Author: Kelly Gooch

The Medical University of South Carolina board of trustees has advanced plans for a $1.1 billion cancer hospital in Charleston aimed at centralizing inpatient and outpatient oncology services. At its February meeting, the board reviewed the estimated cost and design…

Nurses at USC Norris Cancer Center and USC Keck Hospital in Los Angeles are set to begin a seven-day strike Feb. 19. The union represents more than 1,400 nurses across both facilities, which are part of Keck Medicine of USC,…

Advanced practice providers at one of New England’s largest cancer programs have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to vote on whether to unionize. The petition, filed Jan. 29, follows a request made the previous day…

Baptist Health plans to expand its cancer care services with the opening of a standalone cancer center in Key West, Fla.

Bryan Bell, MD, DDS, has accepted the roles of executive medical director of Providence Cancer Institute and director of its research arm, the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, both based in Portland, Ore., according to a news release shared with…

Karen Knudsen, PhD, CEO of both the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, will transition from the organizations.

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recently made its first official pitch to Massachusetts regulators about its $1.68 billion proposal to establish a standalone cancer hospital in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The Boston Globe reported Jan. 8. 

Dorothy Graves, PhD, has joined Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as assistant vice president and associate director for administration.

Hackensack Meridian Health has named Andre Goy, MD, physician-in-chief, overseeing cancer care across the Edison, N.J.-based health system. 

Prominent cancer researcher Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, has joined the Desert Research Institute and Renown Health, both based in Reno, Nev., the organizations announced May 18.