Dr. Daniel Von Hoff Distinctions
Awards and Honors
Dr. Von Hoff is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his patient care, teaching accomplishments and clinical investigation, including the highest award given for clinical investigation by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the 2010 David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award and Lecture ASCO, the 2001 Scripps Genomic Medicine Award, the Maurice M. Burkholder Lectureship in Oncology, the Grant Award “Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team” – “Cutting Off the Fuel Supply: A New Approach to the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer”, Stand Up to Cancer the Arizona Business Magazine Health Care Leadership Award, 2009, the William F. McWhortor Community Service Leader of the Year, the Todd H. Wasserman Lectureship in Translational Research for Washington University Alumni, The Joel M. Childers, MD – 7th Annual Memorial Lecture Series , the 2003 Block Award and The Weinberg Award, presented by the Dana Farber Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School. He has received the Frederick S. Philips Lectureship from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Michel Clavel Lectureship from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), and the Bagshawe Lectureship from the British Association for Cancer Research. In 1997, Dr. Von Hoff received the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award from AACR and was elected President of that organization for 1999-2000.
Dr. Von Hoff served a six-year term on President Bush's National Cancer Advisory Board (June 2004 - March 2010) and has served on the FDA’s Oncology Advisory Committee. He is the past President of the American Association for Cancer Research (the largest cancer research organization in the world), a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member and past board member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
