One side note before Eileen takes the stage. Cancer is a horrendous disease, or more accurately a horrendous family of diseases and as stated in the earlier article, The James has established itself as a leading research and treatment center. For one example, if you get multiple myeloma (and I don’t recommend iyou do), the staff at The James treats upwards to 90% of the reported cases in Ohio, or slightly more than 600 patients per year, as well as out of state patients. Providing a critical service to state residents, as well as the general community at large, is certainly an example of the OSUCCC-James fulfilling The … [Read More]

The Other Team in Columbus

As much as we enjoy blogging and reading about sports, games and our favorite OSU teams, there is another team in Columbus playing a much more serious game; the game of life. Whenever one hears or sees anything about ‘OSU’, the initial reaction is probably about football and basketball. The other nationally ranked team at OSU is at the Ohio State University Medical Center. Specifically, those at the he Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. Officially the OSUCCC-James, colloquially, it’s ‘The James’. Most of my articles generally have a back-story and this is no different. The Director of the OSUCCC, Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri, hails from Buffalo, NY.

For most, if not all of you, cancer is all too personal due to family members and/or friends dealing with this disease. According to the Center for … [Read More]