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May 2012 Member News & Networking

Apr 18, 2012

Amy Abernethy, MD, and Eric H. Bernicker, MD, joined the Journal of Oncology Practice Editorial Board.
     
Michael B. Atkins, MD, joined Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center as its Deputy Director. Dr. Atkins was previously a Professor of Medicine and Deputy Chief of the division of Hematology/Oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, as well as Associate Director for Clinical Research for the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center.  
     
The first book on melanoma devoted entirely to targeted therapeutics was published and edited by Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD, of the University of Chicago Medicine. The book describes both established signal transduction inhibitors as well as emerging molecularly guided immunotherapies, and includes up-to-date data from current clinical phase I–III trials.  
     
Michael Maitland, MD, PhD, of the University of Chicago Medicine, has been chosen as the recipient of the Leon I. Goldberg Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
     
Yusuke Nakamura, MD, PhD, joined the University of Chicago Medicine as Professor of Medicine. Dr. Nakamura plans to apply his expertise in cancer research and personalized medicine to his work on pharmacogenomics.  
     
Stephen D. Nimer, MD, was named the Director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Nimer was previously the Alfred P. Sloan Chair in Cancer Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  
     
Mitchell C. Posner, MD, has assumed the role of Medical Director of Clinical Cancer Programs at the University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Posner, an internationally recognized expert in gastrointestinal cancers, will lead the institution’s efforts to develop a strategic plan for cancer services. He will also help build an implementation plan to increase clinical volume and raise the cancer program’s profile.  
     
Investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and 12 other centers have found that a new drug for patients with metastatic melanoma nearly doubled median overall survival. Results from the phase II trial, led by Co-Principal Investigators Jeffrey Sosman, MD, of VICC, and Antoni Ribas, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, were published in the February 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. 
     
Russell Szmulewitz, MD, of the University of Chicago Medicine, was awarded a Young Investigator Award by the Cancer Research Foundation for his work, “Does glucocorticoid receptor (GR) signaling compensate for androgen receptor (AR) function in castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)?”  
     
New research published in the February 21, 2012, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition suggests why Avastin® and Sutent® have had limited impact on breast cancer. Max S. Wicha, MD, of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, served as study author.


ASCO Connection Editorial Board Announcements


Susan Lerner Cohn, MD, joined the ASCO Connection Editorial Board. She is Director of Clinical Sciences, Section of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, at Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cohn’s research interests include pediatric cancers, particularly neuroblastoma, and blood diseases.

Melissa M. Hudson, MD, transitioned off of the ASCO Connection Editorial Board, on which she served from 2005–2011, to become chair of ASCO’s Cancer Survivorship Committee. She is Director of the Cancer Survivorship Division, Co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, and a member of the Department of Oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, joined the ASCO Connection Editorial Board. She is a medical oncologist and hematologist specializing in breast cancer research and treatment at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, and the principal investigator of multiple clinical trials focusing on combining novel targeted therapeutics with standard treatment to improve the treatment of both early- and late-stage breast cancer.

Antonio C. Wolff, MD, FACP, was named Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (read more). Dr. Wolff previously served on the ASCO Connection Editorial Board from 2006–2012.


Merit Award Recipients

The following fellows and residents are ASCO members who received Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Awards for submitting high-quality abstracts.*

2012 Gastrointestinal CancersSymposium Merit Award Recipients

Daniel Abbott, MD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Amanda Arrington, MD
City of Hope National Medical Center

Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sebastian De La Fuente, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Mary Guye, MD
City of Hope National Medical Center

Alex Haynes, MD, MPH
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Melissa Labonte, PhD
University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Anna Leung, MD
John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. Johns Health Center

Abigail Milby, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Manali Patel, MD
Stanford University Medical Center

Jose Pimiento, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research

Akihiro Suzuki, MD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Takashi Taketa, MD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Ryan Thomas, MD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

George Van Buren, MD
University of Pittsburgh

 

2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Merit Award Recipients

Arjun Balar, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

James Chen, MD
The University of Chicago

Petros Grivas, MD, PhD
University of Michigan

Christopher Hallemeier, MD
Mayo Clinic

Thai Ho, MD, PhD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Mark Jesus Magbanua, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Kenneth Nepple, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Phillip Palmbos, MD, PhD
University of Michigan

Nathan Sheets, MD
University of North Carolina

Ben Tran, MBBS
Princess Margaret Hospital

Che-Kai Tsao, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center

*For the complete list of recipients, visit gicasymposium.org and gucasymposium.org. Recipients from the 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium can be found at breastcasym.org.


In Memoriam

Hui-Yen Chang, MD
Kiyoyuki Furuse, MD
Michael Brian McKenna, MD
Albert F. Muhleman, MD


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