John Maris, MD, a world-renowned pediatric oncologist and the Giulio D’Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research at CHOP, is this year’s recipient of the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Pitcher of Hope Award. Dr. Maris accepted the honor during a ceremony held on May 31 in the Hub for Clinical Collaboration on CHOP’s Philadelphia campus. This award recognizes a CHOP employee who has gone above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of children with cancer.
Dr. Maris, who was Alexandra “Alex” Scott’s oncologist when she was a patient at CHOP, leads a team of researchers dedicated to rapidly translating research about childhood cancers from the laboratory bench to the bedside. His research focuses on improving pediatric cancer cure rates, minimizing long-term side effects and designing studies to help benefit children who have refractory or relapsed diseases for which treatment options may be limited. Dr. Maris is an inaugural member of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)’s Scientific Advisory Board and helped design its childhood cancer grant program.
ALSF started with one lemonade stand hosted by its founder Alex in her front yard to raise money to help her CHOP doctors find cures for cancer - she raised more than $2,000 in just one day. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma just before she turned 1, and she and her family moved from their hometown in Connecticut to Philadelphia to seek treatment at CHOP. Alex passed away in 2004 at the age of 8, having raised $1 million and left a legacy that inspired a nationwide fundraising movement. To date, ALSF has proudly raised over $300 million to support kids with cancer and their families and has funded over 1,500 lifesaving research projects at nearly 150 institutions across North America and Europe. To date, ALSF has donated approximately $17 million to CHOP through philanthropic support and research grants.
This year also marks 20 years of CHOP being a long-standing partner of ALSF, hosting lemonade stands and selling t-shirts at oncology locations throughout CHOP facilities in Philadelphia, King of Prussia and New Jersey. The inaugural recipient of the Pitcher of Hope Award honored Patricia “Pat” Brophy, one of Alex’s nurses at CHOP who passed away in 2008 after her own battle with cancer.
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John Maris, MD, a world-renowned pediatric oncologist and the Giulio D’Angio Endowed Chair in Neuroblastoma Research at CHOP, is this year’s recipient of the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Pitcher of Hope Award. Dr. Maris accepted the honor during a ceremony held on May 31 in the Hub for Clinical Collaboration on CHOP’s Philadelphia campus. This award recognizes a CHOP employee who has gone above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of children with cancer.
Dr. Maris, who was Alexandra “Alex” Scott’s oncologist when she was a patient at CHOP, leads a team of researchers dedicated to rapidly translating research about childhood cancers from the laboratory bench to the bedside. His research focuses on improving pediatric cancer cure rates, minimizing long-term side effects and designing studies to help benefit children who have refractory or relapsed diseases for which treatment options may be limited. Dr. Maris is an inaugural member of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)’s Scientific Advisory Board and helped design its childhood cancer grant program.
ALSF started with one lemonade stand hosted by its founder Alex in her front yard to raise money to help her CHOP doctors find cures for cancer - she raised more than $2,000 in just one day. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma just before she turned 1, and she and her family moved from their hometown in Connecticut to Philadelphia to seek treatment at CHOP. Alex passed away in 2004 at the age of 8, having raised $1 million and left a legacy that inspired a nationwide fundraising movement. To date, ALSF has proudly raised over $300 million to support kids with cancer and their families and has funded over 1,500 lifesaving research projects at nearly 150 institutions across North America and Europe. To date, ALSF has donated approximately $17 million to CHOP through philanthropic support and research grants.
This year also marks 20 years of CHOP being a long-standing partner of ALSF, hosting lemonade stands and selling t-shirts at oncology locations throughout CHOP facilities in Philadelphia, King of Prussia and New Jersey. The inaugural recipient of the Pitcher of Hope Award honored Patricia “Pat” Brophy, one of Alex’s nurses at CHOP who passed away in 2008 after her own battle with cancer.
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