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Professor receives cancer care prize
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Richard L. Schilsky, MD, received the 2012 Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Prize.
Schilsky, professor of medicine and section chief of hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago Department of Medicine, received the award at the third annual Society for Translational Oncology meeting.
The $50,000 award recognizes Schilsky’s clinical and research leadership in the areas of gastrointestinal cancers and cancer pharmacology, as well as his compassionate care of cancer patients.
Richard L. Schilsky
Schilsky is an internationally recognized expert on gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as a leader in the development and evaluation of new treatments for cancer. He is past chairman of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB), a national cancer clinical trials group sponsored by the NCI. He also is past president of ASCO, and he recently was named an ASCO fellow.
“Dr. Schilsky is richly deserving of being named this year’s Pinedo Prize winner,” Patrick G. Johnston, MD, PhD, co-chairman of the Society for Translational Oncology, said in a press release. “As a clinician scientist, he combines the ideal of compassionate patient care with a relentless search for clinical improvement. He has also played a uniquely important role in the design and conduct of high-quality research trials that help in translating new scientific evidence into effective and efficient care for patients with cancer.”