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BINAYTARA FOUNDATION 425-616-0572 Career Events Capital Campaign Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin MenuOur Values Our Mission Our People BTF Awards Financials Our Projects Hematology/Oncology Conferences Cancer Hospital in Nepal The Cancer News Medical Journal OncoBlast Get Involved Volunteer Join Our Team Host a Fundraiser Other Ways to Support Our Impact Impact Overview Donate Now! 15-years of advocating, educating, and innovating to improve cancer care Our vision is to bring evidence-based cancer care to people living in every corner of the world! Learn more Binaytara Foundation Advocating, Educating, and Innovating to Improve Cancer Care Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center, Janakpurdham, Nepal Providing cutting-edge, Evidence-based, compassionate cancer care to people of Nepal. The only cancer hospital in Madhesh Province, a state with over 6 million people. Support this hospital Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center, Janakpurdham, Nepal Once completed, this cancer hospital will provide care to over 20,000 new cancer patients from Nepal and India, every year. {"visible_images":"3","width":"1950px","height":"900px","orientation":"horizontal","image_distance":"1","max_opened_image_size":"100%","open_image_on":"hover","shadow":"true","autoplay":"true","mouse_wheel":"false","close_panel_on_mouse_out":"false","autoplay_direction":"normal","autoplay_delay":"3000"} Oncology Continuing Education to Improve Patient Outcomes Learn More Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center, Janakpurdham, Nepal Only Cancer Hospital in Madhesh Province. Support This Hospital 15-years of advocating, educating, and innovating to improve cancer care Learn More {"visible_images":"3","width":"1950","height":"700","orientation":"vertical","image_distance":"1","max_opened_image_size":"100%","open_image_on":"click","shadow":"false","autoplay":"true","mouse_wheel":"false","close_panel_on_mouse_out":"true","autoplay_direction":"normal","autoplay_delay":"3000"} About Binaytara Foundation Growing up in rural Nepal in the 1980s, co-founders Dr. Binay Shah and Tara Shah witnessed the human suffering caused by the lack of access to healthcare. During his residency training in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Shah immediately recognized that inequities in healthcare existed not only in his native country Nepal, but also in one of the world’s wealthiest countries- in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens in New York City. A great admirer of Mother Teresa’s selfless care for the poor and vulnerable, Dr. Shah wanted to end the inequities in healthcare. He and his wife Tara established the Binaytara Foundation in October 2007 to improve health equity. Our Values Our Founder’s Vision Co-Founders Dr. Binay and Tara Shah established the Binaytara Foundation based on their belief that every human being should have access to cutting-edge, evidence-based, and culturally appropriate health care. Our vision is to make evidence-based cancer care accessible to everyone in the world! We look forward to collaborating with healthcare providers, healthcare institutions, governments, donors, and supporters to establish programs & services, develop human resources, and design innovative solutions to minimize cancer disparities. Our founders’ messages Current Projects Cancer Hospital, Nepal Hematology – Oncology Conferences International Journal of Cancer Care & Delivery The Cancer News OncoBlast Our Impact Binaytara infographic – Timeline Click here Binaytara infographic -Nepal Hospital Click here Join our Efforts to Minimize Cancer Health Disparities JOIN THE MOVEMENT Spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Youtube Your gift has the power to save lives. Make a donation Receive the latest updates in your inbox. Sign up for updates Our Team Andrea Veatch, MD Dr. Andrea Veatch is a Board-Certified Oncologist and Hematologist in Puyallup, WA. Dr. Veatch joined the Binaytara Foundation Board of Directors in January 2023. Northwest Medical Specialties Binaytara Foundation - Board Member Read More Binay Shah, MD Dr. Binay Shah is a hematologist oncologist and the co-founder of the Binaytara Foundation. He grew up in Nepal and came to the United States for residency training after completing medical school at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Nepal. During his residency training in New York City, Dr. Shah and his wife Tara began working on their vision to improve access to healthcare in the United States and globally. After Dr. Shah’s internal medicine residency training, the Shahs moved to Chicago for his fellowship training in Hematology-Oncology. They registered the Binaytara Foundation (BTF) as a public charity in Illinois in October 2007 to improve health equity and minimize disparities. As a community hematologist/oncologist who has practiced in various settings across the country, Dr. Shah is aware of cancer care disparities that usually arise when the latest updates are not easily accessible to oncology clinicians. Therefore, BTF started annual hematology and oncology conferences in 2012. Today, BTF is a leading hematology and oncology medical education provider in the United States. Under Dr. Shah’s leadership, Binaytara Foundation has established itself as the leader in promoting equitable access to cancer care through education, advocacy, and innovation. Binaytara Foundation - President Binaytara Foundation - Board Member Read More David Aboulafia, MD Dr. David Aboulafia is a hematologist/oncologist at Virginia Mason Clinic where he has been on staff since 1990, and has served as the Section Head in the department of Hematology/Oncology. His clinical focus involves benign and malignant hematology and primary and subspecialty HIV care. He has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals that have focused on the medical care of patients he sees in his clinical practice. He is a principal investigator of the National Cancer Institute-funded AIDS Malignancy Consortium and chair of the AMC outreach, education, recruitment, and retention committee. He is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Washington. Since 1992, Dr. Aboulafia has been the Medical Director of Bailey-Boushay House in Seattle. Bailey-Boushay provides care to people with HIV disease, promoting their health, well-being, and functional independence. Its goal is to ensure that every person with HIV/AIDS in our community has equal access to positive outcomes. Bailey-Boushay emphasizes acceptance of all people, compassion, safety, and the dignity and autonomy of individuals. Dr. Aboulafia also serves on the University of Washington Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Committee, is Chair of the Benaroya Research Institute Scientific Review Committee, and is a member of the HIV Medical Association and the International Association of Physicians for AIDS Care. Dr. Aboulafia became a BTF board member after taking a trip to Nepal in 2020 and seeing first-hand the work of the Foundation I was truly surprised and inspired by Dr. Shah and his wife Tara’s vision to build a cancer center in Janakpur. Equity in cancer care and respect for all people is a guiding principles in all that they do. I came away from that trip knowing I wanted to help make an impact in a larger way on the lives of people with cancer and this was a way to do so. Although small, the BTF has already accomplished goals that I had previously thought were unattainable. Their unwavering but practical vision, their humanitarian goals, and their ethics really resonate with me and have helped inform my vision of what is possible in cancer care on a global stage. Virginia Mason Medical Center Binaytara Foundation - Board Member Read More Mark Pegram, MD Mark Pegram, MD, is the Suzy Yuan-Huey Hung Endowed Professor of Medical Oncology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Clinical Research at the Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Institute...