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  • Waun Ki Hong, MD, FACP, DMSc (Hon)

    Waun Ki Hong, MD, FACP, DMSc (Hon)

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    Waun Ki Hong received the 10th AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research and the 2016 ASCO Special Recognition Award, which honors an individual whose research […]


  • Professor Jean-Yves Douillard, MD, PhD

    Professor Jean-Yves Douillard, MD, PhD

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    Professor Jean-Yves Douillard has been appointed the first Chief Medical Officer of the European Society of Medical Oncology. Prof. Douillard was previously Professor of Medical Oncology at the Integrated Centres […]


  • Paul A. Bunn, Jr, MD

    Paul A. Bunn, Jr, MD

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    Paul A. Bunn, Jr, received the 2016 David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award and Lecture, which is given annually to an oncologist who has made outstanding contributions to cancer research, diagnosis, […]


  • Michael R. Blackburn, PhD

    Michael R. Blackburn, PhD

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    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, MD

    Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD

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    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, MD, FRCPC

    Frances A. Shepherd, MD, FRCPC

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    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, MD

    Joan H. Schiller, MD

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    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, MD, PhD

    Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD

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    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, MD

    Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD

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    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, MD, PhD

    Prof Sylvie Lantuejoul, MD, PhD

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    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 […]