York Style pizza in celebration.

We caught up with NYU Langone's Jessica Everett. She gave great insight into the world of modern day genetics and what you need to know about genetic testing. You can learn more about genetic risk factors and complete this survey to determine if you need further screening, here: https://find-pancancer-early.org/.

Staci Brown, President of SLB Consulting, talks about her life as a nonprofit consultant and the unique perspective that gives her. She also gives some unique insight into the charity and running worlds.

Learn everything you need to know about the 2019 New York City Marathon! Coach John Honerkamp and Dino as they talk about what you can expect on race day.

As a pancreatic cancer survivor and protestant priest, it is no surprise that John Magee describes the disease as a Goliath. In this episode, John tells his story of survival and shares the "five stones" he used to keep himself in the fight against this giant of a cancer.

We caught up with Virginia Brohpy Achman, executive director of Twin Cities in Motion, on the weekend of her 20th Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon! She shared some of her favorite parts of the job, how TCIM has changed over time, and many of her thoughts on the running industry. She also shared her connection with breast cancer and how she got involved in the charity space.

Rowgatta Co-founder & CEO Kenny Rosenzweig explains why he decided to leave the law field to become an entrepreneur. He also reflected on the impact of his father's diagnosis and eventual passing from pancreatic cancer.