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CoC Announces CLP Outstanding Performance Award Winners

The CoC Cancer Liaison Program hosts the annual Cancer Liaison Physician (CLP) award program to recognize outstanding performance by CLPs in their role as the physician quality leaders of their cancer programs. This year, more than 80 nominations were submitted, and 10 CLPs have been chosen to receive this award:

Richard C. Anderson, MD, FACS
OSF Healthcare Systems-Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Illinois

Everett J. Bonner, Jr., MD, FACS, FSSO
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

David J. Coppola, MD, FACS
Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Dover, New Hampshire

Lynne M. Jalovec, MD, FACS
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
Peoria, Illinois 

 Edward Robert Kost, MD, FACS
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Seth B. Krantz, MD, FACS
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, Illinois 

Nisha A. Lakhi, MD, FACOG
Richmond University Medical Center  
Staten Island, New York   

Maxwell V. Meng, MD, FACS
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Julie Monroe, MD
White Plains Hospital
White Plains, New York

 William R Robinson, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

The CoC congratulates the award winners and thanks them for their leadership and dedication to improving the quality of care for cancer patients. The 2023 nomination period will open in the spring.