CATHY MASAMITSU

TELEVISION AND PERSONAL APPEARANCES BY CATHY MASAMITSU

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Cathy's personal and television appearances related to breast cancer public education and advocacy:

November 6-10, 1989 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - week-long series - 5 segments - Monday through Friday - "CATHY SAVED HER LIFE AND YOU CAN TOO" - (award winning)

January 29 - February 2, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - week-long series - 5 segments - Monday through Friday - "CATHY SAVED MY LIFE" - award winning)

March 30, 1990 - (television appearance/local) - GOOD MORNING HOUSTON - March 31, 1990 - (personal appearance/speaker) - Houston Convention Center - WOMEN'S WORLD EXPOSITION - Houston, TX

April 28, 1990 - (presenter/faculty) - "RECONSTRUCTIVE BREAST SURGERY" - 5-hour course - Beverly Hills Hotel - American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Nurses - Beverly Hills, CA

June 27, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "CANCER SURVIVORS' PARK" - Kansas City, MO - (producer/reporter)

August 10, 1990 - (speaker) - "SPECIAL TOUCH TRAINER AWARDS" - American Cancer Society/Long Beach Memorial Hospital - Long Beach, CA

September 15, 1990 - (speaker) - "TAKE A DAY OUT FOR HEALTH" - American Cancer Society/Little Co. of Mary Hospital - Marriott Hotel - Torrance, CA

October 10, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "SUSAN G. KOMEN AWARDS LUNCHEON" - Grand Kempinsky Hotel/Dallas - Award recipient - Komen 1990 Media Award - (presented on national television by First Lady Nancy Reagan)

October 19-21, 1990 - (speaker) - "NEW DIRECTIONS IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT" (conference) Stouffer Esmeralda Resort/Palm Springs - Long Beach Memorial Hospital - Long Beach, CA

October 24, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "RACE FOR THE CURE" - (producer/reporter)

October 26, 1990 - (television appearance/local) - A.M. LOS ANGELES - "BREAST CANCER UPDATE" - Hollywood, CA

November 2, 1990 - (personal appearance/speaker) - "BREAST CANCER: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE" - American Cancer Society/Madera, CA

November 12, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "M.D. Anderson Children's Christmas Card Project" - M.D. Anderson Children's Cancer Center/Houston - (producer/reporter)

November 22, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "Update on Breast Cancer" - (producer/reporter)

December 10, 1990 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Cleveland - "MUSIC THERAPY" - (producer/reporter)

January 23, 1991 - (invited participant) - Second National Breast Cancer Summit Meeting - White House Reception Capitol Hill/Washington, D.C. - National Cancer Institute/Komen Foundation - Washington, DC

March 5, 1991 - (award recipient/speaker) - "1990 Annual Public Education Award" - Hyatt Regency Hotel San Francisco - 41st Scientific Meeting  - California Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons - San Francisco, CA

June 8, 1991 - (speaker) - "Making a Difference" - CALIFORNIA STATE CONFERENCE OF REACH TO RECOVERY - American Cancer Society California Division - Santa Clara, CA

July 14, 1991 - (presenter) - Breast Implant Resource Council  - Y-ME Breast Cancer Information and Support Organization - Drake Hotel - Chicago, IL

October 19, 1991 - (participant/model) - "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE" - (fundraising fashion  w/luncheon/Chicago Hilton & Towers) -  Breast Cancer Information and Support Organization - Chicago, IL

October 28, 1991 - (presenter/official testimony) - "THE FUTURE OF BREAST CANCER CARE IN CALIFORNIA" - first statewide conference, cohosted by California Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy/American Cancer Society - California Division - Los Angeles Hilton Hotel - Los Angeles, CA

January 3, 1992 - (television appearance/national) - NIGHTLINE - ABC Network - "The Breast Implant Controversy"

February 7, 1992 - (presenter/official testimony) - "HEARING ON BREAST IMPLANT SAFETY" - hearing for state legislators, sponsored by - California State Senator Diane Watson - Los Angeles, CA

March 18, 1992 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - Special half hour report on Breast Cancer - (producer/reporter)

April 1, 1992 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: "THE CHALLENGE OF BREAST CANCER" - (Regional summit meeting) - Tucson, Arizona - National Cancer Institute/Komen Foundation

April 22, 1992 - (interviewed participant) - "Options in Breast Cancer Treatment" - (health education videotape/documentary) - Vladimir Lange Productions - Palm Desert, CA

May 30, 1992 - (personal appearance/speaker) - "Breast Cancer - A Personal Perspective" - American Cancer Society - (Broome County) - NY Division - Binghamton, NY

September 25, 1992 - (television appearance - local) - UPDATE ON BREAST CANCER - A.M. BUFFALO - Buffalo, NY

September 25, 1992 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - THE GREAT LAKES LEADERSHIP SUMMIT:  "THE CHALLENGE OF BREAST CANCER" - National Cancer Institute/Roswell Cancer Institute - Buffalo, New York

October 10,1992 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - "A DAY FOR HEALTH" - American Cancer Society/San Lorenzo Church - San Leandro, California

October 14, 1992 - (personal appearance/speaker) - "A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON BREAST CANCER" - American Cancer Society/Junior Charities League - Tarzana, California

October 24, 1992 - (personal appearance/speaker) - "BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY" - Bel Air Presbyterian Church - Cancer Survivors and Supporters Group - Medical Center of North Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA

December 2, 1992 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW/ABC Network - Breast Cancer/Mammography Update - (producer/reporter)

February 1, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "The Best of the Home Show" - (producer/reporter)

June 22, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "Male Breast Cancer" - (producer/reporter)

August 25-29, 1993 - Author's Conference - new book: "BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE" - GRAYLYN CONFERENCE CENTER - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

September 23, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - HOME SHOW - ABC Network - The Clinton Health Plan - (producer/reporter)

September 25, 1993 - (personal appearance, keynote speaker, Health Education Award recipient) - BREAST CANCER: Whose Problem is it?  - What Can We Do? - Statewide Teleconference - Lexington, Kentucky

September 29, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION - (with Fran Visco and Lauren Hutton)

October 4, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - BREAST CANCER UPDATE - AVON'S PINK RIBBON AWARENESS PIN - (producer/reporter)

October 4-31, 1993 - (television appearance/local) - PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT  - (multiple airdates all month) - LOW COST MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM

October 7, 1993 - (personal appearance/award recipient) - Award for Outstanding Media Support from  THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - Los Angeles County Unit - Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA

October 9, 1993 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - Missouri Division 47th Annual Meeting - Jefferson City, Missouri

October 12, 1993 - (television appearance/local) - ABC EYEWITNESS NEWS - FIGHTING BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER - (interviewer: Marianne Bannister)

October 15, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - Review of PBS program: THE BREAST - CARE TEST (underwritten by Avon) - producer/reporter)

October 16, 1993 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - MEDICAL CENTER OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD BREAST CANCER AWARENESS - "Maximize Your Health and Well Being"  - North Hollywood, CA

October 19, 1993 - (radio appearance/syndicated) - KABC TALK RADIO - M. Jackson Show - Women's Health Care Fair (representing the American Cancer Society)

October 20, 1993 - (personal appearance/speaker) - ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER - Community Forum: CELEBRATE BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH - Santa Monica, CA

October 21, 1993 - television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - Mammography Controversy - (NCI proposed new guidelines for women 40-49) - (producer/reporter)

October 24, 1993 - (panelist/speaker) - PALM SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER - "SISTER GIRL" performance/panel discussion - Palm Desert, CA

December 14, 1993 - (invited participant) - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, DONNA E. SHALALA's CONFERENCE TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR BREAST CANCER - (National Institutes of Health) Bethesda, MD

December 17, 1993 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - THE SECRETARY'S BREAST CANCER CONFERENCE - (producer/reporter)

January 21, 1994 - (personal appearance/speaker) - AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY NATIONAL CONFERENCE Hyatt Regency - Atlanta, GA

March 2, 1994 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH IN CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS - Report on a study published by The Royal Marsden Hospital, London - (producer/reporter)

April 3, 1994 - (personal testimony/speaker) - BEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EASTER SERVICES - "Witness to the Resurrection" - Cancer and Christ - Los Angeles, CA

April 5, 1994 - (television appearance/national) - THE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE!" - new book by and for breast cancer survivors

April 8, 1994 - (television appearance/national) - HE HOME SHOW - ABC Network - "The Viewer's Choice Awards" - award recipient for "Best Lifesaving Television Series"

April 20, 1994 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - THE WASHINGTON DC BREAST CANCER SUMMIT - (Sheraton Washington - sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the Susan G. Komen Foundation) - Washington, DC

April 26, 1994 - (personal appearance/speaker) - THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Managers' meeting for the American Cancer Societys Discovery Shops of California - San Diego Princess Resort - San Diego, CA

May 30, 1994 - (author/exhibitor) - AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION CONVENTION - representing book: BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE!  - Los Angeles Convention Center - Los Angeles, CA

June 3, 1994 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - CANCER SURVIVORS' DAY CELEBRATION - Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center - Los Angeles, CA

June 6, 1994 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - CANCER SURVIVORS' DAY EVENT - Westlake Comprehensive Cancer Center - Westlake Village, CA

June 23, 1994 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - LIVING AND THRIVING DESPITE CANCER: You Can Do It! - a celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day - Desert Comprehensive Breast Center - Palm Springs, CA

July 28, 1994 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center - BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE! - Greek Orthodox Church, Oakland, California

September 25, 1994 - (personal appearance/book signing) - The Orange County Race For The Cure - (Susan G. Komen Foundation event) - Fashion Island Plaza, Newport Beach, California

October 12, 1994 - (personal appearance/guest of honor) - Nippon Medical Clinic - One Year Anniversary Celebration - Los Angeles, CA

October 14, 1994 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - "BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE" - American Cancer Society Awards Luncheon - Grand Junction, Colorado

October 20, 1994 - (television appearance/national/cable) - OUR HOME - Lifetime Cable Network - "BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE!" - new book by and for breast cancer survivors

November 12, 1994 - (personal appearance/panelist) - "Mother Daughter Day" at the Westlake - Comprehensive Breast Center - Westlake Village, CA

March 17, 1995 - (personal appearance/speaker) - WEST ANGELES CHRISTIAN ART CENTER - "SISTER, GIRL" (performed by Brandyn Barbara Artis) - sponsored by THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - Los Angeles Division - Los Angeles, CA

April 29, 1995 - (personal appearance/speaker) - NATIONAL CHARITIES Convention - "For Our Daughters" Breast Cancer Workshop - Sheraton Universal City, California

June 3-5, 1995 - (personal appearance/exhibitor) - AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION - Natoinal Convention - promotional exhibit for - book: BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE!  - McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois

October 14, 1995 - (personal appeaance/keynote speaker) - RACE FOR THE CURE - SURVIVORS' BRUNCH - Seattle, Washington

October 25, 1995 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HEALTH - Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Fontana, California

February 26-March 1, 1996 - (television appearance/local) - UPDATE ON MAMMOGRAPHY AND BREAST CANCER - KCOP TV - 10PM newsbroadcast - 5-part series - Los Angeles, California

March, 1996 - (nationally distributed educational videotape) - BREAST RECONSTRUCTION - Patient Education - produced by Mentor H/S - videotaped in Santa Barbara, California

September-October 1996 - (continuing national television infomercial) - A CURE IN OUR LIFETIME - The American Cancer Societys BREAST CANCER NETWORK - (videotaped in Pasadena, California)

October 3, 1996 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE! - Mountain Christian Fellowship - Lake Arrowhead, California

October 7, 1996 - (television appearance/national/cable) - HOME & FAMILY - The Family Channel - Myths about Breast Cancer - broadcast live from Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA

October 18, 1996 -(personal appearance/keynote speaker) - SPEAKING OF YOUR HEALTH - Rock Springs, Wyoming

October 24, 1996 - (personal appearance/keynote speaker) - TO YOUR HEALTH - A Celebration sponsored by - The Consul General of Japan and Westside Medical Clinic - West Los Angeles, California

1997 - multiple airings - (television appearance/national/guest) - FINAL TAKE WITH LINDA ELLERBEE - Breast Implants, Facts and Choices - videotaped in Los Angeles, California

January 29-February 2, 1997 - (participant and graduate) - PROJECT LEAD - The National Breast Cancer Coalition - The Century Plaza Hotel - Los Angeles, California

March 4, 1997 - (television appearance/national cable network) - HOME & FAMILY - The Family Channel - Update on breast implants - broadcast live from Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA

March 26, 1997 - (award-winning educational compact disc) - BE A SURVIVOR An Interactive Guide - to Breast Cancer Treatment (CD-Rom) - LANGE PRODUCTIONS - Hollywood, California

April 8, 1997 - (television appearance/national cable network) - HOME & FAMILY - The Family Channel - The Belle Amie breast prosthesis - broadcast live from Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA

April 24-25, 1997 - (California Advocate Observer - Pathogenesis Grant Review Committee) - University of California Breast Cancer Research Program - San Francisco, California

May 10, 1997 - (media support and participant) - 1997 REVLON RUN/WALK FOR WOMEN - UCLA Drake Stadium - Los Angeles, California

May 31, 1997 - (keynote address) - A CELEBRATION OF SURVIVORSHIP - Long Beach Memorial Cancer Center - Long Beach, California

June 8, 1997 - (media support and participant) - MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER - awareness/education/fundraising run/walk) - Santa Monica, California

June 20, 1997 - (television appearance / national cable) - HOME & FAMILY - The Family Channel - "Be a Survivor" - an interactive CD Rom about Breast Cancer - broadcast live from Universal Studios, Hollywood

July 16, 1997 - (personal appearance / speaker) - LEADERSHIP TRAINING NETWORK - Testimony delivered: "God Works Miracles" - Arrowhead Springs, California

October 1, 1997 - (television appearance / national cable) - HOME & FAMILY - The Family Channel  New book: Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule! broadcast live from Universal Studios, Hollywood

October 2, 1997 - (television appearance / network) - LEEZA GIBBONS SHOW - NBC Television Network -Breast Cancer - Alternative Treatments - videotaped at Paramount Studios  - (pretaped July, 1997)

October 6, 1997 - (television appearance / national cable) - HOME & FAMILY - The Family Channel - The Countrys Top 10 Breast Care Centers - broadcast live from Universal Studios, Hollywood

April 17, 1998 - (personal appearance / speaker) - PRESS CONFERENCE - U.C.L.A. Medical Center - Dispelling Myths about Asians and Cancer - (sponsored by Asians & Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health and other social service agencies)

June 11, 12, 1998 - (guest speaker) - FRIENDS OF SUSAN - a celebration of Music, Life and Hope for the Future (fundraising theater benefit for Breast Cancer) - Theatre East - Studio City, California

June 14, 1998 - (guest speaker, media support and participant) - MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER - (awareness/education/fundraising run/walk) - Griffith Park, California

June 14, 1998 - (television appearance/local news segment) - MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER - UPN Channel 13 News - Los Angeles, California

October 5-9, 1998 - (television appearance / national cable) - SHARING HOPE: FACING BREAST CANCER - 5-part series on the International Channel - interview videotaped in Hollywood, California

October 10, 1998 - (radio appearance / local) - TINA TALK - KIEV Radio - Glendale, California

May 13, 1999 - (personal appearance / local) - ARTRAGEOUS art exhibit and press event to promote breast health education and awareness - Los Angeles Public Library - Los Angeles, California

October (multiple airings) 1999 - (television appearance / national cable) - SHARING HOPE: PART TWO (SEQUEL) - 5-part series on the International Channel - interview videotaped in Los Angeles, California

August 19, 2000 - (press conference, Tokyo, JAPAN) - CLIMB AGAINST THE ODDS MT. FUJI 2000 - pre-climb Japanese media event - Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, Japan

August 21, 22, 2000 - CLIMB AGAINST THE ODDS MT. FUJI 2000 - (largest cancer event in Japans history, and the only time Mt. Fuji has been taken over for a singular purpose, over 500 international participants) - Mt. Fuji, Japan

September 15, 2000 - (television interview, Japanese Fuji-TV network, prime time) - 'SHIRABAKA PLUS 2-hour Cancer Special - Tokyo, Japan

October 12, 2000 - (radio interview) - Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule! A Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event (promotion for upcoming event) - WJBC Scott Laughlin talk show - Bloomington, IL

October 14, 2000 - (personal appearance keynote address) - BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE! - Breast Cancer Awareness Month public event/brunch - Eastland Suites Conference Center, Bloomington, IL

October 5, 2001 - (personal appearance - keynote address) - BREAST CANCER? LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE! - Breast Cancer Awareness Month public event/dinner - Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL

October 14, 2001 - (guest speaker - S.L.A.T.E. church fellowship group) - Bel Air Presbyterian Church - Los Angeles, CA

January 5, 2008 - (personal appearance - keynote address - "NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS") - West Suburban Center for Cancer Care - Oak Park, IL

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