Jorge Cortes: It is an honor to receive this award named after a giant in leukemia research and a great mentor to me by another giant and mentor Hagop Kantarjian at the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO).

Jorge Cortes, Director of the Georgia Cancer Center, recently shared a post by the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) on X/Twitter, adding:

“It is an honor to receive this award named after a giant in leukemia research and a great mentor to me by another giant and mentor Hagop Kantarjian at the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO).”

Quoting the post of the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO):

“Humbly accepting the Michael J Keating Outstanding Achievement Award presented by ⁦Hagop Kantarjian to ⁦Jorge Cortes for all his work in leukemia. Congratulations, well deserved! MD Anderson Cancer Center, Georgia Cancer Center ⁦we’ve made progress but not for all.”

Source: Jorge Cortes/Twitter and Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO)/Twitter