O’Kelly Award for his exceptional leadership in translational research, as well as his success in bridging the basic science and clinical aspects of drug development. In 2019 Schwartz received the American Cancer Society’s Eugene D. Schwartz is an exceptionally accomplished cancer investigator with extensive experience leading clinical research programs at major cancer centers,” said Gerson, also the university’s senior vice president for medical affairs. “I am thrilled we could attract him to this position.” In addition, he is leading two federally supported training programs for more junior investigators pursuing cancer-related research. He currently directs Columbia’s Minority/Underserved Site NCI Community Oncology Research Program (MU-NCORP), as well as several other funded grant programs involving clinical trials of treatments for sarcoma.
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Schwartz has spent more than three decades pursuing novel approaches to treat and cure sarcomas-tumors that begin in bone and tissue-as well as melanoma (more commonly known as skin cancer). My vision is to now lead the Case CCC with advances in cancer medicine, with the ultimate goal of curing this disease. This is possible through the extraordinary excellence of the consortium of institutions that constitute the Case CCC, through which the coordination of scholarship, research, education, and community outreach will be its primary core goals.” “I am also humbled to follow in the footsteps of Stan Gerson. “I am honored and excited to have this opportunity to lead the Case CCC,” Schwartz said. The extraordinary honor recognized the cancer center’s record of sustained excellence and ongoing progress. Three years later, the NCI made the Case CCC the first in the country to receive a two-year merit extension of its grant. In 2017 the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the center a rating of ‘exceptional’-the highest level possible. I am confident this will continue with Dr. “The center thrived under Stan’s leadership and rose to be among the best in the nation. Schwartz, but also for his own years as director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center,” Kaler added. “I am grateful to Dean Stan Gerson, not only for his helpful guidance in selecting Dr. It oversees all cancer research conducted across the institutions, as well as the care of more than 65% of Northeast Ohioans being treated for cancer. Launched in 1983, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is an institutional consortium that today includes Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic. “The combination of his stellar expertise and depth of knowledge will advance the center’s innovative research which, ultimately, will lead to new discoveries that prevent, diagnose and treat cancers.” Schwartz as director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center,” President Eric W. Gary Schwartz, chief of the Hematology & Oncology Division at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and deputy director of its Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, will succeed Stan Gerson, who has led the center since 2004. Appointments Featured Features University News 0Ī Columbia University oncologist renowned for his translational research, mentoring and leadership will become director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) this spring.
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