In August, the National Cancer Institute renewed Sacramento-based UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center’s comprehensive designation. The renewed designation includes a five-year, nearly $18 million grant. The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center first earned NCI designation in 2002, which was elevated…
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The Wilmot Cancer Institute at University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medicine has tapped Naoko Takebe, MD, PhD, as associate director for clinical research and director of the Early Phase Therapy Clinic. Dr. Takebe will also lead a new research initiative for…
Health system leaders without a deep philanthropic bench often approach fundraising as a way to close budget gaps — but for one longtime cancer center CEO, that mindset gets it backward from the start. Robert Stone is CEO of Duarte,…
Rochester, N.Y.-based Wilmot Cancer Institute has appointed Michael Brady, PhD, interim associate director for administration. Dr. Brady joined Wilmot in 2010 and has served as the administration team’s program manager since 2017, according to a Sept. 9 news release from…
Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has named Atif Hussein, MD, chief of the Memorial Cancer Institute. Dr. Hussein will also lead collaboration between Memorial Healthcare System and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health as part of the organizations’ efforts to expand…
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The University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix has tapped Julie Bauman, MD, as the inaugural chair for the department of interdisciplinary oncology. Dr. Bauman was also appointed senior medical director of oncology research at Phoenix-based Banner Health, according to…
The healthcare industry is marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by remembering the lives lost that day and the healthcare workers and first responders who answered the call without hesitation. Nearly 3,000 people died in the…
The founding director of Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Max Wicha, MD, will retire and move to emeritus status Oct. 31. Dr. Wicha joined the University of Michigan in 1980 and founded the cancer center in 1986,…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has appointed Kalil Abdullah, MD, system director of central nervous system cancer. Dr. Abdullah was also named executive vice chair of the department of neurosurgery, according to a Sept. 10 news release from Northwell…
Healthcare leaders have pointed to persistent gaps in business and operational training during medical school and residency across all specialties, with many saying the transition into practice catches physicians off guard. These broader training gaps come as cancer programs are…