Page 10 - Southen Exposure - August '22

Page 10, Southern Exposure

Honoring

H.O.W. Hearing The Ovarian Cancer Whisper Announces

The Dr. Robert C. Knapp Medical Student Award 2022/23 Recipients

H.O.W. Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper is proud to Ac c o rdi ng t o t he
announce the Dr. Robert C. Knapp Medical Student Award American Cancer Society,
2022/23 recipients. H.O.W. provides these prestigious in 2022 it is estimated
scholarships to Florida medical students interested in that 19,880 women will
gynecologic oncology by working with a gynecologic receive a new diagnosis of
oncologist during their elective time in medical school. ovarian cancer, and nearly
The 15 Dr. Robert C. Knapp Medical Student Award 13,000 will die from it.
2022/23 recipients include: John W. Figg and Miranda Solly This insidious disease is
from University of Florida College of Medicine; Akshara called the “Whisper Killer”
Sree Challa, Andrew D. Masciarella and Fay F. Pon from because symptoms are
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Marc W. so subtle that the disease
Chartier from Florida State University College of Medicine; usually goes undetected
Nicholas B. Conway, Monica Reyes, Shantell Rolle, Sarah until it is often too late for
Stavros and Justin Yeh from Florida International University successful treatment.
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; Erin E. Duffey, H.O.W. Hearing the
Oriana Fermin, and Caridad Infante from University of Ovarian Cancer Whisper
Central Florida College of Medicine; and Cianna Rivera from raises money to support
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. basic or translational
“This year, for the first time in H.O.W. history, every research in ovarian cancer
Florida university with a medical school had at least one through the Jacquie Liggett
medical student awarded the Dr. Robert Knapp Medical Research Fellowship.
Student Award,” shared Jennifer McGrath, executive Women with ovarian cancer
director of H.O.W. “These outstanding students will experiencing financial
be exposed to a wide array of gynecologic oncology need are helped through
practice activities and advanced research experience; and the Jacquie Liggett Angel
it is our hope they will be inspired to consider a career in Fund. H.O.W. is dedicated
gynecologic oncology.” to promoting awareness and
recent advances in ovarian
cancer by presenting
all about KiDs educational programs to
women primarily in our
area. H.O.W. also provides
scholarships to Florida
medical students interested
Dyslexia in gynecologic oncology by
working with a gynecologic
Warning Signs oncologist during their
elective time in medical
school through the Dr.
Robert C. Knapp Medical Student Award. Director of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology at
By Jim Forgan, Ph.D., Licensed School Psychologist Dr. Robert C. Knapp is the chairman of the H.O.W. the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber
Medical Advisory Board and the co-inventor of the blood Cancer Institute.
As a certified dyslexia test for ovarian cancer, CA125. He is the William H. Baker He has published 210 medical articles and a textbook on
testing specialist, I test a Professor of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, women’s cancer. Harvard and the Brigham and Women’s
lot of children suspected Emeritus, at the Harvard Medical School and Visiting Hospital have established the annual Robert C. Knapp
of having dyslexia. A Scholar in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Weill Medical Lectureship in Gynecology. He continues to lecture to
mom recently brought College of Cornell University. He is also the former medical students at Cornell and other medical schools.
her second grade son
for testing because his
iReady/MAPP scores
were low, he was saying
he was the worst reader
in his class, there was
family history of reading
difficulty, and her motherly instinct told her something was
interfering with his ability to learn to read.
These were classic dyslexia warning signs. The
iReady/MAPP testing that children take give scores
that show their reading level. However, the scores the
school considers “low” don’t always align with real life
because schools focus on helping the “extremely low”
kids. Kids with dyslexia are smart and can fake reading
because they memorize words but may still struggle with
fluency and decoding.
It’s a dyslexia warning sign when an elementary age child
is saying, “I’m not smart.” Simply put, young children don’t
want to go to school and fail. In a class of 20 kids, all the
kids know the top and bottom readers. They know which
kids’ papers are returned with a teacher’s red marks on it.
Your child is at risk for dyslexia if you have a diagnosed
or a suspected family history of reading struggles. Dyslexia
is genetic and more than 50 percent of children identified
have a family member who was not a good reader and
might not like to read as an adult.
If you are the parent, trust your instinct as you know
something is underlying your child’s reading struggles.
In my years of experience, moms’ instincts are highly
accurate. Testing provides answers, future direction, and
can put your mind at ease.
If you suspect dyslexia, call our office as we test
children ages 5.5 through college for dyslexia, ADHD/
ADD, gifted, and other processing disorders. Visit
JimForgan.com or call (561) 625-4125.