Members of the Kelsey-Seybold Cancer Center care team laced up their sneakers and wore bright pink as a show of patient support at the Komen Race for the Cure® in downtown Houston on Sat., Oct. 1. The annual fundraising race brought together members of the breast cancer community and those impacted by the disease. Team Kelsey-Seybold raised over $30,000 for Komen, which included $5,800 in monetary donations and $25,000 through its annual employee T-shirt fundraiser. The money raised for Susan G. Komen will be used for breast health education, breast cancer prevention, advocacy, and treatment.
From front row left:
Yolanda Craft, R.N. supervisor, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center cancer services; Lakeashia Watson, Pharm.D., manager of infusion pharmacy II, pharmacist in charge, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Berthelsen Main Campus; Angie Montoya, R.N. supervisor, infusion, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center; and Heather Guerrero, R.N., B.S.N., nurse manager, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Berthelsen Main Campus cancer services
From back row left:
Cherie Rutkowske, R.N., B.S.N., oral chemotherapy nurse navigator, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Berthelsen Main Campus; Anik Vaillancourt, pharmacy infusion administrator, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Berthelsen Main Campus; Tejash Patel, M.D., medical director of hematology/oncology, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Berthelsen Main Campus; and Bobby Lester, senior director of cancer services