29 Oncology Professionals Have Received A Conquer Cancer Merit Award

The Conquer Cancer Merit Award is a prestigious recognition given by the Conquer Cancer Foundation, which is affiliated with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). This award specifically targets oncology trainees who are the first authors of abstracts selected for presentation at ASCO scientific meetings, including the ASCO Annual Meeting.

Twenty-nine professionals have been honored with the Award.

On this occasion, Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation shared a post on LinkedIn:

“29 oncology professionals have received a Conquer Cancer Merit Award for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community. They will present their abstracts during ASCOQTLY24, Sept. 27-28th in San Francisco. See the full list of recipients.”

Here is the list of oncologists:

• Shahzaib Ahmad, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida

• Ted Akhiwu, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

• Oluwatomiwa Awobayiku, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-AR

• Krista Chen, BS, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

• Nickolas Dreher, MD, Columbia University Medical Center

• Subhash Edupuganti, MD, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

• Ifeanyi Ekpunobi, BS, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

• Charles Gaulin, MBBS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Matthew Hadfield, DO, Brown University

• Franklin Iheanacho, BA, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• Margaret Katana Ogongo, PhD, MPH, MS, American Cancer Society

• Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Wake Forest University

• Youngmin Kwon, BA, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

• Anh Lam, DO, MBA, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

• Kaitlyn Lapen, MD, BS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

• Aaron Lee, DO, UC San Diego Health System

• Shipra Maheshwari, MD, University of Virginia Health System

• Alejandro Marrero Gonzalez, BS, Medical University of South Carolina

• Alissa Michel, MD, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center

• Joel Nortey, MD, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center

• Emily Podany, MD, Washington University in St. Louis

• Patricia Mae Santos, MD, MS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

• Kanan Shah, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

• Jonathan Shih, BS, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

• Shakirah Ssebyala, BSc, Weill Cornell Medicine

• Shannon Ugarte, MD, University of Pennsylvania

• Emily Wood, BA, MPH, Stanford University School of Medicine

• Margaux Wooster, MD, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center

• Jingxuan Zhao, MPH, American Cancer Society

More posts featuring Conquer Cancer on oncodaily.com