Background
Mers, Debra Karen Thaler-De was born on October 12, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Aaron and Ida (Bederman) Thaler.
Mers, Debra Karen Thaler-De was born on October 12, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Aaron and Ida (Bederman) Thaler.
Bachelor in Theoretical Mathematics University of California, 1976; Bachelor of science in nursing magna cum laude, San Jose State University, 1991.
Staff nurse oncology, hematology and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cancer Care Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, since 1991. Chair speaker's bureau National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, SilverSpring, Maryland., 1990-1994, board directors. Guest lecturer oncology San Jose State University, 1994.
Speaker, member education committee Cancer Care Institute Good Samaritan Hospital, 1992-1994.
Member National Hospice Organisation, California Nurses Association, Oncology Nursing Society (contributor to newsletter 1993), Association for Death Edition and Counseling, Compassionate Friends, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (vice president), Sigma Theta Tau.