Healthcare

Eva Grayzel—Motivational Speaker, Cancer Survivor, Author

Whether you are a dental professional, physician, nurse, cancer organization, pharmaceutical company, or other healthcare provider, hearing Eva Grayzel speak will change the way you think about your patients, your clients and your life.

As healthcare professionals, you know what cancer is and you know what it does to patients. With Eva, you will experience what it means—physically and emotionally—to hear, “You have cancer.” Travel Eva’s journey from diagnosis to surgery, through extensive radiation treatments and debilitating pain to survival and full recovery. Her personal story of surviving late stage oral cancer will impact and improve the way you work with patients.

Eva’s unique presentation style gives your conference or meeting a speaker that is very different from a clinical academic program. Eva’s keynote addresses, lectures, and workshops are adaptable to every healthcare field. Contact Eva today to discuss what she can offer your audience.

Tongue-Tied: A Story Not Silenced By Stage IV Oral Cancer

Thirteen years ago, she planned her funeral. At age 33, Eva Grayzel, a nationally-recognized interactive performance artist, was diagnosed with oral cancer and told she had a 15% chance of survival. A non-smoker, she was bounced among dental professionals while the ulcer on her tongue grew more prominent and painful. You will laugh, cry and broaden your understanding of life’s possibilities as Eva shares riveting details about her delayed diagnosis and how she found the strength to persevere through the devastating effects of radical surgery and radiation.

Turning adversity into opportunity, Eva illuminates how survivorship initiated her work as an activist and advocate for early detection.  Eva’s eloquent and engaging speaking style transports healthcare professionals into the patient’s experience of oral cancer. You don’t just hear a story, you experience it. Eva humanizes oral cancer with her compelling narrative, inspiring the audience professionally and personally.

Eva will share with attendees how to:

• Save lives through early detection
• Transform your approach to patient care
• Integrate thorough screenings with patient education
• Motivate passion and purpose in your work

Book Eva for your next event.

Dental Professionals

Oral cancer is infrequently diagnosed early … but it is dentistry’s most deadly disease. Low survival rates are due to late detection, which can lead to potential legal liability for dental professionals. Eva will engage your audience with her personal tale of late diagnosis, despair and perseverance through radical surgery and treatment to overcoming slim odds and surviving. She not only fully recovered but regained her ability to speak clearly.

Cancer-free for over a decade, Eva advocates for early detection. She motivates her audiences to perform regular oral cancer screenings on every patient—and demand for themselves at their own dental check-ups. When you do an oral cancer screening on your patients, you do the right thing—for both you and your patient.

Eva developed an oral cancer awareness campaign, Six-Step Screening™, for which she was recognized by the American Academy of Oral Medicine.

Healthcare Professionals

Eva’s experience as an interactive performance artist provides her with the skills to communicate her journey as a patient and survivor in a unique and powerful way. Her eloquent and engaging speaking style transports medical professionals into the patient’s experience of cancer. Audiences feel reinvigorated with a new approach to patient care.

Eva provides a refreshing change from the clinical perspective at medical conferences. Her story of beating immense odds will inspire each member of the audience both professionally and personally.

Nursing Professionals

If you are looking for a unique speaker at your next nursing conference, you’ll want to learn more about what Eva Grayzel can deliver. Eva was a professional performance artist when she was diagnosed with Stage IV oral cancer. Her job was telling stories.

Today, Eva shares the experience of cancer treatment from the patient perspective. Her poignant and targeted stories will motivate and inspire some of our most overwhelmed healthcare professionals. Nurses will be motivated with passion and purpose in their work.

Cancer Survivorship Organizations

Do you need a speaker who can touch hearts and minds, inspire and motivate audiences, improve patient care and donor generosity? Eva provides presentations for:

• motivational workshops for survivors and caregivers
• survivorship events
• donor fundraisers

“It’s human nature to lament your losses, and a human skill to recognize your gifts,” says Eva. For over 10 years, Eva has reached out to survivors, providing motivation to find strength in the face of life’s challenges and inspiring them to access inner determination in moving forward. With an unfailing passion and effervescent spirit, Eva empowers listeners to embrace life and turn adversity into opportunity. Eva gives survivorship a voice, validating feelings and articulating wisdom for moving above and beyond.

Eva’s speeches move and inspire donors and potential contributors to give. Her presentation allows your benefactors to visualize how acting together can help us save lives.