NEW YORK, June 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Brand-new York City Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has actually announced John P. Leonard, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian as its 2016 Manhattan Light The Night® corporate chair. Light The Night is LLS’s largest annual fundraising event held each fall to discover cures and offer access to treatments for blood cancer patients.
Dr. Leonard is the Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Associate Dean for Clinical Research at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is Vice Chairman for Clinical Research of the Weill Department of Medicine and Associate Director of Clinical Trials in the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Focus at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is likewise an Attending Physician and Chief of the Lymphoma Service at NewYork-Presbyterian and Director of the Joint Clinical Trials Office at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
An expert in hematology and oncology, Dr. Leonard’s research has actually been published in lots of medical journals, and he has actually offered as a member of the editorial boards of Blood and the Journal of Clinical Oncology, leading worldwide journals in these fields. He is Chair of the Lymphoma Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (formerly CALGB, ACOSOG and NCCTG), a multicenter cooperative group and vital component of the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network. Dr. Leonard has actually been an elected member of the American Board of Internal Medicine subspecialty board for Hematology, and he has actually likewise been elected to membership in the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Brand-new York City Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
“Supporting Light The Night is a highly effective means to partner along with LLS to boost vital funds for blood cancer research,” said Dr. Leonard. “I am honored to serve as the chair and anticipate encouraging others organizations and businesses to join me in supporting LLS by participating in Light The Night.”
Each year, Light The Night brings with each other friends, family members and co-workers that form fundraising groups to support lifesaving research and boost the quality of lives of patients and their families. Participants in nearly 200 communities across North America join with each other carrying illuminated lanterns to take actions to end cancer – white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer.
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian will certainly host the 2016 Manhattan Light The Night event, which will certainly be held on Thursday, October 6th start at 5:30pm at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Write-up on registering and volunteering can easily be discovered at http://ift.tt/WJpWSA.
“Once a loved one hears the words ‘you have actually cancer,’ it is a dark and scary time,” said Michele Przypyszny, Executive Director of LLS’s Brand-new York City Chapter. “LLS’s Light The Night Walk brings light to the darkness of cancer through hope, research and support for patients, families, friends, doctors, nurses, researchers, colleagues and care givers.”
LLS is the world’s largest voluntary healthiness agency dedicated to finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and others blood cancers. Through its efforts, it has actually invested a lot more compared to $1 billion in cutting-edge research to get there therapies. Thanks to research, survival rates for patients along with lots of blood cancers have actually doubled, tripled and also quadrupled because the early 1960s. Yet, despite these advances, regarding one 3rd of patients along with blood cancer still do not survive also 5 years after their diagnosis.
To discover more, contact LLS’s Brand-new York City Chapter at 212.376.5141, or visit http://ift.tt/WJpWSA.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary healthiness agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s ailment and myeloma, and boost the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research about the world, provides free Write-up and support services, and is the voice for every one of blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.
Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Rye Brook, NY, LLS has actually chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To discover more, visit www.LLS.org. Patients ought to contact the Write-up Resource Focus at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET.
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Weill Cornell Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine is committed to excellence in patient care, scientific discovery and the education of future physicians in New York City and about the world. The doctors and scientists of Weill Cornell Medicine — faculty from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and Weill Cornell Physician Organization — are engaged in world-class clinical care and cutting-edge research that connect patients to the current treatment innovations and prevention strategies. Located in the heart of the Top East Side’s scientific corridor, Weill Cornell Medicine’s powerful network of collaborators extends to its moms and dad university Cornell University; to Qatar, where an worldwide campus offers a U.S. medical degree; and to services in Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria and Turkey. Weill Cornell Medicine faculty offer comprehensive patient care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lesser Manhattan Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. Weill Cornell Medicine is likewise affiliated along with Houston Methodist. For a lot more information, visit weill.cornell.edu.
NewYork-Presbyterian
NewYork-Presbyterian is among the nation’s many comprehensive healthcare delivery networks, focused on providing innovative and compassionate care to patients in the New York metropolitan location and throughout the globe. In collaboration along with two renowned medical school partners, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian is consistently recognized as a leader in medical education, groundbreaking research and clinical innovation.
NewYork-Presbyterian has actually four severe divisions: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked #1 in the New York metropolitan location by U.S. News and globe Report and repeatedly named to the magazine’s Honor Roll of ideal hospitals in the nation; NewYork-Presbyterian Local Hospital Network is comprised of leading hospitals in and about New York and delivers high-quality care to patients throughout the region; NewYork-Presbyterian Physician Services connects medical experts along with patients in their communities; and NewYork-Presbyterian Community and Population Health features the hospital’s ambulatory care network sites and operations, community care initiatives and healthcare quality programs, including NewYork Quality Care, established by NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell and Columbia.
NewYork-Presbyterian is among the largest healthcare providers in the U.S. Each year, nearly 29,000 NewYork-Presbyterian professionals deliver exceptional care to a lot more compared to 2 million patients.
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