Dedication of the “Punch” Worthington Laboratory at the UCLA Medical School, May 27, 2005

The David “Punch” Worthington Laboratory is located at The David Geffen School of Medicine at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The Laboratory was made possible by a generous initial donation and continuing support from Roger G. Worthington, a founding director of PHLBI. Under the supervision on PHLBI’s Scientific Advisory Board, Robert B. Cameron, M.D., Warren S. Grundfest, M.D. and Gary J. Schiller, M.D., The David “Punch” Worthington Laboratory is the home of exciting new research on novel strategies for the treatment of mesothelioma, lung cancer, leukemia, and other occupational cancers.

The laboratory is dedicated to Roger Worthington’s father, David “Punch” Worthington, a former genetics professor and union organizer, who contracted asbestosis and lung cancer. Punch Worthington is a long time patient of Dr. Robert B. Cameron.

Roger Worthington, Dr. Gerald Levey, the Dean of the UCLA Medical School, David "Punch" Worthington and Dr. Robert Cameron, Chief of Thoracic Surgery

David "Punch" Worthington, Dr. Gerald Levey, the Dean of the UCLA Medical School, Dr. Robert Cameron, Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Dr. Mary Maish, Thoracic Surgeon

Roger Worthington, Dave "Punch" Worthington and David Worthington

Kenton Kagy, Andy Waters, David Worthington, Dave "Punch" Worthington, Roger Worthington, John Caron and Dr. Robert Cameron