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Dr. Kagan, MacArthur Fellow

Sarah Kagan

Dr. Sarah H. Kagan, the Doris R. Schwartz Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing, and associate professor, has been named as one of this year's MacArthur Fellows. As a recipient of the so-called "genius awards" she will receive a "no-strings attached" award of $500,000 over the next five years.

"I am mystified by the tremendous honor and the responsibility I believe comes attached with it. I hope it brings great visibility to nurses who who dedicate their lives to working with older adults--both those who conduct research, but especially those nurses who daily put their clinical expertise to work by caring for older adults with cancer," said Dr. Kagan.

Dean Afaf Meleis said, Dr. Kagan "epitomizes the commitment of nurses who blend true scholarship with the highest humanitarian levels of nursing care to produce evidence-based practice, providing expert care to vulnerable patients. It is a very special day for nursing as well because this award highlights to significance of what nursing is for patients and for health care."

Dr. Kagan is also a Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist in Medical Nursing at HUP, where she offers advanced nursing consultation to patients, their families, nurses, and physicians on the complex needs of older adults related to their hospitalization for acute or chronic illness. Dr. Kagan's secondary appointment is in the Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, where she consults on clinical research and the management of patients who have cancers and are suffering complex wounds and other symptoms.

According to the MacArthur Foundation, "Dr. Kagan is a nurse scholar with a commitment to clinical excellence, a passion for original scholarship, a dedication to teaching, and a singular ability to meld all three in the interest of older, frail, and vulnerable cancer patients. In an era when health care systems show ever-increasing signs of strain, characterized by nursing shortages, physician overload, and consumer bewilderment, Dr. Kagan surfaces as an energetic and creative countervailing force. In Older Adults Coping with Cancer: Integrating Cancer into a Life Mostly Lived (1997), she challenges ingrained preconceptions about the treatment of older patients, providing a framework for understanding their heterogeneity of responses to cancer."

Dr. Kagan received an A.B. (1984) from the University of Chicago, a B.S. (1986) from Rush University, and an M.S. (1989) and a Ph.D. (1994) from the University of California, San Francisco.

 

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 7, October 7, 2003

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