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Who is Katie Miller?
Katherine Miller, known as Katie by her medical school classmates, was a dynamic, empathetic, kind and beautiful young woman. She approached life with determination and love. Her compassion, drive, and natural charm in turn inspired family members, friends, educators, and mentors.
Born in New York City and baptized in the Greek Orthodox faith, Katie lived with her family first in Manhattan and then in Palm Beach, Florida, where she completed elementary and middle school education. She graduated from high school at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut. She gravitated toward math, science and French studeies. She excelled academically and earned Dean's List honors. Outside the classroom, Katie formed enduring friendships through her passion for water sports. She also explored the fine arts through painting and drawing and enjoyed impressionist art especially.
At the University of Virginia, Katherine found herself drawn to the intricacies of ancient Latin and Greek, which led her to intensive Summer language studies in classics at the University of California-Berkeley and study abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scottland. In Florida, Katie served several internships with local physicians and came to value the holistic approach to treating patients.
Conference Presentations
Colon Cancer History, Pitfalls, Perils and Pearls
Roscoe F. Morton, M.D., FACP, earned a B.A. from Colorado College and an M.D. from the University of Kansas. He has been with Medical Oncology and Hermatology Associates since 1981 and is an investigator for the North Central Treatment Group, a cancer outreach program of the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has also published a number of articles and abstracts and focuses on melanoma, colon, rectal, breast and lung cancer.
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Nancy Kemeny, M.D., earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. She is currently a physician in the Gastrointestinal Oncology service, division of Solid Tumor Oncology, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She is also a professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association of Cancer Research. She serves a number of prominent medical journals as scientific reviewer, advisor or editorial board member and has been frequently published.
The RSVP deadline as passed for the 2008 Katie Miller Young Adult Cancer Conference. If you have any questions, please contact Alison Noftsger at 271-1513. Thank you.
