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Everett E. Vokes
Everett E. Vokes is an American oncologist. He is the John E. Ultmann Professor, chair of the Department of Medicine, and physician-in-chief at the University of Chicago Medical Center. In this role, he pioneered the combination radiation and chemotherapy as first-line treatment for head and neck cancer. Early life and education Vokes was born in New York City where his parents lived and studied at Juilliard School. His family shortly thereafter relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, and at the age of four, his parents divorced. As his mother’s family were German immigrants, he went with his mother to Bonn, Germany so she could continue to work as a pianist. He earned his medical degree at the University of Bonn and returned to North America for his residency in internal medicine at Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center in Chicago and at the University of Southern California. During his time as a medical fellow, he began to believe "the answer [to cure cancer] might lie in giving patien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Bonn
The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine University) on 18 October 1818 by Frederick William III, as the linear successor of the ( en, Academy of the Prince-elector of Cologne) which was founded in 1777. The University of Bonn offers many undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of subjects and has 544 professors. The University of Bonn is a member of the U15 (German universities), German U15 association of major research-intensive universities in Germany and has the title of "University of Excellence" under the German Universities Excellence Initiative; it is consistently ranked amongst the best German universities in the world rankings and is one of the most research intensive universities in Germany. Bonn has 6 Clusters of Excellence, the most of any German university; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
