UChicago Medicine has named Kimyatta Washington COO of the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion. The pavilion is expected to open in April 2027 and will be the largest freestanding cancer hospital in Illinois, according to a Sept. 8 news release from…
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Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has named David Tuveson, MD, PhD, executive director of the Duke Cancer Institute. Dr. Tuveson is currently cancer center director and the Roy J. Zuckerberg Professor of Cancer Research at Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Laboratory, according…
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute has named Matthew Hall, MD, the Endowed Chair in Pediatric Radiation Oncology. Dr. Hall is the lead pediatric radiation oncologist at the cancer institute and an associate professor of radiation oncology…
Columbus-based Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute has appointed Neil Hayes, MD, deputy director. Dr. Hayes was also appointed director of the Institute for Precision Cancer Medicine, according to a Sept. 4 LinkedIn post…
Los Angeles-based UCLA Health has tapped Amir Iravani, MD, as director of the theranostics program. Dr. Iravani will also serve as vice chair of clinical research in the department of nuclear medicine and theranostics. He will work with the David…
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The Association of American Cancer Institutes has added three members to its board of directors: Jonathan Friedberg, MD, Primo Lara, MD, and Matthew Vander Heiden, MD, PhD. They will begin serving three-year terms in October, according to a Sept. 1…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Cancer Center has named Konstantin Dragnev, MD, section chief of hematology and medical oncology. Dr. Dragnev will also serve as deputy director of clinical affairs, according to a Sept. 3 news release shared with Becker’s. Linda Vahdat,…
The University of Florida has appointed Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD, as director of the UF Health Cancer Institute in Gainesville, effective Sept. 21. Dr. Mitchell currently serves as the Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the university’s department of neurosurgery and…
Workforce shortages remain one of the most persistent operational challenges facing health systems competing for a shrinking pool of specialty-trained physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals. Nearly half of executives say staff shortages have reduced their capacity to serve patients, and…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s has named Julia Meade, MD, executive director of the hospital’s Blood Disorders and Cancer Center. Dr. Meade previously served as director of the Pediatric Cancer Predisposition and the Neurofibromatosis Oncology programs at UPMC Children’s…