The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Merit Award

Friday, March 2, 2018

The American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Merit Award

Dr. Dan Avradopoulos provides medical services as the lead physician in wound care at Heywood Hospital in Massachusetts. A recognized physician, Dr. Dan Avradopoulos has received numerous awards, including the Susan G. Komen Local Hero award and the Merit Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

A medical research and education organization, the American Society of Clinical Oncology draws on a membership of over 40,000 oncology professionals in its fight against cancer. The organization provides services that range from cancer research and professional learning programs to patient care initiatives and global networking.

Moreover, the society, with support from its affiliate the Conquer Cancer Foundation, encourages excellence in the oncology profession through its Merit Award program. Designed for fellows and oncology trainees, the award recognizes scientific excellence in research with a $1,000 award. Moreover, award recipients receive complimentary admission to an American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, where they can present their research.

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About Me

Dr. Konstantino (Dan) Avradopoulos has more than 20 years of experience in medicine and currently serves as a surgeon and the lead physician of the Wound Care Center at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts. The Wound Care Center received a Center of Distinction Award from Healogics, Inc., in 2016. Following his graduation from Northeast Ohio University's College of Medicine, Dr. Dan Avradopoulos completed a surgical residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital, where he distinguished himself as the chief resident of his class.

Subsequently invited to a surgical oncology fellowship at Brown University College of Medicine and the Roger Williams Medical Center, Dr. Dan Avradopoulos was honored to receive the American Cancer Society's Clinical Fellowship Award and the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Merit Award. He completed his fellowship in 1996 and went on to serve on the surgical staffs of three Providence hospitals, all affiliated with Brown University.

Since that time, Dr. Dan Avradopoulos has held clinical staff positions and administrative posts at several prominent New England hospitals. While serving as the director of surgical oncology and gastrointestinal oncology at Saint Vincent Hospital in the Worcester (Massachusetts) Medical Center, Dr. Avradopoulos took on additional responsibilities as the surgical oncology director and medical director of the breast cancer clinic at Reliant Medical/Fallon Clinic. Later hired as a staff surgeon and hospital administrator at Harrington Hospital, Dr. Avradopoulos now serves as the lead physician of Heywood Hospital’s Wound Care Center.