Adam Walchak was named assistant professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology, where he will work in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Previously, Walchak was a plastic and hand surgeon at Associates in Plastic Surgery in Media, Pennsylvania.
During a 2012 mission trip to Retalyehu, Guatemala, Walchak repaired various facial defects with Rotaplast International, and on a similar mission trip to Chengde, China, in 2008. Locally, Walchak has worked at the Chinatown Clinic as a medical assistant serving recent Asian immigrants and as a math tutor for inner-city youth at Chamonix Equestrian Center.