Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch has tapped Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD, as chief scientific officer and senior vice president. Dr. Kalluri will also serve as executive director of the UTMB Cancer Center, according to an Aug. 31 news release…
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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Cancer Institute has named Tobias Janowitz, MD, PhD, director of translational cancer research and the Robert and Janet Perro Professor in Cancer Research. Dr. Janowitz was also appointed director of the Institute of Cancer Research at Northwell’s…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has joined the Association of American Cancer Institutes. “Through its dedication to community outreach and patient navigation, the cancer institute is helping ensure access to prevention, screening, and care for patients in New…
Peter Pisters, MD, plans to retire Sept. 30 from Houston-based The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after nine years as president. Jeffrey Lee, MD, was named interim president effective immediately, according to an Aug. 26 news release. Dr.…
Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital named Charles Roberts, MD, PhD, its seventh president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. “I’m deeply honored to have been selected to lead this institution at a pivotal moment, when emerging technologies are creating…
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Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center has named two oncology leaders to endowed chair positions. Heather Cheng, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural Marty Lazarus Weiden Family Endowed Chair. The purpose of the endowed chair is to support the detection,…
UT Health San Antonio has tapped Georg Aue, MD, PhD, as director of the Mays Cancer Center’s Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program. Dr. Aue will also serve as chief of the section of cellular therapies, co-director of the…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has tapped Sonal Gandhi as senior vice president of campus operations and infrastructure. Ms. Gandhi joins Dana-Farber from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Faulkner Hospital, also in Boston, where she was vice president of real estate,…
Harold Freeman, MD, former American Cancer Society president and “father of patient navigation,” has died at age 93. During his career, Dr. Freeman served as director of surgery at New York City-based Harlem Hospital, and as director of surgery and…
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has extended its cancer care collaboration with Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine. WellSpan and Johns Hopkins first established a clinical cancer care partnership in 2017, which expanded in 2021, according to an Aug. 20 news release from…