Dale Han MD Memorial Scholarship Award
The SNOF through the SLNWG has established the DALE HAN MD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD as of 2021. This scholarship award has been established in memory of Dr. Dale Han, a surgical oncologist with specialty focus in melanoma and sarcoma. Dr. Han placed paramount importance on scholarship, teaching, and mentorship. The award includes a stipend of $3,000 to cover travel costs, housing, subsistence and attendance at the Annual Sentinel Lymph Node Working Group meeting on the evening of Wednesday March 9th, 2022 and the Society of Surgical Oncology International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care which takes place March 9th-12th, 2022 in Dallas, Texas.
Award recipients must either be surgical residents in training with an interest in surgical oncology or Fellows in a Complex General Surgical Oncology program and demonstrate an interest in cutaneous and soft tissue malignancies; interested applicants should have an abstract accepted (either as oral or poster presentation) at the Society of Surgical Oncology International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care in these topic areas.
Congratulations to the scholarship winner Dr. Adrienne Shannon , MD!
In Memory of Dale Han, MD
Dale Han, MD presenting his thin melanoma data from the SLNWG at our 2013 Cancer Metastasis Meeting in San Francisco, this paper was subsequently published in J Clin Oncology.
Adrienne Shannon, MD receiving the award on March 11 at the Society of Surgical Oncology Meeting Melanoma Parallel Session. The Dale Han MD Memorial Scholarship plaque is given by Drs. Karakousis and Dr. Zager.
