The 32nd David B. Kaner Memorial Lecture
A Norris Cotton Cancer Center Distinguished Lecture / Grand Rounds
 "Biology and the Management of Germ Cell Tumors"
Thursday, December 17, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Auditorium E
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Speaker: George Bosl, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Patrick M. Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York
George J. Bosl, MD
George J. Bosl, MD, is Chair of the Department of Medicine and the incumbent of the Patrick M. Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is also a Professor of Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Dr. Bosl has authored more than 300 publications, with an emphasis on the management and biology of germ cell tumors. His research has helped to identify more effective and less toxic treatment, a marker chromosome for germ-cell tumors that allows more specific treatment for this disease, and tumor studies that may enable a better understanding of why these tumors spread and fail to respond to treatment.
Dr. Bosl received his BS from John Carroll University and his MD from Creighton University School of Medicine. He completed residencies at The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Minnesota.
About the David B. Kaner Memorial Lectureship
This lectureship was established at Dartmouth Medical School in 1974 in memory of David B. Kaner, MD, by his loving family and friends. The David B. Kaner Memorial Lecture Fund brings distinguished guest lecturers in the fields of surgery and oncology to the Medical School each year, thereby expanding the body of knowledge of students, faculty, and the community at large.
David B. Kaner (1944-1974) graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan, received his MD degree from Wayne State Medical School, and began a surgical internship in 1972 at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.
In October 1973, David was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, which he valiantly fought for the next ten months. During this period, he was accepted into the Ophthalmologic Residency Program at the Mayo Clinic, where he planned to begin working after completing his surgical training.
However, after an all-too-short remission, David died in August of 1974. By all standards, David's life of 30 years was a tragically short one and yet he lived each day to the fullest. His gentle manner, concern for others, and commitment to his profession were felt by all whose lives he touched. Dartmouth Medical School is honored to have this Memorial Lectureship in tribute to his memory.
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