The eighth annual Cookies4Chris Luncheon and Vendor Show was held on Sunday, April 8th, 2018 at the South Hills Country Club. The event was born to honor Chris Sapienza, a Pittsburgh native who passed away from the disease and who loved both cookies and baking. Cookies4Chris raises funds towards the fight against colon cancer and strives to put a face on a disease that may be uncomfortable to discuss.
Surgical Oncology faculty Drs. David Bartlett, James Pingpank, and Matthew Holtzman served as honorary co-chairs for the event along with other UPMC oncology physicians Drs. Andrew Laman, Vincent Reyes, and Edward Chu. Dr. Holtzman also presented a lecture on Immunotherapy Research at UPMC. Cookies4Chris proceeds benefited the Colon Cancer Alliance, the nations’ largest colon cancer nonprofit, and UPMC Hillman Caner Center. The Colon Cancer Alliance presented UPMC with a check for $50,000 to go toward research.