Date:5/25/2011

s international relations efforts. As a long-standing member and chair of the International Relations Committee, Dr. Cummings and his colleagues established ASTRO international education courses and international visiting professor programs to provide guidance to radiation oncologists in medically developing countries. He served as organizer and speaker for eight courses around the world and served as the ASTRO representative to the Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Asociacin Latinoamericana de Terapia Radiante Oncolgica (ALATRO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Dr. Cummings is a world-renowned expert in gastrointestinal cancers, specifically anal and rectal cancer, and with his clinical colleagues has made several scientific advances in the primary radiation treatment of rectal cancer and the combined modality treatment of anal cancer. He is currently a professor of radiation oncology at the University of Toronto and a radiation oncologist at Princess Margaret Hospital, both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Cummings is a former chief of radiation oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital and chair of the department of radiation oncology at the University of Toronto, positions he held from 1991-2001.

"Drs. Ang and Cummings have both made significant contributions to radiation oncology, ASTRO and cancer patients worldwide over the span of their careers," Anthony L. Zietman, MD, chairman of the ASTRO Board of Directors and a radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said. "ASTRO has been extremely lucky to have them so involved in the Society and I am honored to be able to recognize them for their decades of hard work and dedication with this year's Gold Medal award."

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Contact: Beth Bukata bethb@astro.org 703-839-7332 American Society for Radiation Oncology Source:Eurekalert

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