Welcome to the inaugural edition of Stony Brook Cancer Center’s e-newsletter. Here our donors and community partners can learn how your support enables us to bring home to Suffolk County the latest advances in cancer research, treatment and care. I hope you’ll read on to find out how we use the resources you entrust to us to educate, collaborate and realize the future of cancer medicine.
Our donors and community partners are the power behind the groundbreaking innovations and compassionate, personalized care occuring at Stony Brook Cancer Center. For this reason, the newsletter will introduce and acquaint you to:
• Our philanthropic partners making transformational gifts: The donors who are making groundbreaking innovations possible through major gifts
• Physician-Scientists doing cutting edge work: Meet Wayne Waltzer, MD, Chairman, Department of Urology and Jules Cohen, MD, Assistant Professor of Hematology Oncology
• Our clinicians providing expert and compassionate care: Meet Laura Vogli, The Carol Baldwin Breast Center Nurse Navigator
• New members of our research team: Meet recent recruits to Stony Brook Cancer Center faculty
• Awards and recognitions: Hear about the recent honors bestowed upon Cancer Center faculty and staff
• The events and celebrations that bring all our physicians, clinicians, staff and community partners together: The Community Spring Update, National Cancer Survivors Day and the Above and Beyond Dinner
The vision and generosity of you, our donors and community partners, make our vital work possible. We hope that learning more about the Stony Brook Cancer Center efforts will intrigue and invigorate you to continue and expand your commitment to support the best ideas in medicine— cutting edge research, innovative new therapies, more effective prevention and lasting cures in cancer.
Thank you!
— Yusuf Hannun, M.D.
Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center
Vice Dean for Cancer Medicine
Joel Kenny Professor of Medicine