Marcy Graves has been treating patients with humor along with traditional medicine for 28 years. She combines her skills as a humorist, professional speaker, Humor and Healing Clown, and Director of Cardiopulmonary Neurodiagnostic Services at Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas to help other professionals take their work seriously but themselves lightly. Marcy Graves as “Nurse Ducky” presents to thousands of civic groups, business and health professionals from coast to coast and throughout the world on how to infuse humor, love and laughter back into their lives. She has authored two children’s books, "Dr. Bear Addresses Asthma" and "Dr. Bear Heads up on Hand washing" and numerous professional articles on Humor in Medicine. Marcy also finds time to travel the world with other Humor and Healing clowns such as Patch Adams M.D. spreading the joy of love and laughter to such places as Russia, China, South America, and Mexico. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of North Texas and is to date the only Pre-Med/Theatre major to ever graduate from the university. Marcy is the recipient of numerous awards including Outstanding Layperson of the Year for North Central Texas Counseling Association, Texas Health Resources Volunteer of the Year, Fort Worth Business Press Healthcare Hero of the Year 2003, Dallas Business Journal Healthcare Hero of the Year 2004, and Strathmore’s Who’s Who of Leadership and Achievement 2006-2007. She was also recipient of The Great Women of Texas for 2006. Marcy has been married for 25 years to Mark and is the mother of Lauren 21, Nicholas 20, and Caitlin 15. Titles Humor in the Workplace (for medical audiences) Humor in the Workplace (for non-medical audiences) Nurse Ducky’s World Travels (Including travels with Patch Adams) Humor and Spirituality at the End of Life Humor in Life ~ Lessons in Laughter Women's Humor: How to Introduce Love and Laughter into Your Life Topics Humor, Women, Health, Medical Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range Less than $5,000 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State TX Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.