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Tatiana Prowell: Being an oncologist has taught me…

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Dec 29, 2023, 16:02

Tatiana Prowell: Being an oncologist has taught me…

Tatiana Prowell shared a post by Débora Vendramini-Costa, Assistant Scientist at Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center, on X, adding:

“Being an oncologist has taught me this: getting back to our ordinary lives is one of the best gifts ever. Medicine is the Best Job!”

Quoting Débora Vendramini-Costa‘s post:

“That’s me ready to be discharged, leaving work through the front door as a patient, and finally spending Christmas with my loved ones! Thank you for the messages and good wishes! Recovery heart will be slow and painful, but I am CANCER FREE!!!”

Tatiana Prowell: Being an oncologist has taught me...

Source: Tatiana Prowell/X and Débora Vendramini-Costa/X

Tatiana M. Prowell is an Associate Professor of Oncology in the Division of Women’s Malignancies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Breast Cancer Scientific Liaison to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She was the principal architect of FDA’s policy on accelerated approval using pathological complete response as a novel regulatory endpoint in the neoadjuvant high-risk breast cancer setting, and a member of the Biden Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel Cancer Immunology Working Group.

A frequent public speaker, she is a three-time recipient of FDA’s Excellence in Communication Award. She is a past Giants of Cancer Care Award finalist, the recipient of the 2019 John and Samuel Bard Medal in Science or Medicine, and the recipient of a 2020 Webby Special Achievement Award for her effective use of social media during the pandemic. A passionate medical educator and mentor, she was Chair of the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting Education Committee.