An Interview with Maine Native Patrick Dempsey

After their mother was diagnosed with cancer ten years ago, Patrick and Mary Dempsey discussed avenues to make cancer and treatment information more available to patients and families. Their brainchild, the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing has been opened for a little over one year and has received a positive response from patients and the community of Lewiston/Auburn, where the center is located as a part of Central Maine Medical Center.
An avid cycler, the "Grey’s Anatomy" star spoke to Jessie Sawyer, the arts and living editor for the Bates Student at the time, on April 1 about his Maine ties, the imp....