Robert L. Comis, MD
Clinical Trial Leader and Patient Champion Passes Away at 71 Robert L. Comis, MD, passed away suddenly in his home on May 10, 2017. He was 71. A leader in […] Read more
Posted: June 2017 Prof. Nir Peled was elected Head of the European Respiratory Society Thoracic Oncology Assembly. Prof. Peled is a pulmonologist and medical oncologist. He is the head of the […] Read more
Steven M. Keller, MD
Posted: June 2017 Steven M. Keller has been appointed Senior Principal Scientist, Oncology Clinical Research, at Merck, Kenilworth, US. Previous to this appointment, Dr. Keller was Director, Thoracic Surgery, Weiler Hospital; […] Read more
Posted: June 2017 Robert J. Cerfolio has been appointed chief of clinical thoracic surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, US. Dr. Cerfolio also will serve as director of the […] Read more
Posted: April 2017 By Waun Ki Hong, MD Charles M. LeMaistre (1924–2017) Charles A. LeMaistre, MD, past president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a pioneer […] Read more
Thomas J. Lynch Jr, MD
Thomas J. Lynch Jr was appointed executive vice president and chief scientific officer of Bristol- Myers Squibb. Previous to this appointment, Dr. Lynch served as chairman and chief executive officer of […] Read more
Mary Hesdorffer will retire as Executive Director of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) in July 2017. Prior to being Executive Director, Ms. Hesdorffer held several roles with the Mesothelioma […] Read more
Shirish M. Gadgeel, MD
Shirish M. Gadgeel has been appointed Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan as of May 1, where he will be Leader of the Thoracic Oncology Research […] Read more
Vinicius Ernani, MD
Vinicius Ernani has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE. Previous to this appointment, Dr. Ernani completed a hematology/oncology […] Read more
Sumitra Thongprasert, MD
Posted: February 2017 Sumitra Thongprasert received the 2016 IASLC Merit Award, which is given to lung cancer specialists who have made extraordinary contributions to the IASLC’s development. Dr. Thongprasert is Professor […] Read more