Dana法伯哀悼乳房外科医生卡洛琳凯林，MD，MPH的死亡，流式细胞仪-达纳法伯癌症研究所

Dana法伯社区是由卡洛琳玛丽凯林，MD，MPH，FACS，波士顿，MA的死感到非常难过，他在7月28日去世，被爱的人。一个天才的、富有同情心的乳腺癌外科医生，博士凯林在妇女癌症计划的外科肿瘤学家达纳法伯和主任的乳腺门诊在布里格姆妇女医院（BWH）。

Kaelin博士毕业于史密斯大学和约翰斯霍普金斯医学院。她获得了哈佛大学公共卫生学院硕士学位。34岁的她成为BWH综合乳腺健康中心的创始主任，当时年轻的女人挑出来的一个主要的哈佛教学医院工作这个口径。她很快就建立了自己作为全国最重要的乳腺癌外科医生之一。也在积极研究，博士凯林集中在医生和患者做出医疗决策和对生活质量问题的乳腺癌幸存者，尤其是锻炼的作用。在2001，新闻周刊把她作为“新世纪的15个女人之一”。

一个狂热的运动员，多次在潘博士凯林骑质量的挑战，一个192英里的自行车骑行募捐Dana法伯。在2003个训练后不久，她注意到了她自己的乳腺癌的早期迹象。经过多次尝试在保乳手术失败，她有一个乳房切除。尽管如此，仍从手术中恢复过来，凯林骑队哇博士PMC（女性肿瘤学家在轮子上）。

可悲的是，治疗乳腺癌的一种罕见的并发症预防博士回到和患者凯林临床实践，她爱。相反，她加倍的耐心教育和生存的努力，在缺医少药的特别强调，虽然是一个虔诚的母亲和她的两个孩子。

通过许多行动，大大改善了凯林博士面对乳腺癌的妇女的生活。一个视觉和钢探路去看透它，她开始对赛艇患者术后淋巴水肿的价值研究，以协助从奥林匹亚冬青梅特卡夫，创始人可以排。她共同撰写的获奖书籍，过乳腺癌和乳腺癌幸存者的健身计划,和helped create an innovative, exercise-centered breast cancer recovery program for the YMCA.

Intent on using her experiences to help others, Dr. Kaelin established the Quality of Life Fund at BWH to support breast cancer survivorship projects和launched the successful Knowledge, Strength,和Grace conference series for breast cancer patients和their families. In Aspen, Colorado, Carolyn's adopted second home where she loved to bicycle和hike, she cofounded the Quality of Life Cancer Fund with her dear friend Barbara Berger. Under the stewardship of the Berger family, this fund raises more than $100,000 each year to support indigent cancer patients living in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley.

Both a beacon和a powerhouse, Dr. Kaelin was empathetic, upbeat, deeply kind, intelligent,和gracious. She received numerous honors, including an 特殊女性 Award from Candy O'Terry和WMJX, as well as the Mary Horrigan Connors Award at BWH, recognizing her outstanding commitment to women's health.

In 2010, Dr. Kaelin was diagnosed with brain cancer unrelated to her previous breast cancer. She had two brain surgeries, each requiring extensive rehabilitation so that she could relearn to walk,和she was a trailblazer on several clinical trials testing new medical treatments for brain cancer. Always indomitable, she faced innumerable challenges, yet rose to each one, roaring back from setbacks to spend increasingly precious time with close friends和her family, who meant the world to her.

"We will miss her warmth, energy, intelligence, compassion,和humor," said Eric Winer, MD, director of the Breast Oncology Center in the Susan F. Smith Center,和Carolyn's oncologist following her breast cancer diagnosis. "She was uncompromising in her pursuit of truly outstanding care for each和every patient. I learned more from guiding her through the breast cancer experience than one could imagine."

Dr. Kaelin is survived by her husband William G. Kaelin, Jr., MD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Dana-Farber和Harvard Medical School Professor,和her children Kathryn Grace和William (Tripp).

In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in memory of Dr. Carolyn Kaelin to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to support brain tumor research under the supervision of Dr. Patrick Wen. To make your gift online, please visit www.dana-farber.org/carolynkaelin. To give by mail, please send a check payable to Dana-Farber to: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute和the Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445, noting "Carolyn Kaelin" in the memo field. Gifts may also be charged by phone by calling the Development Office at 617-632-6099.

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