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2019 HEALTH CARE HEROES ®

AXA ADVISORS LIFETIME

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

CHARLES L. VOGEL, MD, FACP

Director of Women’s Center, Sylvester Comprehensive
Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach
Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Charles Vogel, 80, has been practicing medical
oncology since 1966—and battling breast cancer
specifically since 1975. His dedication to treating his
patients has few parallels, and it has made him an
oncologist of international renown with more than
500 breast cancer publications and abstracts to his
name. He has been listed in The Best Doctors in
America every year since 1992, and received the
inaugural Legend in Cancer award in 2019, which
will be renamed in his honor next year.
Dr. Vogel began his career with the National
Cancer Institute’s Solid T umor Service, which posted
him for four years to the Uganda Cancer Institute
where he launched its Solid T umor Centre. He
became the world’s leading expert in Kaposi’s sarco- “Some day, when the book
ma, and participated in some of the first is written about how breast
immunotherapy treatments for melanoma. He also cancer was finally defeated,
published early findings on the link between
Hepatitis B and primary liver cancer. Charles Vogel will have his
Dr. Vogel launched the first oncology inpatient own chapter.”
unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, and also served as Edward Abraham, MD
the chief of the Breast Cancer Division and later the
clinical director of the University of Miami’s Cancer Executive Vice President
Center. He left the university to head up clinical for Health Affairs
research programs within the private sector, where CEO, UHealth—University of Miami Nova Southeastern University is
he participated in the development of Herceptin, a Health System
monoclonal antibody that has successfully increased University of Miami Miller proud to recognize Johannes
the cure rate and extended the lives of patients with School of Medicine
HER2 positive breast cancer. Vieweg, M.D., FACS, Founding
He also started a nonprofit organization offering cutting-edge clinical research proto-
cols to qualified oncologists and their patients throughout South Florida, building a net- Dean, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College
work of 100 oncologists from 20 communities who referred 1,000 patients for clinical
studies. These trials led to the development of virtually every chemotherapy , hormonal of Allopathic Medicine, for his
and targeted drug currently approved for the treatment of breast cancer. commitment to advancing
In addition, Dr. Vogel participated in and published the pivotal manuscript that
changed the national and international guidelines for the use of Neulasta, the medication human health.
that helps chemotherapy patients reduce their risk of infection due to reduced white
blood cell count.
After 24 years in private practice, in 2010, Dr. Vogel joined Sylvester Comprehensive
Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach as the director of its Women’s Center. When asked why
he still worked, he simply replied, “I know I am making a difference in the lives of many
people.” Our students, faculty, staff and
administration salute Dr. Vieweg

and the other finalists in the
Greater Miami Individuals of Merit category of
Chamber of Commerce
2019 Health Care Heroes® the Greater Miami Chamber of
TASK FORCE Commerce’s Health Care Heroes
Awards.
Healthcare Committee Chair
Matthew I. Pinzur - Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Jackson
Health System
Healthcare Committee Vice Chair
Cliff Bauer - Vice President, Government Relations, Miami Jewish Health,
President – Florida PACE Centers, Inc.
Health Care Heroes® Task Force Chair
Charles Felix - Publisher, South Florida Hospital News & Healthcare Report

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