Rachna Shroff, MD, chief of hematology and oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, has died.
Dr. Shroff was also associate director of clinical investigations at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, according to an Oct. 12 statement from the university.
An expert in bile duct cancer, Dr. Shroff served as principal investigator on clinical trials that helped advance treatment for the disease. She joined the University of Arizona in 2018 after eight years on the faculty at Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
In September, she raised more than $1.35 million to endow a young investigator award in biliary cancer research through the American Society of Clinical Oncology, according to the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
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