Ulrich Steidl, MD, PhD, director of New York City-based Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, has finalized the center’s senior leadership team.
The appointments come six months after Dr. Steidl became the center’s director and vice president of cancer medicine at Montefiore Einstein, according to an Oct. 15 news release.
Here are the leadership team appointments:
- Amit Verma, MD, was named deputy director. He is chair of medical oncology at Montefiore Einstein and previously served as the center’s associate director.
- Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, PhD, was named associate director of basic science. He also directs the center’s Cancer Dormancy Institute.
- Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, was named associate director of translational science. She also co-directs the Blood Cancer Institute and leads the leukemia program at Montefiore Einstein.
- H. Dean Hosgood, PhD, was appointed associate director for population and community sciences, a new role focused on how environmental exposures and social needs relate to cancer outcomes.
- Wenjun Guo, PhD, was named co-leader of the tumor microenvironment and metastasis program.
- Aditi Shastri, MD, was named co-leader of the cancer therapeutics program.
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