Wafik S. El-Deiry: Congratulations to Ana Maria Cuervo on receiving the highest academic honor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York

Wafik S. El-Deiry posted on LinkedIn:

“Congratulations to Interurban Clinical Club Member Ana Maria Cuervo on receiving the highest academic honor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York:

Attached is the message from Einstein’s Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean Yaron Tomer (a member of the Interurban Clinical Club):

Here is a link to a biography of Dr. Cuervo published in PNAS in 2022. ”

Source: Wafik S. El-Deiry/LinkedIn

Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, an American Cancer Society Research Professor, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University. Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. This has been the most highly cited original work published in Cell. He discovered TRAIL receptor DR5 as a p53 target, and ONC201/TIC10 as a TRAIL pathway, integrated stress response inducer, and cancer therapeutic with efficacy in diffuse midline glioma and other tumors.  He was named one of America’s Top Oncologists by the Consumer Res Council of America in 2008 and 2009. He is a practicing physician-scientist specializing in colorectal cancer treatment.