Pat Garcia-Gonzalez Named Finalist for UICC’s CEO Award
The Max Foundation is proud to announce that our Chief Executive Officer Pat Garcia-Gonzalez has been named a finalist for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)’s CEO Award!
An article by one of our partner physicians, Dr. Freddy Gnangnon in Benin, was recently published in Clinical Surgical Oncology. It’s about the management of locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors and how providing access to treatment free of charge improves survival outcomes.

The Max Foundation is a leading global health nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating health equity. For 28 years, Max has pioneered practical, scalable, high-quality solutions to bring life-extending treatments and patient-centered health care to more than 100,000 people living with cancer and critical illness in low- and middle-income countries. Max believes in a world where all people can access high-impact medicines, where geography is not destiny, and where everyone can strive for health with dignity and with hope.

We’re pleased to share that the New England Journal of Medicine has published our “Letter to the Editor” on treatment-free remission for chronic myeloid leukemia in low- and middle-income countries! It was written in collaboration with Dr. Jerry Radich from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and partner physicians from Armenia, the Dominican Republic, El….