Recognize Greatness and Nominate Today
NOMINATEThe Giants of Cancer Care® program, presented by OncLive®, recognizes and celebrates the individuals who have achieved landmark successes within the global field of oncology. Giants of Cancer Care® is the premier oncology award program honoring leaders, selected by their peers, for their remarkable achievements in oncology research and clinical practice.
Giants of Cancer Care® Awards Program Overview
Nominations for the 2026 campaign launched on Thursday, May 29, 2025 and will close on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:59pm for the general public.
The Giants of Cancer Care® Advisory Board will vet all nominations to determine finalists in each category.
A selection committee of approximately 115 oncologists will vote to determine the inductees each year.
The annual Giants of Cancer Care® class of inductees are announced each Spring.
A maximum of 15 categories
will be awarded annually.
Nomination Guidelines
Nominees must hold an MD, DO, or PHD.
Domestic and international nominations will be accepted.
Nominees may only be submitted by other HCP's: MDs, DOs, PhDs, RSNs, NPs, etc.
Posthumous nominees will not be considered.
Nominations will not be accepted from industry (including Pharma).
** Please note that a nomination in a particular category does not ensure a winner for that category.
Please complete the nomination form below.
To review prior inductees from 2013 - 2025, click on your category of interest below.
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- Lisa A. Carey, MD, ScM, FASCO - 2025
- Joseph A. Sparano, MD - 2024
- Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH - 2023
- Carlos L. Arteaga, MD – 2022
- Nancy E. Davidson, MD – 2021
- Bernard Fisher, MD† - 2013
- Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, MD, FACP – 2015
- Larry Norton, MD – 2016
- Martine J. Piccart, MD, PhD – 2020
- Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD – 2014
- George W. Sledge, Jr., MD – 2018
- Eric P. Winer, MD – 2019
- Norman Wolmark, MD – 2017
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- Ayalew Tefferi, MD - 2025
- Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA – 2024
- Harold P. Freeman, MD – 2015
- Julie Gralow, MD – 2021
- Clifford A. Hudis, MD – 2020
- Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD – 2016
- Richard Pazdur, MD – 2019
- Edith A. Perez, MD – 2014
- Lori J. Pierce, MD – 2022
- Richard L. Schilsky, MD – 2018
- John R. Seffrin, PhD – 2014 (Educ.)
- Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO – 2020 (Educ.)
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- Brian M. Wolpin, MD, MPH - 2025
- John L. Marshall, MD – 2024
- Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD – 2023
- Jaffer A. Ajani, MD – 2022
- George D. Demetri, MD – 2014
- Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH – 2017
- Daniel G. Haller, MD – 2021
- Robert J. Mayer, MD – 2015
- Josep Tabernero, MD, PhD – 2018
- Margaret A. Tempero, MD – 2020
- Alan P. Venook, MD – 2019
- Bert Vogelstein, MD – 2013
- Daniel Von Hoff, MD, FACP – 2016
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- Primo "Lucky" Nery Lara Jr, MD - 2025
- Christopher J. Logothetis, MD – 2024
- Howard I. Scher, MD – 2023
- Dean F. Bajorin, MD – 2020
- Toni K. Choueiri, MD – 2021
- Lawrence H. Einhorn, MD – 2013
- Bernard J. Escudier, MD – 2019
- Maha H.A. Hussain, MB, ChB – 2015
- Philip W. Kantoff, MD – 2014
- Robert Motzer, MD – 2016
- Daniel P. Petrylak, MD – 2017
- Charles L. Sawyers, MD – 2013
- Eric J. Small, MD – 2022
- Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD† – 2018
- Patrick C. Walsh, MD – 2014 (Prostate)
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- David G. Pfister, MD - 2025
- Kie Kian Ang, MD, PhD† - 2014
- Waun Ki Hong, MD† - 2018
- Everett E. Vokes, MD – 2013
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- Franco Cavalli, MD - 2025
- Margaret A. Shipp, MD – 2024
- Fernando Cabanillas, MD – 2023
- James O. Armitage, MD – 2018
- George P. Canellos, MD – 2020
- Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD – 2014
- Vincent T. DeVita Jr, MD – 2013
- Emil J. Freireich, MD, DSc† - 2015
- Steven T. Rosen, MD – 2021
- Saul A. Rosenberg, MD† – 2019
- Julie M. Vose, MD, MBS – 2022
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- Saad Z. Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, FRCP - 2025
- Rafael Fonseca, MD – 2024
- Nikhil C. Munshi, MD – 2014
- Kenneth C. Anderson, MD – 2014
- Bart Barlogie, MD – 2018
- Clara D. Bloomfield, MD† - 2015
- Robert A. Kyle, MD – 2013
- Sagar Lonial, MD – 2020
- Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD – 2022
- S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD – 2019
- Paul G. Richardson, MD – 2021
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- Ludovico Balducci, MD - 2025
- Ethan M. Basch, MD, MsC – 2024
- Eduardo Bruera, MD – 2023
- Patricia A. Ganz, MD – 2018
- Dawn L. Hershman, MD, MS – 2021
- Jimmie C. Holland, MD† - 2014
- Richard J. Gralla, MD – 2020
- Charles L. Loprinzi, MD – 2015
- Hyman B. Muss, MD – 2017
- Jennifer Sue Temel, MD – 2022
- Jamie H. Von Roenn, MD – 2019
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- Michael Andreeff , MD, PhD - 2025
- Fabrice André, MD, PhD – 2024
- Charles Swanton, MD, PhD – 2023
- James P. Allison, PhD – 2014 (SA)
- Lewis C. Cantley, PhD (& Drug Development) – 2017
- Lieping Chen, MD, PhD – 2018
- Luis A. Diaz, MD – 2022
- Judah Folkman, MD† - 2013 (SA)
- Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD – 2017
- Maura L. Gillison, MD, PhD – 2020
- Susan B. Horwitz, PhD – 2019
- V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc – 2018
- Carl H. June, MD – 2015
- John Mendelsohn, MD† - 2016 (SA)
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- Mark G. Kris, MD - 2025
- Solange G. Peters, MD, PhD – 2024
- David P. Carbone, MD, PhD – 2023
- Paul A. Bunn Jr, MD – 2014
- David Gandara, MD – 2017
- Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD – 2022
- Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD – 2021
- Bruce E. Johnson, MD – 2018
- David H. Johnson, MD – 2019
- Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, MD – 2013
- John Minna, MD – 2015
- Tony S.K. Mok, MD – 2020
- Frances Shepherd, MD – 2016
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