Names & News

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, was awarded the IACA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Oncology by the Indo-American Cancer Association (IACA). This award is given to medical oncologists and researchers who […]

Solange Peters, MD, PhD, was elected President for 2020-2021 of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Professor Peters is Head of the Medical Oncology Service, Chair of Thoracic Oncology, […]

Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD, was named to the ARMO BioSciences, Inc., Board of Directors, Redwood City, US. Dr. Rizvi is Director of Thoracic Oncology and Co-Director of Cancer Immunotherapy, Division […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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; […]

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 […]