Announcements

• October 2008:  Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) will present for the academic year 2008-2009 its first Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series (CCELS) at two of its three campuses.  On February 13 and 14, the CCELS will take place at its Bradenton, Florida campus.  On March 12th and 13th, the CCELS will take place at its Erie, Pennsylvania campus.  Please check back for more details.
• July 2008:  The Colby Foundation announces award of its endowment.  LECOM (Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine) will receive the foundation's endowment to support the Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series at each of its three locations – in Erie, PA, Bradenton, FL, and Greensburg, PA. Read more
• June 2007: Colby’s heart recipient is thriving fourteen years after his heart transplant. Brayden’s family recently celebrated the news that his latest heart biopsy shows no sign of rejection. Many organ recipients must take several anti-rejection medications to ensure the body does not reject the organ. Brayden’s family are thrilled to report that, because he is doing so well, he requires just one anti-rejection medication. In addition, Brayden’s regularly scheduled biopsies will not be needed annually. He is approved to wait three years until the next evaluation. Read Brayden's story.
• April is National Donate Life Month:  This is a month set aside to raise awareness and to inspire the choice to be an organ and tissue donor.  Each of us has the power to save lives.  Click here to  Learn.  Share.  Contribute.  Be a hero!  Be an organ donor!
• Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine received a four thousand dollar endowment from the Colby Foundation for the eighth year. For the 2007 – 2008 academic year, the Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series will take place in the spring. OSU COM is the first school to have received the Colby Foundation’s endowment.
• “Intestinal transplants will now be subject to the same rules for reporting, tracking and allocation currently in place for other transplantable organs…Intestinal transplantation – which may include the esophagus, stomach, small or large intestine, or any portion of the gastrointestinal tract – is considered for patients with irreversible intestinal failure due to surgery, trauma, or acquired or congenital disease that cannot be managed through the intravenous delivery of nutrients, also referred to as total parenteral nutrition…” Read more

Press

• The Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series 2006 at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine: Colby Foundation Trustee, Starla Cassani; and LifeShare Oklahoma representative, Stephanie Bagley, brought Colby's story and the state of organ and tissue donation in our nation to medical students. Read more
• Advocates for the American Osteopathic Association highlight the work of the Colby Foundation. Read more