Member News

The latest news from ASCO’s “Movers and Shakers.” If you have news you’d like to share, please contact us. Submissions may be included in future print and/or online editions.

May 2013 Member News & Networking

21 Apr 2013 11:51 AM

Robert W. Carlson, MD, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the National Comprehensive Cancer Center. The University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Kathleen A. Cooney, MD, to a new position as Deputy Director for Clinical Services. Dr. Cooney is the Frances and Victor Ginsberg Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Chief... Read more
March 2013 Member News & Networking

26 Feb 2013 02:36 PM

A study by Justin Balko, PharmD, PhD, (right) and Carlos Arteaga, MD, of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, shed light on the challenges of treating triple-negative breast cancer. Specifically, most patients with triple-negative breast cancer who were treated with chemotherapy to shrink their tumor prior to surgery still had multiple genetic mutations in their tumor cells. Despite... Read more
Meet Carolyn Runowicz, MD, FASCO

26 Feb 2013 10:54 AM

Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and ASCO Board of Directors member AC: What led you to oncology? Dr. Runowicz: A National Cancer Institute stipend and an American Cancer Society stipend as a medical student to "shadow" George C. Lewis, MD, a gynecologic oncologist. I was immediately hooked. He had a contagious... Read more
Peter P. Yu, MD, to Serve as 2014-2015 ASCO President

25 Feb 2013 07:16 PM

Peter P. Yu, MD, a renowned medical oncologist and hematologist and a pioneer in advancing health information technology to improve quality of care, was elected to serve as ASCO President for a one-year term beginning in June 2014. He will take office as President-Elect during the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting. “I am both honored and privileged by the opportunity to lead ASCO,” said Dr. Yu. “I have been fortunate to serve the Society for many years in... Read more
January 2013 Member News & Networking

20 Dec 2012 05:36 PM

University of Arizona Cancer Center Director David S. Alberts, MD, is serving as Co-Chair of the LIvEs (Lifestyle Intervention for Ovarian Cancer Enhanced Survival) study—the first large nationwide study to determine how diet and physical activity together can improve the quality of life and prevent recurrence for women who are in clinical complete remission from advanced ovarian peritoneal or tubal cancer. ... Read more
Meet Susan Lerner Cohn, MD

20 Dec 2012 04:42 PM

Director of Clinical Sciences, Section of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, at Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago; Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago; and 2012-2015 ASCO Board of Directors member Dr. Cohn hiking at Yosemite National Park. AC: What led you to oncology? Dr. Cohn: When I was a pediatric resident, I took care of a beautiful little girl... Read more
Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, Appointed Editor of the ASCO Educational Book

20 Dec 2012 01:34 PM

ASCO is pleased to announce that Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, has been appointed Editor of the ASCO Educational Book. Dr. Dizon is an academic medical oncologist specializing in breast and gynecologic malignancies, sexuality and intimacy in cancer survivors, and cancer survivorship. He is an Assistant in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Gillette Center for Women’s Cancers, and has published extensively, including as a co-editor of an... Read more
In Memoriam: ASCO Remembers John Durant, MD, ASCO’s First Executive Vice President

01 Nov 2012 08:33 AM

Dear ASCO Members, This week, ASCO and the oncology community at large lost an inspirational leader, an exemplary physician, and a true gentleman. It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of John R. Durant, MD, former ASCO President and ASCO's first Executive Vice President. Dr. Durant died at his home in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, October 28, and will be laid to rest November 1, near his home. Dr. Durant's generous nature and... Read more
November 2012 Member News & Networking

29 Oct 2012 03:23 PM

Nadeem R. Abu- Rustum, MD, led a team of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) surgeons that have pioneered a way to eliminate the need for extensive pelvic lymph node removal in most patients undergoing surgery to treat some early-stage gynecologic cancers. The approach employs sentinel lymph node mapping. Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, of Vanderbilt-Ingram... Read more
Meet Lillian L. Siu, MD

29 Oct 2012 12:29 PM

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; Cancer Care Ontario Research Chair, Experimental Therapeutics; Director of Phase I Program, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital; and ASCO Board of Directors member AC: What led you to oncology? Dr. Siu: My mother developed breast cancer when I was in my second year of medical school; she lived thereafter for 12 years with this illness. I accompanied her to the hospital for every... Read more