The IASLC’s Cancer Care Team Award recognizes specialists from multiple disciplines who collaborate to improve patient care.

Four multidisciplinary cancer care teams have been honored with one of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s highest accolades: the IASLC Cancer Care Team Award (CCTA).

Presented annually, the CCTA celebrates outstanding care teams from four global regions: North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia/Rest of the World. Each team is recognized for delivering exceptional care to patients with lung cancer and thoracic malignancies.

Nominations are submitted worldwide by patients, their loved ones, and caregivers/partners. The selected teams are recognized for exemplary attributes such as empathy, clear communication, shared decision-making, patient support, accessibility, and educational resources.

The 2026 Cancer Care Team Award Winners

Asia/Rest of the World

West China Hospital, West China School of Clinical Medicine, Suchuan University

Bowen Cai, Neurosurgeon
Youling Gong, Radiation Oncologist
Zilong Hao, Neurologist
Yong Hu, Pediatrician
Ying Jin, Pharmacologist
You Lu, Medical Oncologist
Jie Ruan, Obstetrician
Min Tang, Medical Oncologist
Zhenlei Wang, Pharmacologist
Jianxin Xue, Medical Oncologist
Zhuoran Yao, Medical Oncologist
Li Zheng, Clinical Pharmacologist
Xiaojuan Zhou, Radiation Oncologist
Bingwen Zou, Radiation Oncologist

Europe

University Hospital Zurich, Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich, Switzerland

Sven Hillinger, Thoracic Surgeon
Annegret Hinkelmann, Nurse Practitioner
Albana Rexhepaj, Study Coordinator
Ulrich Richter, Medical Oncologist
Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz, Thoracic Surgeon
Raphael Werner, Thoracic Surgeon
Jonas Willmann, Radiation Oncologist

Latin America

Hospital Español de La Plata, Comprehensive Oncology Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ayelén Chamorro, Nurse
Maria Emilia Cabrera, Palliative Care Psychologist
Juan Haramboure, Licensed Palliative Care Nurse
Jimena Daneri, NurseMaría Laura Luán, Medical Oncologist
Micaela Mansella, Pulmonologist
Maria Silvina Alvarez, Palliative Care Physician
Cintia Pólvora, Palliative Care Physician
Paola Price, Medical Oncologist
Martín Rafael Miralles, Palliative Care Physician, Coordinator
Luis Fabián Pintos, Medical Director
Daniel Francisco Reija, Director General
Victoria Schweig, Nurse

North America

Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Ariella Cohen, Physician’s Assistant
Cindy Frank, Nurse
Monika Kakol, Interventional Pulmonologist
Anthony Kim, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery
Rochelle Lara, Patient Care Coordinator 
Jorge Nieva, Medical Oncologist
Graeme Rosenberg, Thoracic Surgeon
Dean Wallace, Pathologist