12/04/2025
Happy 10th anniversary with 180, Nate!
We're wishing Nate a very happy 10 year anniversary with 180 Medical! In his honor, weāre donating to the charitable organization of his choice, the Melanoma Research Foundation.
Nate shares, "This is an important cause for me. In June of 2024, my wife Maura was diagnosed with a type of invasive melanoma while she was 36 weeks pregnant with our third child, Tate. Her doctors decided we needed to have Tate ASAP so that they could perform a wider surgical excision to remove the affected tissue and also carry out a lymph node biopsy. She was induced and healthy baby Tate was born days later, then she immediately had the surgery. Unfortunately, the melanoma was in her lymph nodes, and she had to start treatment immediately. She did one year of immunotherapy, with infusions every three weeks, and just completed her last one and rung the bell in August!
I would like to donate to the Melanoma Research Foundation in the hopes that it will help fund continued research for better, safer, and less invasive treatments along with preventative care. Metastasized Invasive Melanoma has historically been a cancer with a poor prognosis, a very high recidivism rate, and hasn't responded well to traditional cancer treatments. However, with the advent of immunotherapies and other treatments, people like my wife Maura and our family can have a smoother treatment process, a better shot at beating it, and a great chance at a normal, long, healthy life with lower chance of it coming back."
Thanks so much for all you do, Nate! Happy 10th anniversary with 180 Medical.