About Us
Collage’s core objective is to provide personalized and high impact art programs for people living with cancer.
Collage is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to providing innovative art programs for cancer patients, their family members, and care providers.
We believe art is a universal language with the power to transform lives. We invest in the creation of highly individualized art programs that drive the integration of artists and healthcare institutions.
Our Mission:
Bring personalized and innovative art programs to people impacted by cancer.
Our Vision:
Expand access to our high impact programs for the cancer community.
We Are:
Adaptable, Authentic, Inclusive, Creative, Connectors
Collage was founded in 2006 by Dr. Jennifer Wheler. Then an oncologist at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, she saw an unmet need for personalized art programs for adult cancer patients.
Since we began, over 7,000 patients, family members and cancer care professionals have participated in our programs.
We currently have programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
We are a 501(c)(3) organization. Our programs would not be possible without our donors.
Key Supporters
Our Team
Jennifer Wheler, MD
Founder & Board President
Sarah Lilly, MD
Collage Director, NYC
Emma Scheinmann, MA
Director of Mission Engagement
Ashley Jaeger, MS
Collage Director, Boston
Marcia Brennan, PhD
Collage Artist
Board of Directors
Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM
Professor of Medicine & F.T. McGraw Chair in the Treatment of Cancer, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Edward Garmey, MD
Founder and Consultant, CMO Consulting Inc.
Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center
The University of California - San Diego
Jennifer Wheler, MD
Founder & Board President, Collage
Advisory Board
Sarah Lilly, MD
Ashley Jaeger
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Laura Garwood
Artist
Kerry Inman
Inman Gallery
Matthew Corcoran
MacDougall Biomedical Communications
Mikael Rinne, MD
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Katherine McCurry, PhD
Adam Yokell
Owner & Director, Hometown
Brett Clair
Living Thing, LLC