The Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation to Honor Walt Mickens and Lois Victor

The Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation (MFRF) will honor Walt Mickens, Chief Executive Officer of West Boca Medical Center/Tenet Healthcare Systems, and Lois Victor, Founder of The Victor Centers for Jewish Genetic Diseases, at its annual “See the Light” Awards Ceremony.

Under the leadership of CEO Walt Mickens, West Boca Medical Center is the charter and lead sponsor of five-year long Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation South Florida Genetic Testing and Education Fair and has provided a team of nurses, phlebotomists and physicians along with important funding to support the delivery of free screening for fatal genetic diseases to nearly 600 potential parents.

Lois Victor is the Founder of the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, the Victor Outreach Program at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, and the recently opened Victor Center at The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.