Just recently a young Filipina doctor, in the person of Maxine Grace Jaucian-dela Cruz, was honored recently with the Young Investigator Award by the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer in Rome, Italy for her work on “Correlates of Spiritual Distress with Physical and Psychosocial Distress.”

Doctor Maxine Grace Jaucian-dela Cruz is a true blooded Pinay who completed her medical degree at the University of the Philippines. During her residency training in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York in Brooklyn, she realized how little the medical system addressed the sufferings of the infirm and dying. “Medicine was lost in pursuit of curing physical illness,” Maxine states.

The Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer or the MASCC is an international multidisciplinary organization dedicated to research and education in supportive care in cancer patients. The award given by MASCC is given to individuals who have given substantial and noteworthy contributions to the field of cancer patient care.

This year, 12 individuals were awarded with Young Investigator Award and one of them is Dr. Maxine Dela Cruz. The award was presented in Rome, Italy.

Under the guidance of world-renowned experts in a field of medicine that is only now beginning to gain recognition, Dr. Maxine has become a promising figure. Armed with her passion and determination to help advance the practice of palliative care through clinical research and education, Maxine sees a bright future for this relatively young field of medicine.

Source: goodnewspilipinas.com

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