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Fumiko Ladd Chino: Honored to be on the hill today for ASTRO Advocacy Day with radiation oncology colleagues
May 25, 2024, 08:39

Fumiko Ladd Chino: Honored to be on the hill today for ASTRO Advocacy Day with radiation oncology colleagues

Fumiko Ladd Chino shared on X:

“Honored to be on the hill today for ASTRO Advocacy Day with radiation oncology colleagues from NY and NJ.

We’re calling on legislators to:

Support the ROCR Act to improve access to lifesaving radiation.

Fix prior authorization with prior authorization reform.

Cancer research funding to find more cures.”

Source: Fumiko Ladd Chino/X

Fumiko Ladd Chino is a cancer researcher and Assistant Attending in Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (USA), who specializes in gynecological and breast cancers. She was also a caregiver for her husband Andrew Mark Ladd, PhD who died from cancer in 2007.

She is a recipient of numerous awards, including ASCO Excellence in Equity Award (2022), Duke Radiation Oncology Award for Outstanding Clinical Research (2019), Duke University Hospital “Good Catch” Award (2018), Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award (2018), Duke University School of Medicine Dean’s Recognition Award (2014) and Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center Volunteer of the Year Award (2009).