All Posts:Ruesch Center
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Luminary Awards Honor GI Cancer Advocates, Researchers, Clinicians and Educators
About a hundred attendees celebrated individuals who have advanced research and improved patient outcomes at the Luminary Awards in GI Cancers on November 20 in Riggs Library.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Celebrating Its 15th Anniversary, Ruesch Center Honors Founder
(November 26, 2024) — Since its establishment in September 2009, the Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has been
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Ruesch Center Symposium Focuses on Early-Onset GI Cancer
With an emphasis on early-onset gastrointestinal cancer, the 14th Annual Ruesch Center Symposium brought together nearly 300 health care providers, researchers, advocates, patients and caregivers November 16-18 to honor those dedicated to curing GI cancers, discuss the experiences of patients and caregivers, and share the latest research in the field.
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Ruesch Symposium Participants Encourage Patients to Consider Clinical Trials
(December 2, 2022) — After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 2021, Jan Baird-Adams, a librarian from Maryland, had lots of questions for her oncologist, Marcus Noel, MD, associate professor of oncology and director of the Clinical Research Management Office at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Dr. Noel and his staff were incredibly kind […]
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Scientific Presentations at 2019 Ruesch Symposium Inspire
(December 9, 2019) — Some of the brightest minds in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer from around the country gathered for the scientific session of the 10th-annual Ruesch Symposium at the Omnishore Hotel in Washington, DC. With a packed agenda, the daylong event on December 6 brought together clinicians, researchers, patients, caregivers, policymakers and representatives from industry for […]
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Ruesch Center Offers Summer Interns an In-Depth Look at GI Oncology
The summer internship program at Georgetown’s Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers provides 12 students from schools across the country the opportunity to learn about all aspects of GI oncology.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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A Sabbatical … Just What the Doctor Ordered
Georgetown Lombardi’s John Marshall, MD, has ambitious plans for his upcoming sabbatical.
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PanCAN PurpleStride Commemorates Struggles, Triumphs Toward A Cure
June 17, 2016 — “When we first found out about his diagnosis, I told him I would be with him every step of the way,” said Sarah Saleh, whose husband, Rashid, was a Georgetown Lombardi patient. “He said it gave him strength to have me with him.” Many Georgetown Lombardi families at the annual PanCAN […]
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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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