Contributors

Read more about the research teams and funding that contributed to COPE.

The Cystectomy Overview & Patient Education (COPE) website was created by Dr. Carmit McMullen, Senior Investigator and anthropologist at the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, and Dr. Scott Gilbert, Senior Member at the Department of Genitourinary Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center. 

Drs McMullen and Gilbert have partnered with the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) to make COPE available to the public. We thank BCAN for their support. COPE was created through financial support to Drs. McMullen and Gilbert from the following sources*:

  • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health: 1R01CA164128 and U24CA171524

  • Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

We thank the many patients and caregivers who participated in designing COPE, which reflects their priorities for education about cystectomy and urinary diversion. 

We are also grateful for our urologic oncologist colleagues who participated in the creation of this website:

  • Matthew Nielsen, MD

    Professor and Chair of Urology, UNC School of Medicine

    Bio

  • John Gore, MD

    Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine

    Bio

  • Tullika Garg, MD

    Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Dept. of Urology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Bio

  • Charles Peyton, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Heerskink School of Medicine, UAB

    Bio

*The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funders listed here.