Doctors raising money for kids with cancer
The Advanced Wellness Center in Columbus is conducting its annual “Angels in Training” fundraiser through November for Kids N’ Kamp, an Ohio non-profit organization for children and families affected by childhood cancer.

Doctors Heather Peery and Troy Walker of Advanced Wellness, who are both Upper Arlington residents, are spearheading the fundraiser. The event will donate new patient visit fees, as well as donations from other patients and community members, to buy bicycles for young cancer patients and their siblings.

The bikes will be distributed at the Kids N’ Kamp Christmas Party Dec. 7. For more information on how to donate, call 614-488-6820 or visit www.awcchiropractic.com.

New massage center comes to UA
The Therapeutic Massage Center opened for business Sept. 15 at the Kingsdale Shopping Center. The business offers various types of massage, from deep tissue to pre-and-post natal massage to massage therapy for cancer patients. Owner Elaine Miller has five years of experience and formerly worked at Riverside Methodist Hospital’s Elizabeth Blackwell Center.

For more information, call 614-442-6754.

UASupersite.com marks five year milestone
A Web site devoted to all things Upper Arlington, UASupersite.com, marked its five-year anniversary on July 4.

The site is run by UA resident Margherita Finelli and includes community event listings, business information, historical background and much more. According to Finelli, the number of people who check her site continues to grow, with 700 alone signed up for the site’s e-newsletter.

“I get more and more e-mails from community groups and more e-mails from residents with questions on where to find this or that,” she says. “I’m happy to direct them to the proper source of information. I expect another five years of being a community resource for residents.”

For more information, log on to www.UASupersite.com or call 614-442-8213.

UA doctors start own health insurance group
Two UA residents have teamed up to create a for-profit physician-owned health insurance company in Central Ohio.

Co-created by doctors Alice Epitropoulos and Brett Wheeler, The Physician’s ASSURANCE Corp. (TPAC) was licensed in 2007 and launched in 2008 with PPO, HSA and HRA benefits for small-to-mid-sized employers. The business is located in Worthington and is the only doctor-controlled insurance provider in Central Ohio.

For more information about TPAC, visit www.TPACInsurance.com.