Deborah Morosini: 2008 Dancing for Joan Emcee
Sister of the late Dana Reeve, Deborah Morosini, MD, earned a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MSW from the NYU School of Social Work. Pre-medical studies at Columbia University were followed by her 1990 matriculation at Boston University School of Medicine.
Deborah has two teenage sons who she raised as a single parent while completing medical school part-time. Her late brother-in-law, Christopher Reeve, was the commencement speaker at her 1997 medical school graduation. She completed a residency in pathology at Boston Medical Center, where she was chief resident.
Currently, Deborah is the Principal Pathologist for AstraZeneca in the research and development area of oncology discovery medicine.
Following her sister Dana's death from lung cancer in 2006, Deborah was called to action as a lung cancer advocate. As a board member of the Lung Cancer Alliance, she has met with key national legislators to further lung cancer research and treatment. She is a board member of The Bonnie J. Adarrio Lung Cancer Foundation, and can be heard nationally on public service announcements promoting lung cancer awareness. In November 2007, she received the Simply the Best Award for her lung cancer advocacy efforts.
Deborah continues to find inspiration and guidance from Dana and Christopher Reeve, and follows their entreaty to "Go Forward."