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SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014 LIVE IT UP! 9 CENTRAL COAST ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY DR. GISELLE SALMASI WELCOME CENTRAL COAST ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY 1669 Dominican Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 831.475.2220 • www.ccohmd.com We are pleased to announce the addition of a new associate to our practice at Central Coast Oncology and Hematology. Giselle Salmasi, MD is a very talented hematologist/oncologist whom we are excited to have joining us. Dr. Salmasi is a 2007 graduate of McMaster University School of Medicine in Ontario, Canada, where she was the recipient of the McMaster University Medicine Achievement Award. She subsequently completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Toronto, followed by training in Oncology and Hematology at Princess Margaret Hospital. Her undergraduate experience was at the University of Toronto, where she was one of eight National Scholarship Winners selected nationwide. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Hematology and also Internal Medicine. She has an active background in clinical research and was a 2011 recipient of the Lymphoproliferative Disorders Young Investigators Abstract Award. Dr. Salmasi looks forward to establishing close ties to the medical community for their patients' cancer and hematology care, with particular focus on blood disorders, leukemia and lymphoma, and cancer survivorship. IS PLEASED TO Bay Net, established in 1995, is a volunteer network that operates along the recreation trails in Monte- rey and Pacific Grove, at the Light- house in Santa Cruz and in the north harbor at Moss Landing. Following extensive training, Bay Net volunteer naturalists interact with the public to explain the purpose of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary – re- source protection, research, educa- tion and public use - and to point out local wildlife visible from shore via binoculars and spotting scopes. "We use volunteers of most ages," says Resource Issues Educa- tion Specialist Lisa Emanuel- son, "but our senior citizens in particu- lar are such great docents because they have so much knowledge and passion, and they know how to translate that into a discussion about what you're seeing under the microscope or through the binocu- lars. Often they have backgrounds in scientific fields or in classrooms, giving them experience and a breath of worldly knowledge to bring to the discussion." Wilkinson, 75, who has been volunteering for Bay Net for 15 years, heads out to the Lighthouse six days a week to see what he might ob- serve offshore and whom he might meet on land. Having spent most of his life in Colorado, where he taught junior and senior high school sci- ence, as well as college-level astron- omy, Wilkinson retired to Santa Cruz in 1998. Recalling fond memories of the sea during a few childhood years spent in Carlsbad, CA, he realized he'd like to integrate his appreciation with advocacy. "Up at the Lighthouse," says Wilkin- son, "I meet people from all over the world. I have them teach me a few words from their native language; I've assem- bled a list of words from well over 50 languages. I love meet- ing people, interacting with differ- ent cultures, and letting them know that what they're looking at is part of a giant marine sanctuary that stretches from the Marin Headlands north of the Golden Gate, down to Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Our job is to engage people, to teach them about the sanctuary and why we must protect it as much as possible." continued from pg 8