[caption id="attachment_1768" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Iris Cantor, Richard DeScherer, Willie Geist, Mayor Bloomberg[/caption]
The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation and the Lupus Research Institute honored Iris Cantor, Chairman and President of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, at its annual Life Without Lupus Gala in November. Mrs. Cantor was celebrated as a trailblazer in bringing the power of philanthropy to transform medical research and care. Particularly fitting, the award was presented by Herb Pardes, M.D., retired president and chief executive and current executive vice chairman of New York-Presbyterian Hospital's Board of Trustees. There Ms. Cantor led the creation of the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center as well as New York's first Men's Health Center, also named in her honor. In her acceptance remarks, she noted that "philanthropy and innovation go hand in hand. Through philanthropy we can accelerate the path from concept to practice."
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