TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabiltation is a non-profit 501(c)3 community-based organization.
TurningPoint improves quality of life for women with breast cancer by providing, promoting and advocating evidence-based and specialized rehabilitation.
TurningPoint was founded in 2003 and has served over 2,000 women with breast cancer in the Greater Atlanta community.
Care. Compassion. Clinical Excellence.
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Evidence Update: Mindfulness Benefits for Women with Breast Cancer
Mindfulness, mindful eating and meditation are utilized in many settings to help individuals cope with anxiety, improve self-efficacy (the ability to achieve tasks and meet goals), achieve and sustain weight loss, improve body image and body acceptance and decrease emotional eating.
Join us for this month's educational Lunch and Learn on the topic of mindfulness and breast cancer. See article on Educational Event in right column below!
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Support Group
Coffee & Conversation
A Social and Supportive Meeting for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Friday, August 23rd 10:00 am - 12 noon
This group is complimentary and supported by our community partners and donors.
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Thank You to Our Community Partners!
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A Special Thanks to our
Golf Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
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Dear Friends,
We all know the familiar ripples that spread out from a stone tossed in a pond. Beth Miller is a teacher, mother and former TurningPoint patient who is committed to making a difference in the lives of breast cancer survivors - making use of the ripple effect. Through her breast cancer experience, Beth developed the conviction that women going through breast cancer had physical and emotional needs that were often not met, and that specialized rehabilitation and exercise were critical in meeting those needs. In response, Beth created TurningPoint's Edith Van Riper-Haase Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Advocacy Fund, in memory of her mother. The fund will support TurningPoint 2013 - our first breast cancer rehabilitation and exercise conference for healthcare providers. Beth cast the stone that will create the ripple. As more healthcare providers become aware of women's needs and the role of breast cancer rehabilitation, countless women with breast cancer will be impacted by Beth's generosity and willingness to make a difference in the lives of others.
Jill Binkley, PT, MSc, CLT
Executive Director
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 Friday, November 8, 2013Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead Atlanta, GA
Speakers:
Dr. Andrea Cheville, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Sheryl Gabram-Mendola, Surgeon, Emory University & Avon Breast Center at Grady
Dr. G. Stephen Morris, Physical Therapist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dr. Andrea Pusic, Plastic Surgeon, Sloan-Kettering
Dr. Katie Schmitz, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Robert Smith, Director - Cancer Screening, American Cancer Society
Nicole Stout, Physical Therapist and Clinical Researcher
Dr. Mylin Torres, Radiation Oncologist, Emory University
Dr. Kerri Winters-Stone, Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University
Luncheon speaker Lori Allen, Star of 'Say Yes to the Dress' and breast cancer survivor. For Healthcare Providers including physicians, surgeons, physical and occupational therapists, nurses, physician assistants, patient navigators, massage therapists and others working in the breast cancer field.
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Research Guiding Practice.
Practice Changing Lives.
More information contact staff@myturningpoint.org
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A Patient's Perspective: Honoring My Mother and Supporting the 1st Annual TurningPoint National Healthcare Provider Conference
 by Beth Van Riper Miller
I have been a very grateful patient at TurningPoint. My mom died after a brave fight with ovarian cancer. I was looking for a way to perpetuate my mother's advocacy efforts, and after speaking with Jill, I decided that TurningPoint would be a fantastic organization to create a fund in my mother's name. We set up the "Edith Van Riper-Haase Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Advocacy Fund" and I'm happy to announce the first sponsored event--TurningPoint 2013: Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Multidisciplinary Conference.
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Upcoming Educational Event: Lunch and Learn
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MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS:
Techniques To Aid Healing
for the Breast Cancer Survivor
Tuesday, August 20th
12 noon-1:30 pm
Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
11605 Haynes Bridge Road, Suite 100
Alpharetta, GA 30009
Lunch will be served!
This seminar will present some of the evidence that supports the health benefits of the practices of meditation and mindfulness. Come and learn how to make these techniques a part of your breast cancer healing journey. We will use this opportunity to practice by focusing on mindful eating.
Presented by TurningPoint staff:
- Julie Schwartz, MS, RDN, CSSD, LD, ACSM-HFS, Certified Wellness Coach
- Karen Savrin, Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
call 770-360-9271
no later than Friday, August 16th
Directions to the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
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3rd Annual Golf Tournament
benefiting TurningPoint!
October 13-14, 2013
Dunwoody Country Club, Atlanta
Swing Fling Dinner Auction: Sunday, October 13
Golf Outing: Monday, October 14
Contact Erin Long for Sponsorship Information
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