Daniel G. Coit, MD, Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, presented the eighth annual 2019 Donald Blechman Lecture in Surgical Oncology on September 25, 2019. His lecture was titled, “The Evolving Understanding of Regional Lymph Nodes in Surgical Oncology.”
Norman Wolmark, MD, a prominent surgeon and cancer researcher, will be joining the department as Professor of Surgery in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In addition, he will serve in a new position at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center as Director of National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Clinical Trials. He will retain his role as Chairman of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project and as contact principal investigator of NRG Oncology.
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.
Drs. David Bartlett (L) and Herbert Zeh (R) present Dr. Keith Lillemoe (center) with the Blechman Award for the 2017 Donald Blechman Lecture in Surgical Oncology
The article “Exploring Innovation with Data-Driven Dialogue” published in the August/September 2017 issue of Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) News, spotlights instrumental efforts by David L. Bartlett, MD to establish programs for SSO members.
Research by David L. Bartlett, MD was featured in the April 2017 University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) video blog, “New Study Demonstrates Synergistic Anti-Cancer Effects of Oncolytic Virus Combined with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor.”