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Halo House plans apartments for blood-cancer patients in Texas Medical Center

By Katherine Feser, in the Houston Chronicle | Updated 11:57 am, Monday, October 16, 2017 Halo House, a provider low-cost housing for out-of-town blood-cancer patients in the Texas Medical Center, plans to break ground on its own designated facility as soon as December. Founded by MD Anderson’s Dr. Nathan Fowler in 2009, Halo House has operated […]

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Shaken, Not Stirred: Halo House’s ‘007’ James Bond Gala raises $475,000 for a home-away-from-home for patients and families

It was a night that will not soon be forgotten as some of Houston’s finest came out to support Halo House Foundation’s “007” gala. Held Nov. 11 at The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Anne and Dr. John Mendelsohn, former President of MD Anderson Cancer Center, were honored for their decades of community leadership in the […]

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Halo House in Southwest News and Village News

Halo House was recently featured in Southwest News and Village News for housing our 250th family! Edward Reel, a kind-hearted friendly fellow from Midland, Texas, has lymphoma, and for the last 23 years it has been in remission. This year he felt a lump in his neck and didn’t think much of it. Soon the […]

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Dr. Francesco Turturro, 1955-2017

Halo House Foundation expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Dr. Francesco Turturro. Dr. Turturro, a professor in the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, dedicated his life to battling blood cancers. He was known not only as an intelligent and compassionate doctor, but also as a selfless advocate for his patients. He and his […]

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Dr. Nathan Fowler Was Keynote Speaker at VEPS

Halo House President and Founder, and MD Anderson Cancer Center oncologist, Dr. Nathan Fowler was the keynote speaker at MD Anderson’s Volunteer Endowment For Patient Support.  VEPS “has distributed more than $2.8 million to benefit patients and their caregivers through institutional programs.” The event was held on April 4, 2017 at the River Oaks Country […]

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