{"id":4975,"date":"2013-04-04T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7491\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"700\"]<img class=\"wp-image-7491 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/Brenner_Kolitz.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Kolitz\" width=\"700\" height="},"modified":"2016-03-30T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T21:56:07","slug":"1-million-gift-from-kolitz-family-supports-brain-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/1-million-gift-from-kolitz-family-supports-brain-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 million gift from Kolitz family supports brain cancer research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7491\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7491\" class=\"wp-image-7491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/Brenner_Kolitz.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Kolitz\" width=\"700\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/Brenner_Kolitz.jpg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/Brenner_Kolitz.jpg-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/Brenner_Kolitz.jpg-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>(Left to right) Dr. Brenner and his wife, Nicole, thank Sandi and Bob Kolitz for supporting research at the CTRC at the UT Health Science Center.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A transformational gift totaling $1 million from the Kolitz family &#8211; Sandi, Bob and Aaron Kolitz, and Karee, Loren and Millie Jones &#8211; will support the research of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.uthscsa.edu\/?pid=profile&amp;id=2AE0J1659\">Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a> Dr. Brenner is a neuro-oncologist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.uthscsa.edu\/\">Cancer Therapy &amp; Research Center (CTRC)<\/a> and an assistant professor of medicine at the UT Health Science Center. Part of the gift, $750,000, establishes the Sandi and Bob Kolitz Chair in Neuro-oncology Research at the CTRC. Dr. Brenner has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the chair.<\/p>\n<p>The other portion of their gift, $250,000, has created a research fund in neuro-oncology that supports Dr. Brenner\u2019s innovative approach of applying rhenium-186 to treat deadly brain tumors called glioblastomas. The method attacks the tumor with higher levels of radiation &#8211; 20 to 30 times the current dose of radiation therapy to patients &#8211; but spares a much greater amount of brain tissue. Dr. Brenner is developing a clinical trial at the CTRC for this promising new therapy that could revolutionize the treatment and care of patients with brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Kolitz said funding research at the UT Health Science Center and the CTRC is more important than ever. &#8220;The UT Health Science Center is vital to this region and we want to ensure that, even in challenging economic times, the lifesaving research and treatments produced here continue for a lifetime,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Dr. Brenner is a brilliant scientist and the Health Science Center needs more researchers like him who will help so many patients in this community now and in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A transformational gift totaling $1 million from the Kolitz family &#8211; Sandi, Bob and Aaron Kolitz, and Karee, Loren and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-2013"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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