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"The Wellness Community Patient Active Concept combines the will of the patient with the skill of the physician -- a powerful combination"

"Cancer patients who participate in their fight for recovery along with their healthcare team will improve the quality of their lives and may enhance the possibility of their recovery."

- Harold H. Benjamin, Ph.D.
  Founder, The Wellness Community

Founder 
Harold H. Benjamin, Ph.D.

Honorary Board

Lucile Cayton

Joyce E. Eisenberg-Keefer
Lillian Moss
Congressman Henry A. Waxman

Ruth Weil

Chairman of the Board

Elisabeth Kennedy-Lesser 

Board of Directors
J. Jeffrey Assaf

Ann Benjamin

Joan Berlin
Kendall R. Bishop
Gerald M. Bronstein

Jim Cone

Courteney Cox & David Arquette
John Delfino

Nicole DeSonier
Philip J. Garcia
David E. Gooding
Steve Guttenberg
Charles H. Hershson

Jim Passantino

Jan Powers

Dan Rosenson

Eric Salo

Alyssa Walles

Tim Walsh
Thomas M. Weary

Woody Godbold*
Jay Wintrob*

*Director Emeritus

Professional Advisory Board
Paula Anastasia, RN, MN, OCN

Donald P. Becker, M.D.

Rachel Beller, MS, RD
Keith Black, M.D.
Dudley S. Danoff, M.D.

Denice Economou, RN, MN, AOCN
Mitch Golant, Ph.D.
Oliver Goldsmith, M.D.
Armando E. Giuliano, M.D.
Beth Y. Karlan, M.D.
Carolyn Katzin, MSPH, CNS
Leo D. Lagasse, M.D.
Alexandra M. Levine, M.D.
Daniel Lieber, M.D.
Robert J. Maurer, Ph.D.
Philomena McAndrew, M.D.
Daniel C. Minton, M.D.
Donald Morton, M.D.
Deborah Nadel, M.D.

Richard H. Nalick, M.D.
Robert Parker, M.D.
Lee Rosen, M.D.
Barry E. Rosenbloom, M.D.
Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph.D.
David H. Solomon, M.D.
Michael Steinberg, M.D.
Marilou Terpenning, M.D.
Michael Van Scoy-Mosher, M.D.
Peter C. Whybrow, M.D.

Executive Director
Ellen R. Silver