California hospital taps Dr. Carlos Becerra for medical director

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian tapped Carlos Becerra, MD, as medical director of cancer research for its Hoag Family Cancer Institute.

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Dr. Becerra will be tasked with advancing the institute’s clinical research program and growing number of cancer clinical trials, according to a Nov. 15 news release from the hospital.

Previously, he served as director of the Innovative Clinical Trials Center at Dallas-based Baylor University Medical Center for 16 years.

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