U of Arizona hires former Cedars-Sinai cancer leader

Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, has been named director of Tuscon-based University of Arizona Cancer Center. He will step into the role March 1 after having served as director of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute since 2018. 

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In his position, he will serve as the Nancy C. and Craig M. Berge Endowed Chair for the Director of the Cancer Center and as a tenured professor of urology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, according to a Feb. 21 news release from the university. 

Before leading the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Dr. Theodorescu was director of Aurora-based University of Colorado Cancer Center from 2010 to 2018.

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