PACIFIC HEART LUNG & BLOOD INSTITUTE

The Pacific Meso Center (PMC) a division of The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (PHLBI) exists in an environment of extreme competition for funding, facing unusual challenges as a non-profit research organization linked to a specific disease, which affects only a limited number of patients---and who are being pursued by a plethora of lawyers with their own agendas, not always in the best interest of their clients. That is why PMC's differentiation strategy is to become the most innovative research and treatment organization in the world for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) by supporting the first-of-its-kind in the nation research lab; the goal of the laboratory is to provide laboratory-to-the-bedside research to improve the lives and longevity of those diagnosed with mesothelioma and treating MPM as a chronic, treatable and manageable disease