All Posts: Lombardi Stories
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National Hepatitis Awareness Roundtable Featured Georgetown Lombardi, GUMC Faculty
Report of National Hepatitis Awareness Month, May 2016 Our thanks to Dr. Chris Loffredo for providing this update. June 13, 2016 — On May 25, several members of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and faculty members from the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing and Health Studies participated in a Hepatitis Awareness […]
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Karen Dorsch-Vogel Honored During National Nurses Week
May 12, 2016 — “Virtuous, caring, advocating, dedicated,” and a “spirited stamina.” These are the words used to describe Karen Dorsch-Vogel, the recipient of this year’s Stacy Boylan Award. Dorsch-Vogel is a clinical research nurse in the GI oncology disease group. Beloved Research Nurse The Stacy Boylan Memorial Endowment Fund was created in 2006 to […]
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Melanoma Survivors Luncheon Celebrates Cancer Research Achievement
(May 10, 2016) — If advances in cancer treatment dramatically change the outcome for individual patients, imagine its impact on a physician who has only recently been able to deliver good news. “I know I speak for my colleagues in saying that I have been waiting my whole career for a day like today.” That’s […]
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Breast Cancer Research Championed with Avon Global Scholars, Avon Walk
May 5, 2016 — With a visit from the Avon Foundation Global Scholars Program and a team participating in Avon 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, supporters of Georgetown Lombardi’s breast cancer progra
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A Cancer Survivors’ Luncheon Like No Other
(April 30, 2016) — Last year, Stanley Sher, a lawyer who lives in D.C., was certain his time was ending. “I had reached a very low, low point — three surgeries, radiation treatment and nothing had worked,” he said. “I was several months away from disappearing.” Leta Brown had a similar experience when, at age […]
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Georgetown Lombardi Director Joins Blue Ribbon Panel Working Group For National Cancer Moonshot Initiative
April 29, 2016 — Louis M. Weiner, MD, director of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has joined a blue ribbon panel-working group assembled by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to offer expert advice on the vision, goals and implementation of the National Cancer Moonshot initiative. The NCI’s acting director Douglas R. Lowy, MD, invited […]
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Eleventh Annual Women & Wine Raised Record Funds, Support and Hope
April 29, 2016 — With more than 600 attendees, the 11th Annual Women & Wine fundraiser for the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center took place at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner. The April 20 event began with a luxurious cocktail hour and a silent auction featuring art, […]
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‘Friends of Lombardi’ Group Seeks to Expand Its Impact
(March 1, 2016) — Many young professionals know all too well the challenge of building a network in a big city like Washington, DC. Many researchers know the challenge of securing the necessary money for their lifesaving research. By combining the social with the philanthropic, Friends of Lombardi tackles both of these challenges head on. […]
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Speakers at Ruesch Symposium Policy Forum Discuss the Cost of Cancer Care
(December 18, 2015) — At the first policy briefing held during the annual symposium of the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers, speakers focused on issues related to the cost and v
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Power of Pink Event Raises Money for Capital Breast Care Center
December 9, 2015 — Over 120 women clad in pink filled Redwood restaurant in Bethesda, MD, on Thursday, October 22nd, for the 4th annual Power of Pink — Working out to Stop Breast Cancer event. The lu
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