2025 CANCER SURVIVORS HALL OF FAME DINNER WAS HELD ON
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025
Each year, this dinner honors outstanding cancer survivors, medical professionals, and humanitarians for their efforts to raise awareness and accelerate life-saving research. All proceeds benefit Cancer Research & Treatment Fund (CR&T), enabling us to advance treatments and initiate cures for cancer.
2025 CANCER SURVIVORS HALL OF FAME DINNER PHOTO GALLERY
This year’s honorees were:
2025 Cancer Survivor Honoree:
Nick Napolitano
Nick Napolitano is a Business Development Manager at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP who was diagnosed with polycythemia vera (PV) in 2016. Initially hesitant after his diagnosis, Nick found that sharing his story was the jumping-off point he needed to feel comfortable sharing his cancer journey. Nick lives in Westchester County with his wife and 2 sons.
Richard T. Silver, MD Humanitarian Award:
Kasia McCormick
Kasia McCormick is a native of Poznań, Poland and a former fashion model who speaks four languages fluently. She is a prolific volunteer, supporting many organizations. Kasia is a founding Board Member of the Pelzman Foundation for Healthcare Innovation and sits on the CR&T Board of Directors where she has served since 2010 joining her late husband, former President Doug McCormick.
Recently Kasia has turned her focus into being an advocate for palliative care and her passion for music through The New York Pops and music production.
Kasia lives in Manhattan and enjoys spending time with her five grandchildren . . . when she is not traveling.