Comedy Fights Cancer currently organizes about 30 shows a year, including New Year's Eve shows at hospitals and care facilities and since 2002 has served roughly 5000 patients and their families.   While CFC's monthly core program is at New York City's Memorial Sloan-Kettering, CFC comics have performed in hospitals from Long Island to Colorado.   CFC's Medical Advisory Board includes Dr. Patrick Borgen, MSKCC's Chief of Breast Services and Dr. Steven Leibel, President of the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, CA. CFC's Humor Column has appeared in InTouch Magazine and received press attention from Newsday.   CFC's work has been featured on NY's Fox5 TV, the Hamptons PlumTV and in print media such as The Hollywood Reporter and Good Housekeeping Magazine.   Most recently, CFC was profiled in an NIH-funded public radio series about the palliative effects of humor on healing.

CFC's Talent Participation includes performers from all over the country, such as: Robert Schimmel, Jeffrey Ross, 'Sex and the City's" Cindy Chupack, 'The View's" Joy Behar, Todd Barry, Friars Freddie Roman, Soupy Sales, Cory Kahaney, Jeffrey Gurian, Angela LaGreca, Mickey Freeman, Steven Scott, Jim David, Jessica Kirson, Karen Bergreen, Al Ducharme, Bernadette Pauley, Mike Somerville, Tom Cotter, White House Joke Writer Mark Katz, Emmy-winning Judy Gold, singer Craig Wedren, Macio, Mike Britt, Letterman's Eddie Brill and 200 others.  

Advisory Board
David Alvarez
Victoria Blau, Architect
Kang Chang, Gwathmey Siegel
Dr. William Ching, NYU Medical Center
Gabrielle Greeves
Conan Smith, Endeavor Agency
Raymie Monagh, QPR
Lisa Neuberger, Accenture
Adam Oestreich, Merrill Lynch
Hope Perelman
Jim Prusky, Crecera
Abby Russell, Founder & Executive Producer
Maris Segal, The Maris Group
Jeffrey Gurian, Friars Club
Mark Katz, The Soundbite Institute
Greg Judge, Comic Strip Live
Aaron Spina, HBO
Jason Steinberg, Steinberg Talent

Laughter Promotes Healing...
Abby Russell, independent television producer with Nuforms Media, founded Comedy Fights Cancer after her father fell ill with prostate cancer, the same disease that killed her grandfather. She saw first-hand how comedy heals as she witnessed her father’s recovery.