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Fighting Chance (organization)
Fighting Chance is a United States patient advocate organization that provides counseling for cancer patients and caregivers. Independent from any hospital and funded solely by charitable contributions, Fighting Chance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, provides free access to hard-to-find resources and professional counseling from the time of diagnosis through treatment to survivorship. Headquartered in Sag Harbor, New York, the organization operates on the East End of Long Island and also offers e-counseling outside the area.
== Organization ==
A 16-member board of directors, composed primarily of cancer survivors and caregivers, meet quarterly to guide the overall direction of the organization and plan annual events. The board is led by chairman Duncan Darrow who is also the founder of Fighting Chance. The board is responsible for organizing the Fighting Chance Annual Summer Gala each year.
Day-to-day operations are handled by Karrie Zampini Robinson, LCSW an oncology social worker with over 20 years of experience; Laraine Gordon, LCSW, an oncology social worker with over 10 years of experience; and William Di Scipio, Ph. D, a clinical psychologist and retired member of the faculty at the Einstein School of Medicine.
A Medical Advisory Committee of oncologists, some of whom also serve as board members, contributes to day-to-day operations. They include: Martin Karpeh, Jr., MD, Head of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Medical_Center_Health_Care_4/Nationally-Renowned_Surgeon_Appointed_Director_of__1018.shtml )〕 Peter Bach, MD, Pulmonologist and Biostatistician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/3194.cfm )〕 and Philip Schulman, MD, head of the Long Island satellite branch (based in Commack, New York) of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/610.cfm )〕
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