Names & News

Posted: October 2018 Raymond Osarogiagbon, MBBS, FACP, has been selected as a member-elect to the Fleischner Society. Founded in 1969, the Fleischner Society is a collegial, multidisciplinary international thoracic imaging […]

Posted: October 2018 James D. Cox, MD, a leader in the radiation oncology community and pioneer of proton therapy, passed away in August, just a month after his 80th birthday. […]

Posted: October 2018 Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, MD, is the recipient of the 2018 Addario Lectureship Award presented by The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation for her groundbreaking clinical research […]

Posted: October 2018 David J. Sugarbaker, MD, an internationally known pioneer in the surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma and of complex thoracic cancers, passed away in August 2018 at […]

Posted: October 2018 After 11 years at NYU Langone Health, Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR, has moved to the University of Chicago Medicine as professor of surgery and chief of […]

Posted: August 2018 Avrum Spira, MD, has been named global head of the new Lung Cancer Initiative within Johnson & Johnson, which will be based at Boston University’s Medical Campus. […]

Posted: August 2018 As of April 2018, Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, is the director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology and the Early Clinical Trials at the University of Maryland […]

Posted: August 2018 Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, has become head of oncology for Eli Lilly and Company, where she will direct research of the company’s immuno-oncology products. Previously, she was […]

Posted: August 2018 Navneet Singh, MD, the IASLC’s Regent from India, has been appointed chair of the IDEA working group for the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Singh will […]

Posted: August 2018 Julie R. Brahmer, MD, MSc, director of thoracic oncology program and professor of oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, has been recognized […]