12月13日,MD Anderson的支持者聚集在棕榈滩的海湖庄园俱乐部,庆祝该机构创造癌症历史®颁奖晚会。以“里程碑和奇迹”为主题的活动是为了纪念MD安德森癌症中心
来访者委员会成员David Koch和已故的Maria Floyd,感谢他们作为癌症患者的倡导和慈善支持。
就职活动是MD Anderson不断拓展棕榈滩社区的一部分。
“我们已经在美国举行的棕榈滩社区教育研讨会了近十年,”帕特里克·马尔维,在MD安德森副总裁说,发展。“我们几个病人和捐赠者谁住在该地区的觉得是时候扩大我们的推广和分享,希望MD安德森报价是面临癌症的消息。”
在第一批近450名嘉宾抵达晚会之前,已经通过门票销售和赞助筹集了近100万美元。在晚会快结束时,MD安德森癌症中心访客委员会成员威廉B.芬纳兰惊喜地赠送了100万美元的礼物,使社区的总慈善捐款达到近200万美元。
Finneran的捐赠将建立Finneran家族在MD Anderson的转化研究基金。乐动体育LDsports中国这笔捐赠的资金将设立芬纳兰家族奖(Finneran Family Prize),每年秋天将有5万美元的现金奖励给一位应得的教师。
“MD安德森对我来说意义重大,”Finneran说前列腺癌被照顾的幸存者克里斯托弗Logothetis,医学博士,教授兼主席,泌尿生殖医学肿瘤学。“我为我从Logothetis博士,有全体工作人员接受的护理非常感谢。创建这个天赋是我认识的优秀师资的方式谁提供,希望对患者和我一样,他们对于癌症的未来自由的家庭。”
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