Peter Boyle, FRSE, FFPH, FRCPS(Glas), FRCP(Edin), FMedSci, died after a long illness on July 23 at his home in Lyon, France. He was 71.
Jerome Carl Landry, MD, MBA, a radiation oncologist at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, a professor at Emory University School of Medicine, and former medical director of Grady Memorial Hospital, died recently.
Herman Suit, the great father figure of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and one of the colossi of American oncology, has just died at the age of 93. He lost his beloved wife and partner Joan last year and since then has been in assisted living close to family in California.
On June 3, two days after his 87th birthday, John Edward Porter, who represented the 10th Congressional District of Illinois as a Republican for over twenty years, died of pneumonia in a hospital in Northern Virginia.
Robert “Bob” Seeger, a leader in research for the fight against childhood cancer, died peacefully in Bend, OR, on June 4, at age 82.
Moffitt Cancer Center and the global research community have lost a great leader, scientist, and collaborator. Dr. Robert J. Gillies died June 7 after an extended illness. His recruitment in 2008 and the contributions to science he made over the ensuing 14 years elevated Moffitt’s scientific stature. He was 69.
With the aid of a cane, Dr. Lucius Sinks moved briskly through the dining room at the Boar’s Head Inn in Charlottesville, VA. At the time, he was well into his ’80s. But he remained a formidable presence, with thick white hair, dark eyes, and a wry smile.
Last week pediatric oncology lost another pioneer in the field, Lucius Sinks. He was 91.
Last week, I became obsessed with reports that Vladimir Putin is a believer in an unproven remedy that involves bathing in blood drained from the horns of Siberian red deer.
Arthur D. Riggs, the diabetes expert who developed the technology that led to the first human synthetic insulin for the treatment of diabetes, died March 23 at age 82 after battling cancer. A biotechnology pioneer and a longtime leader at City of Hope, Riggs served as director emeritus of Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope... […]
