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Dr. Thomas Julian
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Age: 61
Residence: Sewickley Heights
Family: Wife, Ramona Scott Howe Julian
Occupation: Director of breast surgical oncology for West Penn Allegheny Health System; associate director of the Allegheny Breast Center; director of surgical breast cancer fellowship program at Allegheny General, funded by the Pittsburgh affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation; associate professor of human oncology at Drexel University College of Medicine; and senior surgical director of medical affairs at the Allegheny General Hospital-based National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Education: Bachelor's degree in chemistry from University of Pittsburgh in 1971; doctorate from University of Pittsburgh medical school in 1976
Noteworthy: Julian was awarded the 2010 Vivian and Meyer P. Potamkin Foundation Award for Breast Cancer Research, given by the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition to an outstanding leader in the breast cancer research community.
Quote: "I was very surprised and elated to receive such a prestigious award, because there are so many individuals who are qualified for this distinction. It certainly humbled me to think of receiving this award in regard to the number of women I have been able to help in the past years."
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