Dean Lichter to Receive ASTRO Gold Medal

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U-M Medical School Dean Allen S. Lichter, M.D., has been chosen by the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology to receive the society’s 2005 Gold Medal.

“The Gold Medal designation, the highest honor ASTRO awards, recognizes distinguished accomplishments and contributions in the field of radiation oncology,” says Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D., ASTRO chair, and chair of the U-M Department of Radiation Oncology.

Lichter was recognized for his dedication to teaching the next generation of radiation oncologists and for his development, along with other colleagues, of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy. He will receive the award in October during ASTRO’s 47th annual meeting in Denver.