LCA Mourns Death of NY Advocate Pamela Hicks

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 / PRNewswire / - Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) President and CEO Laurie Fenton-Ambrose issued the following statement today regarding the death of Pamela Hicks, Granville, NY
On behalf of the Board, our staff and fellow advocates, cancer of the lung Alliance offers deepest sympathy to Sarah and Jason to the death of their mother, Pamela.
Pamela was one of our "defenders of the pioneers" and co-founder of the Chapter of ACL, New York in 2006, a year after his diagnosis. Pam's years of experience in advanced nursing practice and highly skilled in advocacy for many public health issues to focus on lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths still one of the least funded.
Fellow NY co-president, Phyllis Goldstein said: "Pam has been an inspiration to me She is a true champion .." Commending Pam for her dedication, despite his condition worsens, Phyllis recalled: "When we had a appointment with the Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Health and senior colleagues, Pam has had to hire an aide to drive her to Albany and Granville to accompany him on tour. "
In one year, Pam and Phyllis were able to see introduced the bill first state in the nation on lung cancer early detection research through a bill sponsored by former wife of the Assembly and Now Senator Elizabeth Little and Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther.
Pam, who has never smoked, was particularly concerned about how the stigma of smoking and the responsibility associated with lung cancer have led to the underfunding of research. In 2002 his brother, who had quit in the early 1980s, died of lung cancer just two months after diagnosis.
Before his diagnosis, Pam was Director of the New Directions program for System Bon Secours Hospital. She was the founding president of the medical assistant of Henry County, Virginia, and later program director and professor of community health promotion advice program at Trinity College in Washington, DC.
Pam has also worked with veterans revision Counseling Centers and is deeply concerned by the lack of interest in the higher incidence and mortality from lung cancer among veterans.
"We are on the shoulders of Pam," said Laurie Fenton Ambrose, Lung Cancer Alliance President and CEO, "that his early work and dedicated to lead to increased compassion, understanding and support of the community lung cancer together not only in New York but across the country. paved the way for all of us as we grow our movement Pam story on - and we continue to build on his legacy. "