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Women of the Grove Donate $27,000 to Breast Cancer Research at Stony Brook 2011 Contribution
Brings total to More than $600,000 to Advance Breast Cancer Research
STONY BROOK, N.Y.,
December 21, 2011 – Concerned
Women of the Grove (CWOG), a grassroots organization based  | Concerned Women of
the Grove members, from left, Carmella Yodice, Rosie Graci, and Ann Scarpa,
present a check for $27,109 from their annual breast cancer benefit to cancer
researcher Dr. Avraham Dilmanian, Associate Professor of Research, Departments
of Radiation Oncology and Neurology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.
Also pictured, from left: Rose Cardin, M.S.N., R.N., Associate Director of
Nursing, Psychiatry and Oncology, and Administrator, Cancer Services; Margaret
Amato, Senior Plan Administrator, and Michael Luyckx, M.B.A., Administration
Director, Department of Radiation Oncology.
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within the Cherry
Grove community on Fire Island, donated $27,190 to support breast cancer
research conducted at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. The proceeds
stem from the CWOG’s annual summer breast cancer benefit in Cherry Grove. To
date, the organization has contributed more than $600,000 to the Stony Brook
Foundation to help fund breast cancer research at Stony Brook.
The 2011 donation
will support the research of Avraham Dilmanian, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Research in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurology, Stony Brook
University School of Medicine. Dr. Dilmanian’s research centers on
investigating the use of certain carbon ion beams that potentially have
physical and biological advantages when treating breast and other cancer
patients. The research is conducted in collaboration with Allen G. Meek, M.D.,
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, and at the NASA Space Radiation
Laboratory at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
“It is gratifying to
see a dedicated community come together to fight breast cancer and support
research that will lead to even better and more effective ways to treat this
dreaded disease,” says Dr. Dilmanian, who attended the fundraiser on Fire
Island and spoke to the several hundred attendees about the importance of
breast cancer research in advancing medical care of the disease and his current
research at Stony Brook and BNL.
CWOG has been
committed to fighting breast cancer for 16 years. The organization holds a
fundraiser each summer at a Fire Island home called “Heaven ‘n’ Earth.” Plans
are in place for the 17th annual event to be held in August
2012.
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