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UPMC CancerCenter, partner with University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute VOL 10, NO. 1, 2016 NO. 10, VOL INSIDE 12 Making Medicine Personal | 16 The Determination to Make a Difference | 20 Young Mom Determined to Fight Cancer The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, working in conjunction with UPMC CancerCenter, UPMC’s clinical care delivery network, is western Pennsylvania’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, reflecting the highest level of recognition by the NCI. 4 12 16 20 UPMC CancerCenter and UPCI Executive Leadership . .2 Heroic Leadership . 3 A message from our Director and Chairman 30 YEARS OF INNOVATION . .4 How Hillman Cancer Center is Changing the Way Health Care is Delivered . .10 MAKING MEDICINE PERSONAL . 12 THE DETERMINATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE . 16 Celebrating Elsie Hillman and Her Legacy of Hope . .18 YOUNG MOM DETERMINED TO FIGHT CANCER AND HELP OTHERS ALONG THE WAY . 20. A FUTURE WITHOUT CANCER . 23 2015 Hillman Cancer Center Gala 2015 DONORS . 24 Community Events . 31 News Briefs . 32 Cancer Discovery & Care is a publication of UPMC CancerCenter and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and is produced by UPMC Clinical Marketing. © Copyright 2016 UPMC. All rights reserved. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission. Send suggestions, comments, or address changes to Jessica Weidensall at UPCI/UPMC CancerCenter, Office of Communications, UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 5150 Centre Ave., Suite 1B, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, or via email at weidensallja@upmc.edu. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | 1 UPMC CancerCenter and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) Executive Leadership HEROIC LEADERSHIP Nancy E. Davidson, MD Stephanie K. Dutton, MPA, CMPE Eric D. McIntosh Director, UPCI Chief Operating Officer Director, Human Resources, UPMC CancerCenter Vice President, UPMC CancerCenter Stanley M. Marks, MD Joel Nelson, MD Chairman, UPMC CancerCenter Peter G. Ellis, MD Chairman, Department of Urology Deputy Director, Clinical Services Charles E. Bogosta, MBA Susan Schoonover Associate Chief Medical Officer, UPMC CancerCenter Our thoughts naturally go to the many who set the vision and worked tirelessly President, UPMC CancerCenter Research Manager, Surgical Oncology Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS people responsible for getting us here. alongside us in those early critical days. K. Scott Baker Chad J. Scott, MPH Associate Director, Translational Research, UPCI Vice President, UPMC Administrator, UPP Hematology-Oncology Not a single member of our extended His exceptional daring set the tone for Co-Leader, Cancer Immunology Program, UPCI Chief Government Relations Officer Shivendra V. Singh, PhD University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute the innovations that followed. Michelle Fisher Reyes David Bartlett, MD Associate Director, Basic Research, UPCI Director, Advocacy and External Relations and UPMC CancerCenter family — Vice Chairman, Surgical Oncology and UPMC Cheryl Steele, RN, MSN, MPM, AOCN In this magazine, we highlight some of GI Surgical Services scientists, physicians, nurses, technicians, Director, Regulatory, Quality and Safety, Susan Gibson, RN, BSN, MBA the wonderful accomplishments we’ve Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD Medical Oncology support staff, donors — has ever been Senior Director, Hillman Cancer Center Associate Director, Cancer Informatics made over the past 30 years. We truly Scot Stevens content to go through the motions, to Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD, FACS Richard P. Bondi Chief Information Officer do have much to celebrate. Leader, Head and Neck Cancer Program, UPCI settle for the status quo. Each possesses Chief Financial Officer Director, Personalized Medicine Technology, UPMC Lisa Haskins, RT (R)(T)(ARRT) a healthy restlessness, a desire to pursue Dana Bovbjerg, PhD Bennett Van Houten, PhD We also pay tribute to Elsie Hillman, a Senior Director, Radiation Oncology Leader, Biobehavioral Oncology Program, UPCI Co-Leader, Molecular and Cellular Cancer something more, something different, woman who gave so much and inspired Maureen Hatch, MBA Biology Program, UPCI Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP something great. Senior Director, Medical Oncology Operations so many. We all remain part of her Associate Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology Jessica Weidensall growing legacy. And finally, we share Associate Director of Clinical Investigation, UPCI Dwight E. Heron, MD, FACRO, FACR Director, Marketing In our minds, you all are heroes. All Director, Radiation Services, UPMC CancerCenter Edward Chu, MD Elizabeth Wild, MBA exceptionally candid stories from donors Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, leaders. We observe your courage, Deputy Director, UPCI Senior Vice President, Global Oncology Services UPMC Shadyside Barbara Ventura and Barbara and Herb Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology tenacity, and heart in the pursuit of our Jennifer C. Yates This year marks three decades Co-Leader, Experimental Therapeutics, UPCI Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD Shear, as well as a courageous cancer Manager, Media Relations collective mission, every day. In our line Director of Research, Division of Surgical Deidre Cleary of our arduous yet increasingly survivor Kate Crawford. Oncology, UPCI Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD of work, failure is a given. But what we Senior Director, Clinical Research Administration Associate Director, Cancer Control and Population Michael Keyes promising pursuit to end cancer learn from failure and how we respond Frank Czura, CPA Sciences, UPCI We hope these stories help reinforce Executive Director Director, Compliance and Privacy, UPMC CancerCenter Co-Leader, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program — or, at minimum, reduce its can and will save lives. Knowing this The Regional Cancer Center your resolve in our noble cause. Maryann Donovan, PhD, MPH Karen Yuhas, RN, BSN, MBA keeps us moving toward our goal. James D. Luketich, MD heavy burden. Associate Director, Research Administration, UPCI Director, Central Billing Office We remain guided by our resolve to Co-Director, Surgical Oncology Services Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Leading the charge and setting an create a better future. inspired example, was our first and most heroic leader Ronald Herberman, MD, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) Council Chair Nick DeIuliis William Isler The Honorable John R. Pippy Sy Holzer Joseph W. DeNardo William Kassling Jane Roesch Nancy E. Davidson, MD Stanley M. Marks, MD Robert Denove Mario Lemieux Cynthia Roth Vice-Chair Douglas P. Dick Sally Levin* Susan C. Santa-Cruz Elsie H. Hillman* George A. Fechter Jeffrey Lipton Frederic B. Sargent Curtis Aiken Sr. Lee B. Foster II David Malone Dan Shapira Thomas Balestrieri John P. Friel Kevin McClatchy Robert Slagle* G. Nicholas Beckwith III Chip Ganassi Susan P. McGalla Sandy Snyder Director Chairman James Broadhurst Thomas B. Grealish Katie McSorley Thomas VanKirk University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute UPMC CancerCenter Carlos Cardoso Joseph Haleski Leslie Merrill The Honorable Jack Wagner Frank Coonelly Roy W. Haley David Morehouse John Weinstein Harriet Crawford I.N. Rendall Harper Eugene J. O’Sullivan Michael Zamagias Randall L. Crawford Mark Hart Arnold Palmer Barbara Crown Dawne Hickton Bradley Penrod *Deceased 2 | UPMC CancerCenter University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | 3 On September 3, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) proudly celebrated the first 30 years of an ambitious collaboration between UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University to contest the ubiquity of cancer and lessen its toll. It all started in a linen closet … or perhaps in a trailer ... or a converted patient room …. Everyone tells a slightly different tale. But this is certain: since its undeniably humble beginnings in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, UPCI now includes more than 2,000 physicians, researchers, and staff focused on the complex, seemingly relentless disease. These individuals are leading approximately 440 active clinical trials to improve cancer care. And each year, they are part of a team that cares for some 70,000 patients and publishes as many as 1,000 scholarly articles about their transformative work. The staff takes tremendous pride in this. Dorothy Mann, manager, Division of Hematology/Oncology and UPCI’s fifth employee, recalls the early days, with people being “peppered all over” with “no cell phones, no fax, no email” and just doing “a lot of running” from makeshift lab to makeshift lab. A cancer survivor herself, Mann is reassured by the progress she sees firsthand. “I am in awe of the researchers,” she says. “They are so committed and they will not give up until they find a cure.” HILLMAN CANCER CENTER 4 | UPMC CancerCenter University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute | 5 UPMC experienced rapid growth and transition during the early 1990s. Then in 1997, Shadyside Hospital merged with UPMC, and UPCI was moved to Shadyside. In 1990, the National Cancer Institute designated UPCI as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, a distinction currently held by only 45 centers throughout the country. The elite designation was renewed in August of 2015. In 2000, Stanley M. Marks, MD, and his oncology and hematology group joined UPCI, which led to significant expansion of medical and radiation oncology clinical activities. And in 2002, Hillman Cancer Center opened on the UPMC Shadyside campus, bringing the research and clinical aspects of UPCI and UPMC CancerCenter together under one roof. 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