The National Comprehensive Cancer Network announced the recipients of a series of awards honoring individuals whose contributions fueled progress in improving and facilitating quality, effective, efficient, and accessible cancer care over the past year:
Timothy Eberlein,
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of MedicineOutgoing board of directors chair Eberlein was presented with a Board of Producers Award.
Margaret Tempero,
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer CenterA Board of Producers Award went to Tempero in honor of her long history of contributions to NCCN, which include chairing the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology Panel for Pancreatic Cancer
Richard Hoppe,
Stanford Cancer InstituteHoppe received the Rodger Winn Award for expert judgment and commitment to excellence in service of the NCCN Guidelines. As the founding chair of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for Hodgkin Lymphoma, the award is in memory of the first leader of the NCCN Guidelines program.
Michael Kolodziej,
ADVIKolodziej was awarded as a Partner in Cancer Care in appreciation for his efforts to engage policymakers, employers, payers, and others to improve the accessibility of high-quality cancer care.
Jennifer Burns,
NCCNBurns is a Guidelines Coordinator with NCCN’s Clinical Information Operations team. She was named the Pat Daulerio Employee of the Year Award recipient by her peers at NCCN. The award honors the memory of a longtime employee in NCCN’s meetings department.
