Lesser Elected to Board

November 1, 2005

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Glenn J. Lesser, M.D., associate professor, of hematology and oncology at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Society of Neuro-Oncology.

Founded in 1995, the Society for Neuro-Oncology is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting advances in neuro-oncology through research and education.

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Media Contacts: Diane Stephens, (336) 716-6906, dsstephe@wfubmc.edu; Shannon Koontz (336) 716-2415, shkoontz@wfubmc.edu; or Karen Richardson (336) 716-4453, krchrdsn@wfubmc.edu.

About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center: Wake Forest Baptist is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. It is licensed to operate 1,187 acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and is consistently ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.


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