PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 6, 2013)—Paul F. Engstrom, MD, Acting Chairman of Medical Oncology and Senior Vice President of Extramural Research Programs at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is being honored by the Association of Community Cancer Centers with their Annual Clinical Care Achievement Award. Engstrom will receive the award at the organization’s 30th National Oncology Conference in Boston on October 4, 2013.
The Association of Community Cancer Centers promotes the entire continuum of quality cancer care for patients and communities. The organization strives to help oncology professionals adapt to the complex challenges of program management, reimbursement restraints, hospital consolidation and mergers, and legislation and regulations that threaten to compromise the delivery of quality cancer care. Their Annual Achievement Award is given to distinguished individuals who have made outstanding contributions to community cancer care and to patients with cancer.
Engstrom has devoted his professional and academic career to improving cancer prevention and early detection research and service. He established the first Cancer Prevention and Control Program in an NCI-designated cancer center at Fox Chase in 1979. Twelve years later, he established a highly successful and ongoing training and career development program that has groomed national leaders in cancer prevention and control research.
He has served as an advisor on some of the most influential cancer prevention and screening boards. These include the American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division; the National American Cancer Society; the American Association of Cancer Institutes; the American Society of Clinical Oncology; and the National Cancer Institute.
In addition, he is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Patient Guideline Committee. He is a worldwide spokesperson for the national guidelines to screen, diagnose, manage, and support cancer patients.