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The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is proud to announce that we have been designated a Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Charity Partner! BCAN has been allocated 25 guaranteed entries for the 38th Annual Marine Corps Marathon to be held on October 27, 2013; an event that sold out in 2 hours and 41 minutes in 2012.
  • We are looking at building “Team BCAN” to not only run in the event and raise awareness for bladder cancer but to raise needed funds for fostering research and patient education. According to the Marine Corps Marathon, there is not a required qualifying time to participate in the event, but all runners should maintain at least a 14 minute mile pace. In order to become a member of “Team BCAN” and officially have a slot in this year’s race, you must be registered through BCAN.
  • No federal or Marine Corps endorsement is implied.
  • If you are interested in becoming a member of BCAN’s team or have any questions, please contact Larry Rzepka, BCAN’s Executive Director, at lrzepka@bcan.org.
  • Hikmat Al Ahmadie
    Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, M.D.
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Dr. Al Ahmadie is a board-certified pathologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York with expertise in tumors of the genitourinary system. He earned his MD Damascus University Faculty of Medicine and completed his residency training at the American University of Beirut and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. This was followed by fellowship training in Oncologic Pathology and Genitourinary Pathology at MSKCC. Hikmat’s academic activities focus primarily on tumors that develop in the urinary bladder and he is involved in many research studies on the molecular and genetic aberrations in these tumors.

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