2022: Dr. Patricia Gordon
Patricia Gordon, M.D. (Harvard ’78, UCLA School of Medicine ’82, Cedars-Sinai Internship ’84) was a radiation oncologist for 27 years. She was a partner at Beverly Hills Radiation Oncology and served on the medical team at Beverly Hills Cancer Center.
Dr. Gordon's commitment to saving women’s lives in the developing world has brought her to a career as a non-profit leader and international women’s health advocate. Using the “See and Treat” method, she founded CureCervicalCancer, which trains local healthcare professionals to screen and treat women for precervical cancer.
The “See & Treat” method used by CCC is endorsed by the World Health Organization for the detection and treatment of cervical cancer. It takes less than 15 minutes and it has nearly a 100 percent success rate. With this knowledge, Dr. Gordon took this procedure into some of the most resource-poor areas of the world. Her first stops were in Senegal and the northern region of Ethiopia. Since those two fateful trips, Dr. Gordon and her team have industrialized this procedure.
When the CCC team establishes a clinic, the equipment and locally-trained professionals remain in place to continue the fight against cervical cancer for years to come. The CCC’s sustainable “Clinic in a Suitcase” model requires monthly reporting to measure outcomes, target successes, and assess where help is needed most. CCC has established 106 sustainable and ongoing CureCervicalCancer clinics in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Haiti, Guatemala, Vietnam, and training programs in rural China.
“Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death in countries where Pap smears are virtually nonexistent. We have a global epidemic: upwards of 300,000 women die every year from a nearly 100% preventable disease. Ninety-five percent of these women are in resource-poor countries living in extreme poverty. It was for these vulnerable women that I decided to act. I maintain fervently that I cannot see the world and remain indifferent to it.”
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