Two Doctors' Tributes

Today (2/10/11), I received the following letter from Dr. Martha Tracy, Rebecca's oncologist, and e-mail from Matt van de Rijn, a pathologist working on LMS at Stanford:

Steve,

Rebecca was a woman of remarkable energy and courage. I have truly not met or worked with anyone with her ability to focus so clearly, broadly and consistently, on seeking additional opportunities for her care at the same time focusing on things like fundraising and family concerns at the same time...

Martha Tracy

Dear Mr. Cohen,

My sincere condolences with your loss. I apologize for being so late with this email but I wanted to request your permission to dedicate our next publication to the memory of Rebecca. It took much longer than I thought to get our manuscript ready for submission.

As you know her contributions to our research were immense, she is by far the greatest individual fundraiser for our work. I sincerely regret that I could not be present at any of the events she organized but it was wonderful to meet her here at Stanford when she visited with Sharon Anderson.

It would be an honor for me if you would allow me to add to the acknowledgement section of our soon to be submitted manuscript: “The authors dedicate this paper to the memory of Rebecca Cohen, LMS patient and fundraiser for LMS research.” Please let me know how you feel about this and whether you would like to discuss this further.

My best wishes,

Matt van de Rijn
Stanford University, Pathology

Rebecca's Memorial Service on YouTube

For those who missed Rebecca's Memorial Service or others who want to revisit or share it, Becca's Memorial Service is now on YouTube in three parts:


Video # 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBNHYCF3FPQ

Video # 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5fyLYSjyEQ

Video # 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZwtRbdIc5A

Thanks,

Steve

New Memorial Location

The memorial will be held:
Sunday 1/16/11 2-4 pm
St. John's Church
2727 College Ave. (at Garber)
Berkeley, CA 94705