ALBANY, Ga. — Even though she has a medical degree herself, Dr. Deborah Morosini did not realize the true impact of lung cancer until one of her loved ones perished from it.
Now she is making an attempt to raise awareness on a public level.
Morosini, sister of the late Dana Reeve and a pathologist at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, paid a visit to the Phoebe Cancer Center Thursday afternoon to give an address on how lung cancer impacts women.
Morosini was inspired to educate others on the subject by both her sister and late brother-in-law, actor Christopher Reeve. Dana Reeve, a non-smoker, died from stage-four lung cancer within a year of being widowed.
“In my mind, Dana was not the typical lung cancer patient,” Morosini said. “All she had was a light cough.
“Advocacy groups reached out for my help, and I thought: ‘I’m a doctor — how do I not know that lung cancer is a major cancer killer?’ ”