{"669911":{"#nid":"669911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"After Cancer Battle, Raheem Beyah Has a Message","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERaheem Beyah flew in and out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 52 times during a 10-month stretch in 2022. He\u2019s become an airport regular through the years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s learned the easiest places to park. The familiar faces of TSA. How to pack and move through security. The fastest way to walk from terminal to terminal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe knows Hartsfield\u2019s walkways like his home\u2019s hallways, and every visit is as effortless and mindless as his commute to Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept for a return trip last August.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead of walking off the plane and along those familiar corridors, he was in a wheelchair. And in pain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was humbling,\u201d said Beyah, dean of Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair. \u201cI\u2019m normally walking through the airport like I run the place. That day I saw elevators and hallways I didn\u2019t know existed. It definitely changed my perspective.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was one minor change of perspective among many larger ones for Beyah in the last two years, when he discovered his own \u2014 and his family\u2019s \u2014 resilience and courage, while also gaining a new outlook on life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn that August afternoon, Beyah was returning from Houston\u2019s MD Anderson Cancer Center. He\u2019d had his prostate removed to excise cancer growing there, and he wasn\u2019t yet sure if the surgery was a success.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA year later, Beyah is cancer free. And he wants to tell a story very few know in hopes of helping others who find themselves where he was. It\u2019s a story of discovery, recovery, and lessons learned.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can beat prostate cancer,\u201d he said, \u201cbut only if men drop their macho attitudes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/after-cancer-battle-raheem-beyah-has-message\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBlack men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer. Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering dean beat it a year ago and wants more men paying attention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Black men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer. Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering dean beat it a year ago and wants more men paying attention."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-09-25 16:19:52","changed_gmt":"2023-09-25 16:22:26","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671811":{"id":"671811","type":"image","title":"Raheem Beyah in Harrison Square","body":null,"created":"1691165865","gmt_created":"2023-08-04 16:17:45","changed":"1695658665","gmt_changed":"2023-09-25 16:17:45","alt":"Raheem Beyah standing in Harrison Square with the Three Pioneers statue in the background.","file":{"fid":"254944","name":"Raheem-Beyah-by-Candler-Hobbs_2413.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/25\/Raheem-Beyah-by-Candler-Hobbs_2413.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/25\/Raheem-Beyah-by-Candler-Hobbs_2413.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61845,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/25\/Raheem-Beyah-by-Candler-Hobbs_2413.jpg?itok=AtotLVGV"}}},"media_ids":["671811"],"groups":[{"id":"551651","name":"Center for Engineering Education and Diversity (CEED)"},{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"67741","name":"Raheem Beyah"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"385","name":"cancer"},{"id":"2364","name":"prostate cancer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJason Maderer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}