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Dr. Randy Siegel Pediatric Cancer Medical Humanitarian of the Year Award: Dr. Aaron Weiss, DO

The Hugs for Brady Foundation is proud to honor 
DR. AARON WEISS, DO
as the 2015 Recipient of the 
Dr. Randy Siegel Pediatric Cancer Medical
HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
Aaron Weiss, DO is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. Dr. Weiss graduated from the University of Rochester in 1994 and subsequently earned his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999. He completed a pediatric emphasis internship at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine/Albert Einstein Medical Center in 2000 followed by a pediatric residency at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE in 2003. He then went on to complete a pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN in 2006. He subsequently spent six years as an attending pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey/University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now Rutgers) and Jersey Shore University Medical Center. In 2012, Dr. Weiss joined the Maine Children’s Cancer Program at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME.
Dr. Weiss has particular interest in pediatric sarcomas. He has co-authored a number of publications on this subject and is currently involved in conducting pediatric clinical trials both locally and nationally in the fields of desmoid tumor and non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma. He is the Principal Investigator of the Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation-funded project: Deregulated mTOR in Desmoid-type Fibromatosis: Identification and Validation of a New Therapeutic Target. He is also a co-Principal Investigator for the current Children’s Oncology Group study: Pazopanib Neoadjuvunt Trial on Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas (PAZNTIS): A Phase II/III Randomized Trial of Preoperative Chemoradiation or Preoperative Radiation Plus or Minus Pazopanib. Dr. Weiss lives in Falmouth, ME with his amazing wife of 17 years, Romy, and four children, Makayla 13, Delaney 9 (soon to be 10), Jared 5 and Ginger the dog (adopted) 2. The family loves skiing, exploring all Maine has to offer and spending quality time with extended family. Favorite Quote: “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” Charles Chaplin   Register for the 5th Annual Hugs For Brady Gala today!