A Down-To-Earth Organization That Is All About Hope
A Down-To-Earth Organization That Is All About Hope
Hello!
We would like to invite you to be a vendor at our second annual pet-friendly fundraiser, ArtBark Dallas. Our inaugural event in 2012 was held at the POOCH Hotel where several volunteer photographers took pictures of pooches with Santa Claus and all proceeds were donated to Paws in the City, DFW Pug Rescue, and League of Animal Protectors. Please take a moment and check out our link at ArtBark Dallas. We hope you like what you see!
We are excited to announce that this year’s event will be held Sunday, October 5th from 1pm-4pm at North Dallas Veterinary Hospital, 3452 Forest Lane, Ste. 100, Dallas, TX 75234. Please come and join us! Our vendor fee is $40 and we kindly ask you bring your own table(s). Restriction size is either two 8’ tables or one 16’ table. Dr. Terry Ford, DVM, and North Dallas Veterinary Hospital have graciously offered the use of their beautiful building and surrounding grounds for this year’s ArtBark event. Accessible restrooms located inside the building. All vendor fees will directly benefit On Butterflies Wings… a down-to-earth organization that is all about HOPE. On Butterflies Wings was founded in 2010 by Erin Prendergast, RN, Women’s Diagnostic and Breast Cancer Center at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas and proceeds from this organization directly benefit the breast cancer program.
This year, ArtBark will, again, have several photographers who will provide pet portraits for $10 inside the building. Vendors will be outside on the surrounding grounds. Our goal is to raise $1500 for On Butterflies Wings and a planned healing garden at the new cancer center currently under construction at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas. We hope you can help us by giving back to the community AND have a fun, pet-friendly day! Please contact us for more information.
Thao Nguyen, RN and Mandy Dalto, RN
ArtBark Dallas founders
Dr. Brian M. Cohen
M.B.Ch.B., M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
EDUCATION: M.B.CH.B., M.D., University of Cape Town
Brian M. Cohen, M.D., a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist, specializes in infertility, recurrent miscarriage, immunological reproductive problems, and mid-life hormonal disorders. He is available for consultations regarding complex infertility, unexplained infertility, and failed in-vitro fertilization. Dr. Cohen also treats patients who require minimally invasive gynecological surgery, including reconstruction of the uteri affected by congenital anomalies, Asherman’s Syndrome, polyps, and fibroids. Other treatment options include ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination, and hysteroscopy. Dr. Cohen has had more than thirty five years of experience with fertility problems, extensive continuing medical education, and cutting-edge expertise. Dr. Cohen is a clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas and has been named a Best Doctor by his peers in D Magazine from 2001 through 2014.
Stacy Reed
Stacy Reed was born in California, but has lived most of her life in Dallas and went to Lake Highlands High School. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1997 with a bachelors degree in Social Work.
She has worked in the medical field since she graduated and currently works as an Account Executive for Amerita Specialty Infusion Pharmacy.
Stacy now lives in Poetry, Tx with her husband and two daughters, ages 8 and 5.
She began her battle with breast cancer earlier this year when, after already scheduled for an elective mastectomy, her surgeon found a small malignant tumor during an MRI.
She initially chose to have a mastectomy based on family history of breast cancer and for testing positive for the BRCA2 gene.
Wendy Harpham
Born, raised and educated in New York, Wendy Harpham moved to Texas in 1979 to do her internship in internal medicine at UT Houston and her residency at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, where in 1983 she opened a solo practice.
She promised her patients she would care for them until she turned 80 years old. But in 1990, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma and 2 ½ years later had to retire from clinical medicine due to ongoing illness.
All these years, she has continued helping patients through her 7 books and many articles. She also has been writing for clinicians in her regular column, View from the Other Side of the Stethoscope, for Oncology Times.
Dr. Harpham travels internationally, delivering keynotes for medical Grand Rounds, medical symposiums, and survivorship conferences. She has served as a patient advocate on a wide variety of national and local projects.
Her work has received national recognition, including the Tree of Life Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Writers Award from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and the 2000 Governor’s Award for Health, for which she was inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.
Dr. Harpham’s cancer is currently in remission, but after effects prevent her from returning to clinical medicine.
Sonya Alejo
Archana Ganaraj, M.D.
Dr. Ganaraj grew up in Tylertown, Mississippi where she was the older daughter of the town’s only surgeon. Her interest in medicine started at a very early age and both she and her sister became physicians. According to Dr. Ganaraj:
“As breast cancer care has evolved, it has truly become a multidisciplinary field. One of the goals of the Breast Cancer Alliance at the Margot Perot Center is to facilitate the delivery of breast cancer care into a seamless continuum. The average breast cancer patient will have a radiologist, breast surgeon, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, and perhaps even a plastic surgeon involved in her care. Our goal is to coordinate all of these fields and physicians into one integrated plan tailored to meet the particular needs of each individual cancer patient. We want to make sure that the lines of communication are always open not only between the patient and her physicians, but also among the physicians themselves. We want to educate our patients so they can be active participants in the decision making that governs their care.”
Dr. Ganaraj attended Yale University where she received a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She went on to the University of Mississippi to earn her M.D. degree. She then moved to Dallas and finished five years of general surgery training at Baylor University Medical Center. After completing her residency, Dr. Ganaraj pursued a surgical breast oncology fellowship at Memorial – Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. During her training, she was extensively involved in breast cancer research. Her special area of research interest was sentinel lymph node technology and its applications to various clinical situations. Dr. Ganaraj is board certified in general surgery. She is delighted to be back in Dallas as part of the Breast Cancer Program at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. She is exclusively dedicated to treating breast cancer and other disorders of the breast.
