CU Cancer Center 41st Annual Men’s Event

CU Cancer Center 41st Annual Men's Event

Posted: Pam Cress

An elite dinner was the backdrop for a gathering of Denver’s most eloquent and handsome men, as the Men’s Event for the University of Colorado Cancer Center unfolded at Elway’s Cherry Creek on Monday night.

The University of Colorado Cancer Center at the Anschutz Medical Campus is Colorado’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, a distinction recognizing its outstanding contributions to research, clinical trials, prevention and cancer control.

Ranked #12 in cancer care in US News & World Report’s review of more than 900 hospitals nationwide, the University of Colorado Cancer Center establishes and delivers the gold standard in cancer clinical guidelines, setting the bar for cancer treatment for oncologists nationwide. It is a consortium of more than 400 researchers and physicians at all three state universities and six institutions, all working toward one goal–to conquer cancer.

For information about programs, staff, initiatives, history and success stories, visit coloradocancercenter.org.

: Organizers Scottie Brown, left, Sylvia Atencio, Ellen Robinson, Karita Cesar, Becca Dugan helped greet guests

: Part of an informative panel on cancer research: Paul Maroni, MD, Thomas Flaig MD, Scott Cramer PhD and Mitch Glode MD

: Navin Dimond, left, and Geoff Barker

: Richard DeWire, left, Gabriel Schwartz, Peter Fucarino

: Jim Leventhal, left, Dean Singleton and Ron Abreu

: Jim Renshaw and Amy Adams

: Rick Kissinger, left, Ed Mate and Allen Walters

: Steve Thumm, left, John Zubak and Harvey Mitgang

: The panelists discuss recent trends in cancer research and treatment

: Chad Lieberman, left, and Mark Epstein

: Theo Gregory, left, Charlie Gallagher and Co-Chair Ernie Blake

: Steve Demby chats with Sylvia Atencio

: Lauren Brockman, left, and Doug Antonoff

: Peter Fucarino, left, Richard DeWire, Jeffrey Hirschfeld and Gabriel Schwartz

: Blair Richardson, left, Sandy Greenberg, Steve Rosdal and David Opperman

: Charlie Gallagher, left, Ernie Blake, Norm Brownstein and Robert Hawk

: Troy Edwards, left, and Dean Fiala

: Jim Leventhal, left, Dr. John Grossman and Jim Sullivan

: CU Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Dan Theodorescu MD, PhD chats with Co-Chair Don Elliman

: Russ Dispense, left, and Charlie Walling

: Brian Hamilton, left, Craig Andrisen and Jim Sullivan

: Geoff Barker, left, and John Fuller

: Roger Hutson, left, and Blair Richardson

: Roger Hutson, Dean Singleton and Blair Richardson

: David Palmer, left, and David McReynolds

: Mark Kochevar, left, and Scott Arthur

: Don Elliman, left, Bruce Benson and Ron Williams

: Co-Chair Bob Malone, left, Doug Friednash and Skip Netzorg

: Craig Andrisen, left, Michael Thiret and Co-Chair Gary Kortz

: Dr. Brian Brody, left, and Matthew Taggart

: Jeff Peterson, left, Eddie Blieszner, Ken Jones

: Jared Young, left, Win Lewis and Eddie Robinson

: Ed Bush, left, and Randy Karsh

: Steve Logan, left, Neal Groff, Brian Becker

: Scott Arthur, left, Adam Writer, Jason Writer, John and Angela DellaSalle

: Peter Fucarino, left, and Michael Hammell

: Rick Kissinger, left, Ed Mate, Skip Netzorg and Eric Weissmann

: Don Elliman, left, and Dick Monfort

: Skip Netzorg, left, and David Palmer

: Dr. Cory Ryan, left, chats with Alan Stein

: Don Kortz, left, Bob Kortz and Doug Friednash

: Greg Smith, left, and Walt Isenberg

: Mark Jones chats with Charlie Gallagher

: John Elway with the hostesses of the event

: Jim Marsico, left, Mike Finn and Dr. Brian Kavanagh

: John Elway and Charlie Gallalgher

: Dr. Denis Lanier, left, and Dr. Brian Brody

: Emcee Les Shapiro and Charlie Brown

: Les Shapiro, left, Charlie Brown and Barry Hirschfeld

: Jim Hodge, left, Dr. Tom Flaig, Mark Kochevar

: Mayor Michael Hancock, left, John Elway, Steve Rosdal and Craig Andrisen

: John Elway stands with doctors who were panel members

: Dan Theodorescu, left, Mayor Michael Hancock and Co-Chair Chris Kolker

: Paul Zueger, left, and Paul Esserman

: Mark Hughes, left, Fred Hughes and Fred Hughes III

: David McReynolds, left, Dan Kelly and Roger Hutson

: Mark Kochevar, left, Dan Theodorescu, Don Elliman, Mayor Michael Hancock and Dr. Scott Cramer

: Co-Chair Steven Toltz, left, and Jeff Ross

: Mayor Michael Hancock chats with Steve Demby

: Jim Smith, left, John Elway, Dean Fiala and Troy Edwards

: Mike Shanahan and John Elway greet each other

: Mike Shanahan and John Elway

: Lt Governor Joe Garcia, left, and Jamie Van Leeuwen

: Guests seated for dinner

: Guests settling in for the dinner program

24 Sep

2nd Annual Save the Males

Posted: btstaff

Save The Males – an evening gala that seeks to raise awareness about prostate cancer – has grown tremendously in the last few years. The event – with it’s exclusively female attendees – tries to do what the men who are actually susceptible to this insidious disease can’t seem to – with great good humor and no shortage of cocktails, speak frankly and earnestly about a disease and propose concrete steps to help address it.

The 250-attendee event started with a silent auction, which featured dozens of handbags as the main offering – from slouchy to stylish, beaded to bejeweled, vintage to briefcase to evening-wear.

The evening’s main entertainment was Patsy Decline (aka Lannie Garrett), a seasoned veteran of the cabaret circuit, who had the audience in stitches with her bawdy re-imagining on country classics and event-apropos song titles (not a one of them reprintable here).

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, by a wide margin. Affecting mostly older men, and likely to be undetected for long periods of time, the stigma of discussing it and the bewildering range of treatment options are among the reasons it has proven so hard for medical experts to tackle.

Keynote speaker Doctor Tom Flaig was able to entertainingly highlight the rather anemic advocacy and awareness efforts of prostate cancer, especially when compared to breast cancer, with it’s very public color (pink), events (Walk for the Cure), and celebrity spokespeople. “Women have walks,” he noted, “Men have crawls.” Men – it was claimed over and over again – need the sisterhood’s help to get organized, raise awareness, and get over the embarrassment and doctor-aversion of men susceptible to prostate cancer.

Through the silent auction and entry fee, organizers hope to raise $150,000 for the University of Colorado’s Prostate Cancer Research Program. And they had a great time doing it.