Madeleen Herreshoff, Director and President
of CANHELP, INC.
Madeleen
Herreshoff, MA (ABT) Psychology, is the Director and President of
CANHELP. She is a two-time breast cancer survivor, having used both
conventional and alternative therapies to sustain a healthy remission.
Madeleen has amassed a wealth of information over the years about
cancer treatments from a personal as well as a research perspective.
It is her mission in life to share her knowledge with CANHELP's clients.
She
has served as a Breast Cancer Advocate/Consumer Reviewer for breast
cancer scientific review panels at the U.S. Army Breast Cancer Research
Program in Washington, DC, and the National Action Plan on Breast
Cancer (NAPBC) in Bethesda, MD.
Madeleen
is closely tied into the cancer network and visits cancer clinics
whenever she can. She is in constant communication with numerous cancer
colleagues who have websites and list serves (such as www.cancermontly.com
, www.breastcancerchoices.org,
the Amazon, Swallows breast cancer lists and the Annie Apple Seed
Project at www.annieappleseedproject.org).
She regularly attend the Cancer Control Society's Alternative Cancer
Convention in Los Angeles, CA. (www.cancercontrolsociety.com/)
She
has co-authored a limited-edition book called TORSOS: A Breast Cancer
Journey. At Harmony Hill cancer-patient retreat center in Union, Washington,
(www.harmonyhill.org) she
has served as a staff member at their cancer retreat programs (modeled
after Commonweal in Bolinas, CA). She has conducted numerous workshops
for cancer support groups in the greater Seattle area.
Carol
Shamhart
Administrative Assistant
Carol
Shamhart has served as CANHELP's Administrative Assistant since 1991.
Carol assists clients in the telephone interview process, prepares
client profiles after reviewing the client's medical information,
and assists the research department. She is also responsible for the
business side of CANHELP.
She
has an extensive administrative, medical and public relations background
with a paralegal degree. Carol enjoys golf and occasionally hosts
on cruise ships with high-profile health experts.
The
Late Patrick M. McGrady
Founder of CANHELP
Patrick
McGrady, Founder of CANHELP, passed away on December 12, 2003, after
20 years dedication to cancer patients. Patrick began researching
cancer therapies when his father, a science writer of 25 years for
the American Cancer Society and author of a landmark book on cancer
research, The Savage Cell (Basic Books, 1964), was diagnosed with
advanced colon cancer in 1979. Although his father had an inside track
to cancer care, he found himself in a sea of confusion finding the
right treatments. Over the years he built up an impressive, world-wide
data bank of cancer treatment information and physician consultants.
Patrick worked endlessly to help cancer patients all over the world,
to find the best cancer therapies. Patrick McGrady wrote a Patients'
Bill of Rights well worth reading. To read this fine document,
click here.
Patrick
M. McGrady wrote on medicine for more than 30 years. He was co-author
with the late Nathan Pritikin of the best-selling Pritikin Program
for Diet and Exercise (Grosset and Dunlap, Bantam Books, 1979); co-author
with Richard Corriere, Ph.D. of Life Zones (Morrow, Ballantine); and
author of Television Critics in a Free Society (Fund for the Republic);
The Youth Doctors (Coward-McCann), and The Love Doctors (MacMillan).
His
work with CANHELP was hailed by his clients, health writers, and groups
such as National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO),
ECaP, the International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends,
and other health care organizations.
