Category: Lymphoma Program News

Dr. John Leonard on Fox 5 New York’s Good Day Street Talk

In case you missed it Saturday morning, you can watch Dr. John Leonard, director of the Weill Cornell Lymphoma Program and current patient Robert Azopardi talk to Good Day Street Talk on FOX 5 / Fox5NY.com about the annual LLS Light The Night Walk tradition to shine a light on the cure for blood cancers. The segment can be watched here: http://bit.ly/2dxGoQy

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The LLS Light the Night event will take place later this evening beginning at 5:30 pm in Rumsey Playfield Central Park. https://goo.gl/hMCWsG

 

Taking a Pie in the Face for Lymphoma

The results are in and the first annual Pie-in-the-face event was a smashing success! We raised $3500 for the  The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as part of the 2016 Light The Night campaign.

Obviously the highlight of the event was Lymphoma Program Director, Dr. John Leonard receiving a pie in the face from his esteemed colleague Dr. Peter Martin. Look at that fakeout!

Asked about his pie throwing heroics after the event Dr. Martin said, “Sometimes this job requires us to make tough decisions, like should I throw the pie with my left hand or right hand? At first I was nervous about throwing a pie at my boss…just kidding, it was awesome.”

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More pics of the event can be found here. Thanks to the Meyer Cancer Center & Englander Institute for Precision Medicine for organizing this event. Additional donations can be made on our Light the Night team page.

Who Would You Pie?

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The Meyer Cancer Center & Englander Institute for Precision Medicine are hosting a friendly competition to raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as part of the Light The Night campaign.

Pick who you want to get pied by donating to their “pie fund”. If the fund reaches its $250 goal, that person will get pied. The biggest donors get the honor of launching the pies.

…HOWEVER…

The pie recipients can save themselves by doling out their own dough, matching the money raised in their fund. They can then designate someone else to get the pie.

The date and site

Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 5:00 P.M.

Belfer Research Skylight Terrace (2nd floor)

So let’s make the stakes as high as possible, and have some fun while we are at it!