PORTLAND (AP) — The Buckfield-born actor who plays Dr. McDreamy in “Grey’s Anatomy” is back in Maine to be recognized for his work to help cancer patients.

The Maine Center for Creativity is honoring Patrick Dempsey and the Jackson Laboratory on Saturday with its Maine Creative Industries Award.

The 48-year-old Dempsey was inspired by his mother’s battle with ovarian cancer to help found the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. His mother, Amanda Dempsey, died in March.

The Jackson Lab is a genetics research facility in Bar Harbor. Both were honored for using a “creative approach to bringing comfort, care and a cure.”