Sumul N. Raval, a leading Indian origin Neuro-oncologist at Monmouth Medical Center and Community Medical Center in New Jersey, has been presented with the GBM (Glioblastoma Multiforme) Heroes Award during the 21st annual scientific meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“This is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime honor,” said Raval, noting that the global recognition is especially rare for a doctor at a community hospital. “I am humbled and grateful to receive this award.”
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He has been honored with the prestigious international award for the state-of-the-art treatment to people with brain tumors. Raval is a board-certified neurologist who has completed the fellowship in neuro-oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
This year’s conference has drawn 3,600 neuro-oncologists, neuro-surgeons, radiation oncologists, neuro-radiologists and scientists from 55 countries world wide and is said to be the most comprehensive neuro-oncology meeting.
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Monmouth Medical Center and the Community Medical Center, where Raval works, are of RWJBarnabas Health facilities, that are New Jersey’s biggest health care system.
Raval is the founder and director of David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center at Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey’s first and most comprehensive facility specialized in brain tumors that provides leading-edge care to the local community.
“He is very deserving of this honor,” said Robert Braun, vice president of cancer services for RWJBarnabas Health.
By Premji
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