Cancer the Emperor of All Maladies

Detroit Public Television, St. John Providence and the American Cancer Society hosted advanced screenings and discussions around the documentary, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is presented by Ken Burns and directed by Barak Goodman. Based on the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee, the series is the most comprehensive documentary on a single disease ever made. 

Past Screenings

Thursday, March 5, 7 – 9pm

Providence Park Novi Conference Rooms A, B, C
47601 Grand River Ave.
Novi, MI 48374
Panelist: Dr. Michael Kraut, Chairman of Oncology, Providence/Providence Park Hospital
Followed by Q&A

Tuesday, March 10, 7 – 9pm

St. John Hospital Auditorium
22101 Moross
Detroit, MI 48236
Panelist: Dr. Al Katib, Chairman of Oncology, St. John Hospital & Medical Center
Followed by Q&A

Thursday, March 19, 6:30 – 8:30pm

American Cancer Society
20450 Civic Center Dr
Southfield, MI 48076
Panelists: Mark Chiang, MD/PhD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Hematology of Oncology, University of Michigan, also an ACS Research Grantee
Philip Kuriakose, MD, a senior staff physician, Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Health System and an assistant professor at Wayne State University Medical School
Followed by Q&A
Parking: FREE parking with a smaller front lot and a larger back lot – patrons would still have to enter from the front

Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 – 8:30pm

American Cancer Society 
Suburban Cadillac Buick
1810 Maplelawn Dr
Troy, MI 48084
Panelist: Lori Pile, PhD, Wayne State University, ACS funded researcher early in her career
L. Kate Gowans, MD, section head, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Beaumont Children’s Hospital
Followed by Q&A
Parking: FREE parking - large lot on site

More information about the film, visit their website: CancerFilms.org