Fumiko Ladd Chino: I am officially now a ‘plant pusher’

Fumiko Ladd Chino shared a post on X:

“If you see me before I leave Manhattan, please know that I am officially now a ‘plant pusher’.

I WILL be giving you a plant (or several) as I try to rehome many of my beloved (fostered and propagated during the cold dark years of peak covid) before I depart to Houston.”

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).