2012 Award Winners 

Distinguished Member Award
Susan M. Koering, MEd, RHIA, CTR 

James A. Bradley Scholarship Conference Scholarship
Janice Pagano, MLT, ASCP, CTR 

Volunteer Excellence Award
Deborah A. Dickerson, RHIT, CTR 

Elekta Award for Journal of Registry Management: Best Paper of the Year 2012 
"Evaluating Factors Associated with Unknown Seer Summary Stage 2000 Derived from Collaborative Stage at Central Registry Level” 
Authors: Mei-Chin Hsieh, MSPH, CTR; Qingzhao Yu, PhD; Xiao-Cheng Wu, MD, MPH, CTR; Brad Wohler, MS; Ying Fan, MS; Baozhen Qiao, PhD; Ahmedin Jemal, DVM, PhD; Umed A. Ajani, MBBS, MPH 

Elekta Award for Journal of Registry Management: Best Paper of the Year 2012: Honorable Mention 
“Coding of Specific Subgroups of Myelodysplastic Syndromes in a Population-Based Cancer Registry: Prospects for Improvement” 
Authors: Anthony P. Polednak, PhD; Cathryn Phillips, CTR 


Danielle Chufar Memorial Annual Conference Scholarship
Catherine J. Busch, BA, CTR