The latest New Yorker of the Week is a pediatric physician who's leading a stroll to action. NY1's John Schiumo filed the following report.

On this day, a short stroll in Van Cortlandt Park goes a long way in the fight against cancer. Each step raises awareness about sarcoma, a cancer of the connective tissues around bones, joints and muscles.

For young New Yorkers living with sarcoma, this walk means everything.

"I see patients every day, and the patients I see, this is incredibly important," says Dr. Richard Gorlick, the latest New Yorker of the Week. "Diagnosis of cancer, particularly in a teenager, is always frightening. You're always afraid what's the impact on your life, and even if you’re going to survive it,"

Gorlick experienced that fear. At the age of 13, he lost part of his leg to sarcoma, but he gained a focus on his future.

"The doctors and the patients, when you're dealing with a cancer diagnosis, you know, you bond because the enemy is  cancer," Gorlick says. "I wouldn't have gone into medicine if I didn't think they had truly helped me, and I sort of wanted the ability to help others the way I was helped."

Today, the Queens native is the chief of pediatric oncology at Montefiore Medical Center. For 11 years, he's organized the hospital's "Stomp Out Sarcoma Walk" to fundraise toward finding a cure.

"It’s a way for us to meet people just like us and for us not to be alone or feel like we are alone in this, because I know at times, I felt like I was alone or I was the only person that was going through this in the world," says Toni-Marie Clarke, a survivor of sarcoma.

"I had fun today because I got to meet new people," says Paulyn Moran, who is living with sarcoma.

Doctors, nurses, survivors and strangers, all raising thousands of dollars for research.

"Whether it’s good news, bad news, you are embraced," says Meranda Martin, a parent of a child living with sarcoma. "There's always support. There's always someone there to help. There's always someone there to listen."

"There was days where, you know, we do get hopeless, we do feel helpless. But I mean, we have this sense of security from these people that day in and day out give us their all, their effort," says Steven Hart, a survivor of sarcoma.

So, for turning a walk in the park to a call for action, Dr. Richard Gorlick is the latest New Yorker of the Week.

For more information about the Stomp Out Sarcoma Walk, visit montefiore.org/sarcomawalk.