ACS Announces Top Cancer Caregiver Awards
Eight outstanding cancer care providers will receive the Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award from the American Cancer Society (ACS) in a ceremony on Friday, May 9, 2008.
This year’s ACS honors will go to:
Karen Allison, CPNP
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Karleen Habin, RN
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Kathy Lopeman, RN
Central Peninsula Hospital, Soldotna, Alaska
Dolores Moorehead
Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, California
Robert Parker, MD
Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
Mace Rothenberg, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Kris Sargent, RN
Mercy Regional Cancer Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Blue Walcer
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
ACS has been recognizing the achievements of dedicated cancer caregivers with the Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award since 1988. As one ACS official said,
“These awards exemplify the exceptional hope, inspiration, and support these exceptional people provide daily to cancer patients and their families. These extraordinary awardees deserve to be recognized for their inspirational efforts to make a difference in the fight against cancer.”
Elmer Huerta, MD, MPH
National Volunteer President, ACS
Source: American Cancer Society, Inc
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