Palliative Care Expert To Present Annual Block Lecture
Posted 10/5/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dr. Kathleen Foley, attending neurologist in pain and palliative care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, has been selected to receive the 17th annual Herbert and Maxine Block Memorial Lectureship Award for Achievement in Cancer. She will visit The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute on Oct. 9 to deliver the Block Lecture.
The award, established by the Block family of Columbus, honors the memory of their parents, Maxine and Herbert J. Block, who both died of cancer. It is given annually to a renowned cancer researcher who is invited to OSUCCC-James to accept the award and deliver the annual Block Lecture.
Foley, 65, will present “Advancing Palliative Care for Cancer: A National and International Perspective,” at 8 a.m. Oct. 9 in 518 James.
Foley, who joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering in 1974, has devoted her career to pioneering the treatment and support for patients with serious or terminal illnesses. She started the nation’s first pain service in a cancer center in 1981 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
She is a member of more than 30 medical and scientific societies, including the Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the American Society of Clinical Oncology Panel on Cancer Care at the End of Life. She has received numerous honors and awards, including the 2008 American Pain Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
A monetary award of $25,000 is associated with the Block Memorial Lectureship, making it one of the largest prizes awarded by an academic institution in the field of cancer. The Block Memorial Lectureship is funded by proceeds of the annual Herbert J. Block Memorial Tournament, a golf outing established in 1982 by the Block family of Columbus to honor their father. The event has raised almost $4 million for cancer research at OSUCCC-James. The lecture is free, but seating is limited. To make a reservation, e-mail Nancy Jones at Nancy.Jones@osumc.edu.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is one of only 40 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States designated by the National Cancer Institute. Ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top 20 cancer hospitals in the nation, The James (www.jamesline.com) is the 180-bed adult patient-care component of the cancer program at The Ohio State University. The OSUCCC-James is one of only five centers in the country approved by the NCI to conduct both Phase I and Phase II clinical trials.
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