Awards, Appointments, Announcements

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▪ Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., has been named the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine at Yale University in recognition of his contributions to cancer research and treatment.

Director of Yale Cancer Center from 1993 to 2003, DeVita currently serves as chairman of the Yale Cancer Center Advisory Board and is a Yale University School of Medicine Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health. He was the director of the National Cancer Institute from 1980 to 1988.

Joseph R. Perella is chairman of Institutional Securities and Investment Group Banking at Morgan Stanley. His wife, Amy Perella, is a survivor of Hodgkin’s disease. Mr. and Mrs. Perella gave $2.5 million for the endowed position. Following DeVita’s tenure, the chair will be renamed the Vincent T. DeVita Professor of Medicine.

▪ Stephen A. Feig, M.D., was awarded the 2003 Gold Medal by the Society of Breast Imaging in recognition of his contributions to breast imaging research. Feig is a professor of radiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of Breast Imaging at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.