Vera Peters
Medicine
Pioneer in Psychosocial Oncology |
- Birthdate
- April 28, 1911
- Birthplace
- Rexdale, Ontario
- Date of Death
- October 1, 1993
- Place of Death
- Toronto, Ontario
- Family Members
- Spouse: Ken Lobb
- Title
- Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto, 1982
- Status
- Deceased
- Degrees
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- M.D. University of Toronto, 1934
- Dr.Sc., York University, Toronto
- LLD, Queen’s University, Kingston
- Awards
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- Peters-Boyd Academy of the Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto named in her honor
- Woman of Distinction Award, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, 1988
- Gold Medal, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 1979
- Medaille Antoinne Beclere, France
- Officer of the Order of Canada, 1978
- Mentor
Dr. Gordon Richards, a radiation oncologist and director of the Department of Radiology at the Toronto General Hospital, who treated her mother for breast cancer and awakened her interest in treating cancer with radiation therapy
- Last Updated
- August 19, 2005
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