At age 33, Eva Grayzel was bounced among healthcare professionals for over two years while the ulcer on her lateral tongue became more prominent and painful. A professional interactive performance artist by vocation, Eva shares riveting details about her late stage diagnosis and how she found the strength to persevere through the devastating effects of surgery and radiation. From her self-discovery and profound insight, Eva evokes a passion for life and for early detection of oral cancer in a charismatic and compelling way. A never-smoker/non-drinker, she endured a partial tongue reconstruction, a modified radical neck dissection, and a maximum dose of radiation therapy. Provoking a powerful impact on dental professionals, Eva enhances their approach toward patient care.
Eva's experience as a performance artist provides her the skills to communicate her experience as a patient and survivor in a unique and powerful way. As embodied in the quote by Dr. Michael Seigel, Professor and Chairman of Diagnostic Sciences, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine: "Eva is captivating and will touch your lives and souls in a way that no faculty member possibly can. She will tell you first hand, from the patient perspective what it is like to hear the words from a dentist, 'You are in an advanced Stage of Oral Cancer.'
Conference Lecture History Includes: British Columbia Cancer Agency Annual Congress. Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology. Society of Otorhinolaryngology Nurses Annual Congress.
Dental School Lecture History include yearly appearances at: New York University College of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry, Temple University School of Dentistry.There are 56 Dental Schools in the US; Eva has spoken at the ones in bold.
Alabama, Birmingham University of Alabama
Arizona, Mesa School of Dentistry and Oral Health
California, Los Angeles, UCLA
UCSF, San Francisco *
California, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
California, University of the Pacific, San Francisco
U of Southern CA, LA
Colorado, Denver University of Colorado
Connecticut, Farmington, University of CT
Wash DC, Howard University
Florida, Ft Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern *
Gainsville, University of FL
Georgia, Augusta, Med College of Georgia
Illinois, University of Ill at Chicago
Alton, Southern Ill University
Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana University
Iowa, Iowa City, University of Iowa
Kentucky, Lexington, University of KY *
University of Louisville
Louisiana, Baton Rouge (New Orleans), Louisiana State University
Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland
Massachusetts, Boston, Boston U
Harvard University,
Tufts University *
Michigan, Detroit, University of Detroit Mercy
Michigan, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan
Minnesota, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota
Mississippi, Jackson, University of Mississippi
Missouri, Kansas City, University of Missouri
Nebraska, Omaha, Creighton U
Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Nevada
New Jersey, Newark, University of Med and Dentistry of NJ
New York, NYC, Columbia University,
New York, NYC, New York University *
State University of NY at Buffalo
State University of NY at StonyBrook, Long Island
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of NC
Ohio, Cleveland, Case Western Reserve U
Ohio, Columbus, Ohio State University
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, University of OK
Oregon, Portland, Oregon Health & Science University
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
Temple University, Philadelphia
Puerto Rico, San Juan, University of Puerto Rico
South Carolina, Charleston Medical University of South Carolina
Tennessee, Nashville, Meharry Medical College
Tennessee, Memphis, University of Tennessee
Texas, Dallas, Baylor College of Dentistry
Texas, Houston, University of Texas Health Science Center
Texas, San Antonio, University of Texas Health Science Center
Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington, Seattle, University of Washington
West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia University
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Marquette University
