Please join me and other great Italian Chefs for a full day of
Fantastic Cooking Events at the:
Burlington County College in Pemberton, New Jersey
October 22, 2011
For this event, Nonna Romana and I will prepare:
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Pumpkin Ricotta Pound Cake with Maple Gelato
The Gelato is kindly offered by my friends at SottoZero
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New Jersey Italian American Heritage Commission
presents
8th Annual Congress: Achievements of Italian Americans 1861 - 2011
October 15, 2011
8:30AM - 12:30PM
Rutgers University, NJ
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Cancer Symposium
March 16, 2010
Uris Auditorium
6:00 PM
Abstract
The United Pugliesi Federation of New York and the Puglia Center will host the first "Cancer Symposium" with the participation of three renowned cancer researchers who will present the latest data on the issue of liver cancer, lung cancer and innovative therapy to treat cancer. The objective of this event is to learn the newest discoveries in the field of liver and lung cancer and how laboratory research can be translated into clinical trials to fight cancer. (Admission is free)
Speakers:
Dr. Cataldo Doria – From the Laboratory to the Bedside: A Life Spent Fighting Liver Cancer
Dr. M. Catherine Pietanza – Lung Cancer: Causes and Treatments
Dr. Anna Lisa Pastore – Alternative Cancer Treatments
Biographies:
Dr. Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD, FACS is the Nicoletti Family Professor of Transplant Surgery and Director of the Division of Transplantation at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Doria is a multi-organ transplant surgeon with extensive expertise in cadaveric and live donor liver and kidney transplant, pancreas transplant, small-bowel transplant as well as liver and pancreatic resection and surgery of the bile duct.
Dr. Doria came to Jefferson from the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT- UPMC Italy ) - a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Italian National Government-- where he served as Chief of Abdominal Organ Transplant.
He also served as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh.
His research interests include issues in liver transplantation, use of artificial liver and liver resection for cancer treatment.
Dr. Doria's biography has been listed in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. He completed a research fellowship in small bowel transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute and a clinical fellowship in multi-organ transplantation at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his Ph.D. in Immunology in 2006.
Dr. Doria has personally performed more than 450 organ transplants, and authored over 170 publications.
Dr. Doria is native of Taranto.
Dr. Catherine Pietanza a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in cancers that arise in the lungs. Although her special interests are small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine tumors of the lung (pulmonary carcinoids), she also cares for a large number of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. With her colleagues on the Thoracic Oncology Service, she conducts clinical trials of new treatments for patients with these malignancies.
Her research provides patients with additional options for care by using the latest information about the molecular basis of these diseases. For example, she collects special cells in the blood (circulating tumor cells) to more precisely and more quickly determine the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment in men and women with small cell lung cancer.
She also conducts research designed to make clinical trials more efficient. The sooner we know a treatment is working, the quicker we can share this good news. "In cases where treatments are not helping, we can switch to a different treatment with a better chance of benefit. Using new computer and scanning technologies designed at Memorial Hospital, we can collect a patient's symptoms and side effects along with medical information and radiographic (imaging) response in one secure database through the internet. This system allows us to better determine if new combinations of cancer drugs show sufficient promise to merit further testing in persons with lung cancer."
Surgeons and radiation oncologists work closely with her to care for patients with neuroendocrine tumors of the lung. She strives to use all resources available to get the best results for out patients with this disease.
Dr. Pietanza’s ancestry is from Mola di Bari (Bari).
Dr. Anna Lisa Pastore is a Yale University graduate, and received her MD degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She trained in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident of her department and remained as an attending physician for the past five years. Most recently, Dr. Pastore furthered her understanding of wellness and disease at Harvard Medical School, where she received her certification in acupuncture.
Dr. Pastore's innovative and comprehensive care of the whole patient integrates traditional medical practices with natural medicine, homeopathy, nutrition, and acupuncture to promote the body's intrinsic healing capacity resulting in optimal health and longevity. Her multifaceted approach maximizes favorable outcomes while minimizing adverse effects in the treatment of many conditions including acute and chronic conditions. In partnership with her patients she develops an integrative wellness plan tailored to their individual needs, providing a pathway to overall health.
Dr. Pastore is trained in a form of medical acupuncture taught by Kiiko Matsumoto. It is a more modern Japanese interpretation of Classical Chinese Acupuncture, practiced for thousands of years and based on Taoist thought and naturalism.
Dr. Pastore’s ancestry is from Mola di Bari (Bari).
