Second Annual Addario Lectureship Award: Harvey Pass, MD
Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Second Annual Addario Lectureship Award Announced Award to Recognize Luminaries in the Quest to Eradicate Lung Cancer
The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation announced the winner of the 2009 Addario Lectureship Award, which annually recognizes luminaries in the quest to eradicate Lung Cancer. The recipient will be honored at the 10th International Lung Cancer Congress on June 17-20, 2009. (BY INVITATION ONLY)
2009 Addario Lectureship Award -The recipient of the 2009 Addario Lectureship award is Harvey Pass, MD. Dr. Pass is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and Duke University Medical School.
Dr. Pass is internationally recognized for his research in thoracic malignancies, and his leadership role in the fight against Lung Cancer. He is currently Director of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at New York University Medical Center. He is a vigorous advocate for patients with Lung Cancer and mesothelioma, serving as a Lung Cancer Alliance Board Member, as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation and as a member of the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) Board. Among his many honors is Castle Connolly’s American’s Top Doctor’s Award, and today, the most prestigious Addario Lectureship Award to be presented at the10th International Lung Cancer Congress.
Dr. Pass played an integral role in the founding of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) and the evolution of ALCMI. By all measures, his scientific vision and enthusiasm have provided the organization with the “breath of fresh air” needed to advance the cause of lung cancer research and increase the cure rate of this devastating disease.
2008 Recipient: Paul A. Bunn, Jr. MD, Principal Investigator and Director, University of Colorado Cancer Center
About the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
BJALCF is one of the nation’s largest philanthropies and recognized force devoted exclusively to eradicating Lung Cancer through research, early detection, education, prevention, and treatment. The Foundation works with a diverse group of physicians, organizations, individuals, and survivors to identify solutions and make timely and meaningful change. BJALCF was established in 2006 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and has raised over four million dollars for Lung Cancer. BJALCF was the first Foundation allowed to participate in the International Lung Cancer Congress in 2008. Contact: Sheila Von Driska, Executive Director, sheila@lungcancerfoundation.org
About the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI)
Concerned by the continued lack of meaningful progress against Lung Cancer, in 2007, the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation assembled the field’s foremost researchers, clinicians, and business leaders from academic and community medical centers, biopharmaceutical companies, and the investment community in order to ask a fundamental question: “If money for research and development was not a barrier and a true collaboration could be achieved, what would you do to reach a cure for Lung Cancer in the least amount of time and how much would it cost?”
The overwhelming consensus response was to establish a national, virtual Lung Cancer institute-an honest third-party broker that would develop and direct high-quality tissue specimen repositories, data systems, and fostered collaborations.
As a result, Lung Cancer survivor Bonnie J. Addario established the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) in 2008 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that accelerates the discovery, development, and delivery of new and more effective diagnostic and treatment options for patients in need.
The goal of ALCMI is to significantly improve Lung Cancer patient outcomes and survival. This will be accomplished by driving the rapid development and study of new, targeted therapies that will lead to individualized therapies for Lung Cancer patients as soon as possible. Contact: Steven Young, President, syoung@alcmi.net
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