Patrick Dempsey: My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the late ‘90s, and she had over 12 recurrences and then ultimately in 2014, passed away. So that was my first real profound impact ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer “Grey’s Anatomy” fans know him as the neurosurgeon from Seattle Grace Hospital, but in real life, Patrick Dempsey is helping cancer patients a coast away in Maine.