Oct 29, 2013
Blood cancer expert Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD, was named Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Amber Borden, MD, a hematologist and oncologist, has joined the staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, in Columbus, Mississippi.
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at John Hopkins appointed Michael A. Carducci, MD, FASCO, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, as Associate Director for Clinical Research.
Nagi S. El-Saghir, MD, FACP, Director and Professor at Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute of the American University of Beirut Medical Center and Chair of the ASCO International Affairs Committee, received the Outstanding Excellence Award from the Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology and the President of the Lebanese Order of Physicians.
Hematology/oncology expert Richard I. Fisher, MD, was appointed President and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center, now part of the Temple University Health System.
Steven D. Gore, MD, a hematologist, was named Director of Hematologic Malignancies at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO presented Zhe-Bin Liu, MD, PhD, of Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, China, the 2013 Long-term International Fellowship (LIFe) in Breast Cancer.
Ronald Myint, MD, a hematologist and oncologist who specializes in the treatment of melanoma, sarcoma, and brain tumors, has joined the medical oncology team at Affiliated Oncologists, LLC, in Illinois.
Larissa Nekhlyudov, MD, MPH, an Associate Professor for the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Community Practice Core at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, developed Cancer Survivorship in Primary Care, an online repository of cancer survivorship-related resources for primary care providers (cancerpcp.org).
The Cancer Center at Florida Hospital Flager as named Padmaja Sai, MD, a hematology and medical oncologist, as their new Medical Director.
Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan presented Charles A. Schiffer, MD, Professor of Oncology and Head of the Multidisciplinary Leukemia/Lymphoma Team for the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University, the 2013 Pioneers in Medicine Award.
Amber Seba, MD, a hematologist and oncologist specializing in the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, benign hematologic disorders, and breast cancer, has joined the medical oncology team at Affiliated Oncologists, LLC, in Illinois.
The University of Chicago Medicine has named Walter Stadler, MD, a recognized authority on prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancers, as Section Chief of Hematology/Oncology.
Bothwell Regional Health Center has announced the addition of Wes Matthew Triplett, MD, to the staff of its Susan O'Brein Fischer Cancer Center in Sedalia, Missouri.
Alon Weizer, MD, MS, is the new Medical Director of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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In Memoriam
Steven M. Grunberg, MD
S. B. Gusberg, MD
Charles A. Koller, MD
Hadley Parrot, MD
Todd H. Wasserman, MD
Jane C. Weeks, MD
Conquer Cancer Foundation Recognizes Outstanding Researchers
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award recipients are selected based on the scientific merit of their abstracts and receive funding to help with travel expenses to attend the associated meeting.
The 2013 Merit Award in Breast Cancer recipients presented their research at the 2013 Breast Cancer Symposium, held in September in San Francisco, and recipients of the 2013 Merit Award in Quality Care presented their research at the 2013 Quality Care Symposium, held November 1-2, in San Diego.
The 2013 Merit Award in Breast Cancer recipients are:
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Cory Donovan, MD Bree Eaton, MD Elizabeth FitzSullivan, MD Alexandra Gangi, MD Ryan Lanning, MD, PhD |
Mary Lopresti, DO David Luyimbazi, MD Melissa Pilewskie, MD Kerry Reynolds, MD Eleonora Teplinsky, MD |
The 2013 Merit Award in Quality Care recipients are:
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Henry Conter, MD, MSc Andrea Covelli, MD, PhD Brendan, Curley, DO, MPH Aaron Falchook, MD Jason Freedman, MD Clement Ho, MD, MSc Ankit Kansagra, MD |
Kate Lathrop, MD Aparna Parikh, MD, MS Manali Patel, MD, MPH Anjana Ranganathan, MD Arvind Shinde, MD Gary Walker, MD, MPH Tian Zhang, MD |
The Conquer Cancer Foundation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Grants and Awards Program this year. Learn more about this milestone and how you can join the Foundation’s efforts to support the next 30 years at conquercancerfoundation.org.