Photo credit: TANGRYSTAN, BrystkreftforeningenThe world’s first statue of a woman with incurable breast cancer—Cecilie, a 44-year-old mother of three—was unveiled at Eidsvoll Square, in front of Stortinget, the Norwegian Parliament, on June 20.
Texas Oncology broke ground on a 32,000-square foot cancer care center located on the CHRISTUS Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth hospital campus.
Pavan Reddy was named director of the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine. He will lead oncology services, research, and strategic growth at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.
Philip Okala was named system president at City of Hope.
Stephen M. Ansell was named enterprise deputy director and senior deputy director, Midwest, of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
Folakemi Odedina was named enterprise deputy director of community outreach and engagement at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
Stacy L. Palmer was named vice president of clinical administration and strategy at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Alex Parikh was named chief of surgical oncology and chair of the Mays Cancer Center Surgical Committee and Cancer Surgery Subservice Line at the Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson.
Erik Knudsen was named associate director of basic science research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Knudsen will also continue as chair of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Fadlo Khuri, president of the American University of Beirut, was honored for his service as editor-in-chief of Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society, in a reception June 3 at the 2022 ASCO annual meeting.
