History of Winship

Since 1937, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University continues to prevent, treat, and cure cancer across Georgia and the Southeast.

  • Winship received renewal of the prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). >>Learn more.
  • Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown opened for patients on May 9. >>Learn more.

  • Winship opened the first immediate cancer care center in Georgia, the Rollins Immediate Care Center. >>Learn more.

  • Winship named Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, new executive director. >>Learn more.

  • Winship clinicians and staff mobilized to face an onslaught of challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. >>Learn more.
  • Winship treats first lung cancer patient with T-cell receptor therapy. >>Learn more.

 

 

  • The relocated Winship Phase I Clinical Trials Unit started treating patients and expanded access to phase I trials for patients. >>Learn more.
  • Winship received a prestigious Lung Cancer SPORE grant from the National Cancer Institute. >>Learn more.
  • A groundbreaking ceremony was held in November for the new Winship at Emory Midtown. >>Learn more.

 

 

  • The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation donated $400 million to Emory University with part of the gift to be used to build a new Winship Cancer Institute facility in Midtown Atlanta. >> Learn more.
  • Winship treated its first patients with new FDA-approved CAR T-cell therapies.
  • The Emory Proton Therapy Center officially opened and treated its first patient. >> Learn more.

  • Winship received NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation. >>Learn more.
  • Winship celebrated its 80th anniversary. >>Learn more.
  • New Emory University Hospital Tower welcomed first cancer patient. >>Learn more.
  • A record $1 million was raised by Winship Win the Fight 5K. >>Learn more.

  • Staff and services were expanded at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Emory John's Creek Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown. >>Learn more.

  • Winship selected as Lead Academic Participating Site for National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network. >>Learn more
  • US News & World Report ranked cancer care at Emory University Hospital through Winship as the 24th best in the country. >>Learn more

  • Winship breaks ground on Emory Proton Therapy Center.
  • Glenn Family Breast Center established at Winship.

  • Winship receives NCI designation renewal.
  • Winship is first in the U.S. to test new brain tumor drug.

  • Changed official name to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

  • National Cancer Institute selects the Emory University and Georgia Tech joint research program as one of seven National Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence.

  • Winship opens new, 280,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility.

  • The center changes its name to Winship Cancer Institute.

  • The clinic is named Winship Cancer Center and begins coordinating cancer research and treatment for Emory, Crawford Long (now Emory University Hospital Midtown), Grady Hospitals and the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

  • First bone marrow transplant performed at Emory by Dr. Elliott Winton, an associate professor of hematology and medical oncology at Winship.

  • The National Cancer Act passes in Congress and the “War on Cancer” begins.

  • The Winship Cancer Clinic relocates into the Emory Clinic.

  • US Surgeon General Luther Terry issues the first report on smoking and health. The findings link cigarette smoking to lung cancer and other diseases.
  • Dr. Elliott Scarborough publicly declares he is convinced that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer.

  • Dr. Elliott Scarborough named to the National Advisory Cancer Council, a group of experts who advise federal agencies on policy issues, now known as the National Advisory Cancer Board.

  • The first chemotherapy drug to treat cancer is discovered.

  • In its first year, the Winship clinic treats 168 patients.

  • Dr. Elliott Scarborough becomes the clinic's first doctor and director.

  • The Robert Winship Memorial Clinic is founded at Emory University with a gift from Robert Woodruff. Woodruff, the president of Coca-Cola, had lost his mother to cancer that year. The clinic is named in honor of Mr. Woodruff's maternal grandfather, Robert Winship.
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