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Stephanie Zimmerman, MSN

 

Keynote Speaker | Consultant | Survivorship Coach | Advocate

Childhood Cancer Survivor |  Heart Recipient | Trailblazer

 

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Phone:

770.313.1730

 

Email:

sdzhappy@gmail.com 

 

Contact via phone or email re: speaking and coaching fees.

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EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
Filmmaker and Co-Executive Producer:
Resilient: the Story of the Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
 
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioner:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
 
Developer and Manager at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Survivorship Wellness Clinic
 
Advisory Boards:
DiepC Foundation
Winship Cancer Institute Survivorship Board
Rutledge Foundation's Hearts of Gold Luncheon:
Keynote Address to raise funding for young adult cancer research
 
Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute:
Resilient: the Story of the Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
 
Polo in the Pines:
Keynote Address to raise funding for CURE Childhood Cancer
 
Quiet Heroes Luncheon, Atlanta, GA: 
Keynote Address to raise funding for CURE Childhood Cancer
EDUCATION
EDUCATION

University of Florida

Graduate School of Nursing

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Johns Hopkins University

School of Nursing 

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Furman University

Department of Psychology

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1998-1999
MASTER'S DEGREE in NURSING
1993-1995
BACHELOR'S DEGREE in NURSING
1988-1992
BACHELOR'S DEGREE
Mission
Educate and Equip
 Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers
Mission
SKILLS
SKILLS

Inspirational Speaking

Program Development Consulting

Cancer Survivorship Coaching

Patient Advocacy

Who I am
Expertise
Childhood Cancer Survivor
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"To try and fail is to at least learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been." ~Chester Barnard
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Diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma in 1978 with little to no chance at survival, my parents enrolled me onto a clinical trial 42 years ago.
 
My parents did not fail to try and look at all we gained: a lifetime! 
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Heart Recipient
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My heart died on 4/21/08 at the hands of the very chemotherapy and radiation that saved my life and a heart gifted to me was seated in its place.
 
Heart transplant as a young adult has given me great insight into the hearts of young adults with cancer re: everything from social isolation to the uncertainty of future. 
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Trailblazer
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"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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As long as there is life and breath within me, I will continue to be a trailblazer for those young adult survivors who will certainly come behind me.
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Until hearts no longer fail...
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