I recently accepted the challenge to raise funds to support Fred Hutch’s Climb to Fight Cancer.  

Cancer is a devastating disease, estimated to strike one in three women and one in two men in their lifetimes, this is our family, our friends, our coworkers, our people. I am climbing to raise vital funds for Fred Hutch’s lifesaving research. My climb is dedicated to Tante Jeanne, who passed away from colon cancer in 1982, the year I graduated high school. Tante Jeanne was my mom's anchor as she moved to Belgium from Germany to marry my dad. Her passing was devastating to all of us. It reinforced my decision to become a doctor.

You can help by donating to my climb, which will accelerate the quest for cures.

Fred Hutch has made some of the world’s most important medical advances — from developing bone marrow transplantation as a cure for leukemia, to pioneering powerful therapies that harness the immune system to fight cancer, to leading national and international initiatives that enable earlier cancer diagnoses and more effective treatments. This leading-edge research depends on private contributions that fuel novel studies, which have the power to make a profound difference.

Please click the “Donate” button and give to the Climb to Fight Cancer. Any amount you can give makes a difference to people and families facing deadly diseases. Your gift is 100 percent tax deductible and will fund extraordinary research, lifesaving discoveries, and cures. Thank you for your support!  LMK if you have an employer contribution, that may be a different process.