Names & News

Michael R. Blackburn has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), US. Dr. Blackburn has served as Vice […]

Abbas El-Sayed Abbas has been appointed Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief and Surgical Director of Lung Cancer, Thoracic Malignancy and Foregut Disease Programs for Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, US. Dr. Abbas will continue […]

Frances A. Shepherd, has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her leadership in improving treatment options and outcomes for individuals with advanced lung cancer. Dr. […]

Joan H. Schiller has been appointed Deputy Director for Clinical Investigation at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Falls Church, US. Dr. Schiller was previously the Professor and Chief, Hematology/Oncology Division at […]

Ravi Salgia has been appointed Chair for the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research and the Associate Director for Clinical Sciences in City of Hope’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, […]

Suresh S. Ramalingam, has been appointed Deputy Director of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Assistant Dean for Cancer Research in the Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, US. Dr. […]

Prof Sylvie Lantuejoul moved in May 2015 to Centre Léon Bérard, a cancer institute under the aegis of the Unicancer Consortium in Lyon, France. She continues as Professor in Pathology at […]

Lee M. Krug has taken a position as the Immuno-Oncology Disease Area Head for Lung and Head & Neck Cancers in US Medical at Bristol-Myers Squibb. He assumes this role […]

Karen Kelly, has been named chair of the Lung Committee of SWOG, one of the US’s leading cooperative cancer research organizations. Dr. Kelly is Professor of Medicine, holds the Jennifer […]

Bruce E. Johnson has been elected President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for the term beginning in June 2017. Dr. Johnson is Chief Clinical Research Officer and […]