Donors and Friends of UPCI and UPMC Cancer Centers

At the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and UPMC Cancer Centers, we believe that every gift we receive represents an important investment in the tri-state region’s finest cancer research and care. We wish to express our wholehearted appreciation to the individuals, families, businesses, corporations, foundations, advocacy organizations and other groups who have so generously supported our programs. As individuals and as a collective whole, your recent gifts and continued interest in our efforts hold great promise to help advance the frontiers of cancer research and care. We express our most sincere thanks for your vote of confidence in our work!

Below is a list of our recognition societies through which we acknowledge and honor donors who have made various types and levels of gifts. We will publish the names of these donors in UPMC Cancer Centers’ and UPCI’s Cancer Discovery & Care Magazine. View our current (Fall 2007) issue, or see our archives at http://www.upmccancercenters.com/news/publications.html

Giving Levels — UPCI and UPMC Cancer Centers

Endowed Chairs and Funds

Donors of endowed chairs, fellowships and funds help us maintain and advance our state-of-the-art cancer research and clinical care by generating a continuous stream of income to fuel these endeavors.

Current UPCI and UPMC Cancer Centers' Chairs include the following:

• The Claude Worthington Benedum Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology
• The Hillman Endowed Chair in Oncology
• The Richard M. Cyert Endowed Chair in Molecular Oncology
• The Arnold Palmer Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention
• The Lawrence Ellis Endowed Chair in Hematology and Oncology
• The Sampson Family Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
• The Bernard Fisher Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology
• The Sandra and Thomas Usher Endowed Chair in Melanoma
• The Giant Eagle Foundation Endowed Chair in Cancer Genetics
• UPMC Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Surgical Research

General Gifts

All contributions help to fulfill our most fundamental needs and are critical to the giving levels. Vital support for the operation of our basic research programs, clinical research and care programs, recruitment of new physicians and scientists, patient education and outreach programs.

Gifts are recognized through the following giving levels. Membership in these levels are contingent upon sustained annual investments in UPCI and UPMC Cancer Centers at these designated levels:

Circle of Hope ($10,000+)

Visionaries’ Circle ($5,000 – $9,999)

Partners for Progress ($1,000 – $4,999)

Champions ($500 – $999)

Ambassadors ($100 – $499)

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