McCabe wins prestigious Emory Medal

Currently the director of the Cancer Survivorship Program, the nation’s first survivorship initiative as well as the Ethics Committee Chair at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mary S. McCabe 72BSN has spent her career in oncology. She launched the program, developed a nurse-led patient care model, and led the efforts to make the program the largest in the nation. During her career, McCabe has been a pioneer in survivorship care following adult onset cancers. Her papers and protocols are read and studied around the world, and her research in health protocols has been a major influence on national health care policy.

The field of medicine was a natural choice for McCabe. Her father was a physician, her mother was a nurse, and she married a doctor. When it was time for her husband’s residency, they chose Emory, not only for its excellence, but also because of its nursing school. Since she already had a four-year degree in biology, the administration set up a specific curriculum for her. “When I think about my affinity for Emory, I keep going back to the unique mentorship and focus on what were my needs and not just making me fit into the cookie cutter of what other students needed,” says McCabe.

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About the Emory Medal

The Emory Medal is the highest university award given to alumni. It honors distinguished service to Emory or the Emory Alumni Association, service to the community, or outstanding professional achievement.