Recipients of the ROI Juan A. del Regato Fund Gold Medal

2008: Ritsuko Komaki, MD, FASTRO

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Lecture: "Molecular Targeted Treatment for Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer"
Award Sponsor: Froedtert and Medical College Clinical Cancer Center and Ron and Laura Strain Education Center

2007: Mayer Zaharia, MD

Peru, South America
Lecture: “Our Contribution to a Wider Knowledge of Latin American Regional Pathology”
Award Sponsor: ALATRO (Associacion Latin Americana de Terapia Radiologica Oncologica)

2006: J. Frank Wilson, MD, FASTRO

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lecture: “Radiation Oncology: Accelerated Evolution of an Oncological Discipline”
Award Sponsor: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology

2005: Brian O'Sullivan, MD, FASTRO

Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Lecture: "Balancing Morbidity and Efficacy in the Management of Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma"
Award Sponsor: University of Florida College of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education and Department of Radiation Oncology

2004: Lester J. Peters, MD, FASTRO

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Lecture: “Use of PET to Biologically Characterize Tumors and Monitor Their Response to Treatment”
Award Sponsor: Stanford University

2003: Zvi Fuks, MD, FASTRO

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Lecture: "Endothelium as a Target for Tumor and Tissue Response to Radiation"
Award Sponsor: The University of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

2002: Jean-Claude Horiot, MD, PhD

Institut Multidisciplinaire d’Oncologie, Genolier, Switzerland
Lecture: “Radiation Therapy, a Young Centenarian: A Diagnosis Based Upon Research Achievements”

2001: Sarah S. Donaldson, MD, FASTRO

Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
Lecture: "Pediatric Hodgkin’s Disease—Up, Up and Beyond"

2000: Andrée Dutreix, PhD

Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

1999: Marie Overgaard, MD

Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

1998: Philip Rubin, MD, FASTRO

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York

1997: Eric J. Hall. MD, DSc, FASTRO

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
Lecture: "Genetic Control of Radiosensitivity"
Award Sponsor: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

1996: Theodore Phillips, MD, FASTRO

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Lecture: "Progress in the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas"
Award Sponsor: Indiana University School of Medicine

1995: François Eschwège, MD

Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

1994: James D. Cox, MD, FASTRO

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Lecture: "Evolution and Accomplishments of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group"

1993: Malcolm A. Bagshaw, MD, FASTRO

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

1992: Herman D. Suit, MD, DPhil, FASTRO

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

1991: Samuel Hellman, MD, FASTRO

University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Award Sponsor: Wake Forest University School of Medicine

1990: H. Rodney Withers, MD, DSc, FASTRO

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

1989: Robert R. Wilson, PhD

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois

1988: Jerzy Einhorn, MD

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

1987: Maurice R. Tubiana, MD, PhD

Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

1986: Luther W. Brady, MD, FASTRO

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lecture: “The Present and Future Role of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Management of Cancer”
Award Sponsor: West Coast Cancer Fund, University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology

1985: Victor A. Marcial, MD, FASTRO

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and University Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1984: John F. Fowler, PhD, DSc, FASTRO

Gray Laboratory at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, United Kingdom

1983: Klaus-Rüdiger Trott, MD

Gray Laboratory at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, United Kingdom

1982: Sir David W. Smithers, MD

Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, London, England

1981: William T. Moss, MD, FASTRO

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

1980: H. Julian G. Bloom, MD

Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England

1979: Gilbert H. Fletcher, MD

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

1978: Brigit Van Der Werf-Messing, MD

Rotterdamsch Radio-Therapeutisch Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1977: John H.C. Ho, MD

Institute of Radiology and Oncology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Lecture: "An Epidemiologic and Clinical Study of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma"
Award Sponsor: Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia

From 1977 to 2008, the Juan A. del Regato Fund annually awarded a Lectureship and Gold Medal to individuals who made outstanding contributions to the field of radiation oncology. While the list below includes all of the records of the lectures currently available, we are looking for additional information regarding these awards. If you have information that will help us to complete this record, please send us an email.