2022 LUNG FORCE Walk New York City

Fundraising is open until June 30th.

Thank you, walkers, sponsors, donors and volunteers, for making this year’s Walk the best day ever!

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Check out our awesome photos from Walk Day!

• The LUNG FORCE Walk provides critical funds for lifesaving research, early detection initiatives, and pandemic defense and prevention through our COVID-19 Action Initiative and vaccine outreach. Donate today.
• Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this year's event.

Medical Honoree

Dr. Elaine Shum
NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center

Dr. Elaine Shum is an Assistant Professor and thoracic medical oncologist at NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center. She graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Science in Biology and attended Stony Brook University School of Medicine for her medical degree. She completed her hematology and oncology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine. After fellowship she joined Bellevue Hospital Center and NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center, where she sees patients with thoracic malignancies and in the Phase I program. She is the principal investigator of several thoracic oncology and Phase I clinical trials. Her research interests include targeted therapies for lung cancer, early detection for lung cancer and lung cancer in never smokers.

One of Dr. Shum’s main reasons to pursue a career in oncology was the opportunity to foster relationships with her patients as they navigate through their diagnosis and treatment as well as being able to offer novel treatments. In addition, she has found an amazing community of patient advocates and colleagues within lung cancer and feels privileged to work alongside them. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.