David R. Gandara, MD, was honored as the lung cancer “Giant of Cancer Care” in the 2017 Giants of Cancer Care® recognition program by OncLive. Awardees are selected by their […] Read more
Roman V. Petrov, MD, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center; and Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, […] Read more
Gideon M. Blumenthal, MD was named Acting Deputy Director, Office of Hematology & Oncology Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, US. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Blumenthal was […] Read more
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
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 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