Olympic star athlete named to area board

TAMPA — Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center appointed Olympic gold medalist and cancer survivor Scott Hamilton to the organization's national board of advisors.

Hamilton won a gold medal in figuring skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He leads the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, which stands for Cancer Alliance for Research, Education and Survivorship, and the Scott Hamilton Skating Academy. The foundation supports two cancer education websites, a patient mentoring program and leads nationwide initiatives to raise awareness and funding for cancer research, such as Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer.

“The culture and expertise that Moffitt holds as the center of its identity is elevating cancer treatment options that were once thought to be science fiction,” says Hamilton in a statement. “This is exactly the kind of alliance partner the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation seeks to support.”