ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - Binaytara Foundation (BTF)

BINAYTARA FOUNDATION
ANNUAL
REPORT
2013
PROMOTING HEALTH AND EDUCATION. CHANGING LIVES.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROJECTS
3-8
HONORS AND AWARDS
9
FINANCES
10
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
11
CORPORATE SPONSORS
12
VOLUNTEERS
13
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
LEADERSHIP 2013
The year 2013 was a busy one for the Binaytara Foundation (BTF)
team as we expanded our efforts towards bringing positive changes
in our communities through health and education promotion.
Thanks to your continued involvement, support, and encouragement, BTF was not only able to continue its ongoing projects, but
also able to add new projects.
Dr. Binay Shah - President
Medical Director, St. Joseph Regional
cancer center and blood institute, Lewiston, ID
Achievements for us this last year have included receiving special
consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social
Council, organized two hematology conferences in Lewiston,
Idaho and Kathmandu, Nepal, provided a hematology review
course to nearly 100 physicians, and provided five research grants
to medical students. Lastly, we sponsored the training of a Bone
Marrow Transplant (BMT) team from Civil Service Hospital of
Nepal at the University of Illinois Medical Center to establish a
Bone Marrow Transplant Center in Nepal.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank BTF board members, volunteers, donors, partners, and well wishers of BTF for
your contributions. Without you, BTF would not have been able to
achieve what it has achieved. BTF hopes to collaborate with more
individuals and organizations to improve healthcare around the
world. I invite you to join hands with BTF in its mission of changing lives by promoting health and education.
Dr. Binay Shah
President, Binaytara Foundation
Dr. Abdur Shakir - Vice President
Medical Director, Sarah Bush Lincoln
Regional Cancer Center, Lincoln, IL
Tara Shah - Secretary
Founder, Tara’s Elegance Premium Jeans
Sirjana Dahal - Treasurer
Usability researcher at Samsung Telecom
Dr. Dushyant Viswonathan - Member
Dr. Damiano Rondelli - Scientific Advisory Committee Chair
Professor of Medicine and Director of
Stem Cell Transplant Program at the
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Divyesh Mehta - Education Committee Chair
Professor Of Medicine at University Of
Arizona College Of Medicine and Chief
of Hematology Oncology Division at
Maricopa Integrated Health System,
Phoenix, AZ.
Bipul Luitel, PhD - Webmaster
Software Engineer at Resolvity Inc.
Dana Sleeper - Executive Director of
Fund Raising
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES
Sept 13-14, 2013
Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal
http://bam2013.binayfoundation.org/
We organized the first Hematology conference in Nepal
Chief Guest - Bollywood Actress Manisha Koirala
In partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago
Attended by delegates from various countries including
Nepal, India, Poland, and Czech Republic
24 oral abstracts and posters presented, over 250
attendees
UPDATES IN HEMATOLOGY CONFERENCE
Aug 10, 2013
Lewis-Clark State College, Williams Conference Center, 500 8th Avenue, Lewiston ID
http://hematology.binayfoundation.org/
BTF organized the multidisciplinary conference with balanced educational sessions focusing on the needs of hematologists, oncologists, primary care physicians, nurses,
pharmacists and other healthcare professionals involved
in the management of hematologic malignancies
Attended by more than 70 physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other healthcare
professioanals
In partnership with the St Joseph Regional Medical Center and the Idaho Society of Clinical Oncology
Speakers
Organizing committee
Prof. Damiano Rondelli - University of Illinois
Prof. Divyesh Mehta - University of Arizona
Dr. Edward Libby - Univeristy of Washington
Dr. Binay Shah - St Joseph Regional Medical Center
Dr. Sandra Ceullar - Univeristy of Illinois
Dr. Michael Rooney - Conference Chair
Dr. Binay Shah
Pamela Sly, RN
Pamela Reed, RN, BSN, OCN
Tamara Jones, RN
Paul Driver, PharmD
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT CENTER FOR NEPAL
The Binaytara Foundation has partnered with
the University of Illinois at Chicago and the
Civil Service Hospital of Nepal to establish a
Bone Marrow Transplant Center in Nepal.
Bone marrow transplant is an effective treatment for many
patients with hematologic disorders including those with
lymphomas, leukemias, and multiple myelomas. A stem cell
transplant center in Nepal will provide care to patients from
Nepal and the surrounding states of India.
A team of two physicians and a registered nurse
trained in Bone Marrow transplant at the University of Illinois Medical center, Chicago. The
training was sponsored by BTF
MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS
2008 - 2013
The goal of the BTF medical research
grants is to encourage medical students
and young physicians to apply critical
thinking and evidence based medicine in
patient care.
19 Medical Research Grants have
been awarded to date.
Over 100 applicants applied for the grants
in the last six years.
Grant recipients have published
supported studies in medical journals and have presented findings in
scientific conferences.
Recipients comment - “As a recent research grant
recipient of the foundation, I have been provided the
opportunity that very few get so early in their career.
The whole process of initiating and conducting research has widened my knowledge regarding evidence
based medicine.”
CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING PROJECT
The BTF Cervical Cancer Screening Project
BTF has partnerd with the Cancer Care Nepal to provide free cervical cancer screening to low and middle
income women in rural areas. During the first phase of the project, one thousand women between the ages of
30-60 will be screened for cervical cancer using the pap smear method. Based on the results of the screening,
appropriate treatment wil be provided to women diagnosed with pre-cancerous, cancerous, or inflammatory lesions of the cervix.
2nd most
Frequent cancer
in women
2% of all
Nepalese women
requiring cervical
cancer screening have
ever been screened
3rd greatest cause of death
from cancer in
women
85% of
Cervical cancer
deaths occur in developing countries
CERVICAL CANCER IS PREVENTABLE
WITH EFFECTIVE
SCREENING
3.2 million
Nepalese women
aged 30-60 years currently require screening.
260,000
- 450,000 Nepalese women have a
precancerous lesion
at any given time.
10,000 new
cases of invasive
cervical cancer arise
in Nepal each year
Join hands with BTF to save the lives of thousands of women by screening them for cervical cancers and
other inflammatory lesions of the cervix.
BTF HEMATOLOGY REVIEW COURSES - TELECTURE SERIES
Jan 2013 – May 2013
This event offered a University of Illinois
Hospital & BTF Telemedicine Specialty Review Course in Hematologic Malignancies: A
patient-specific approach in diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures.
The goal of the the telelecture series was to
provide physicians from developing countries
with an overview of recent advances in the
management of hematologic malignancies.
Topics Covered
Old and new drugs in Hematologic Malignancies by Karen Sweiss, PharmD
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Prof. Divyesh Mehta
Low Grade Lymphoma by Dr. Binay Shah
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Dr. Dinesh Pendharkar
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma by Dr. Abdur Shakir
Myelodysplastic syndrome by Dr. Damiano Rondelli
High Grade Lymphoma by Dr. David Peace
Ph negative MPDs by Dr. Damiano Rondelli
Blood and Bone marrow stem cell transplant by Dr. Damiano Rondelli
Multiple Myeloma by Dr. Pritesh Patel
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Dr. John Quigley
Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Dr. Santosh Saraf
More than 100 physicians from Asia, Africa and North America participated in the tele-lecture
series.
HONORS AND AWARDS 2013
Honorary Membership
BTF awarded honorary membership to Dr. Rajendra Prasad Baral, Nepal’s renowned hematologist/oncologist and the organizing secretary of the
International conference on updates in Hematologic Malignancies, for his exemplary contributions towards BTF’s mission to promote health and
education in underprivileged communities.
Merit Award
BTF presented a merit award to Mr. Arun Gupta
for abstract “Tumor Burden Estimation by 18FFDG PET/CT in pediatric Lymphoma Patients for
Treatment Response Evaluation” during the International conference on Advances in Hematologic
Malignancies, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Extraordinary Volunteer
BTF awarded the extra ordinary volunteer award
to Dana Sleeper for her contributions. Dana
joined BTF in August 2012 as a blog writer and
was appointed as the executive director of fund
development in January 2013.
FINANCIAL PICTURE
Thanks to the generous support of BTF’s board members, friends and corporate sponsors, in 2013, BTF was
able to maintain a strong financial position and expand its programs.
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
$10 to $99
Ajay Dhakal
Amar Bista
Anjali Budhathoki
Annie Oh
Anuj Bhattachan
Anup Shrestha
Arkadiusz Dudek
Ashish Subedi
Balram Pande
Bandana Shah
Bikash Chapagain
Bipul Luitel
Bishnu Kumar Maharjan
Bishnu Phuyal
Dana Sleeper
Devendra Ray
Dilasha Katwal
Dipesh Uprety
Ichhya Pathak
Irfan Jawed
Joseph Mazzariello
Komal Dutta
Krishna Ghimire
Kush Lohani
Laura Selvi
Lokesh Raj Sharma
Matthew Sleeper
Mingma Sherpa
Navin Rai
Nirsula Vaidya
Pitambar Pandey
Prabhat Jha
Prakash Kharel
Raiko Munankarmi
Rajesh Dudani
Rakesh Mandal
Ralph Weichselbaum
Ramesh K C
Ranjita Mandal
Regina Schwind
Resha Bajracharya
Roshan Lal Shrestha
Ross Wolland
Smita Sharma
Sonish Shrestha
Srijan Tandukar
Srimatrix Inc.
Stephen Bail
Sumit Madan
Sunav Shrestha
Suneel Sah
Victor Gordeuk
Yojana Khatiwoda
$100 to $249
Amit Rauniyar
Bharat Subba
Chester Szerlag
Ervin Hire
Failsal Saghir
Fran Harris
June Sleeper
Nathan E Judd
Nawal Yadav
Pamela Reed
Peter Hackett
Poonam Khadka
Rabin Rai
Ritesh Chaudhary
Robin McDonald
Saverio Rondelli
Sirjana Dahal
Subodh Shah
Sunita Shrestha
Yunfei Wei
$250 to $499
$500 and up
Abdur Shakir
Bijay Acharya
Caroline Caldwell
Damiano Rondelli
Hejmadi Prabhu
Peter Burkiewicz
Binay and Tara Shah
Jean and Bob Roberts
Nadeem Nimeh
Paul and Virginia Tutcher
Timothy and Valerie Erickson
If you have contributed to BTF in 2013 but do not see your name here, please contact us at the email below:
[email protected]
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Idaho Society of
Clinical Oncology
Eli-lily & company Alkem Laboratories
Asian Pharmaceutical Becon pharmaceutical Deurali Janta Pharmaceutical
Natco Pharma Ltd Standard Chartared Bank
United Biotech VOLUNTEERS
Amir BistaSocial Media
Ashish SubediResearch Grants
Bipul LuitelWebsite
Christopher O’DonnellBlog
Dana SleeperFund Development
Kerry RiggioBlog
Kimberlyn KaywoodBlog
Lokesh Raj Sharma
Social Media
Nehal ShahBlog
Nidhi KaringulaBlog
Paul TutcherFund development
Raiko MunankarmiBlog
Srijan TandukarNewsletter

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