Michael Postow was named chief of the Melanoma Service in the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, and Valeria Silva Merea was named director of the Speech and Hearing Center at Memorial Hospital and the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Kunle Odunsi, deputy director of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, was named an at-large director of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Board of Directors.
Glenn D. Steele Jr. was elected board chair of City of Hope, effective June 1.
David Cortez was named associate director for Basic Science Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Jessica Karen Wong will join Fox Chase Cancer Center July 1 as assistant professor in the academic clinical track in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
A new center at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute gives patients direct, expedited access to diagnostic testing for cancer.
Oscar Colegio, the Lawrence P. & Joan Castellani Family Endowed Chair in Dermatology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, died unexpectedly last weekend at a family residence in Connecticut. He was 47.
The American Cancer Society is reducing its overall budget by approximately 30%, with cuts to non-personnel and personnel expenses as a result of a decrease in fundraising revenue.
ASCO's CancerLinQ launched the SmartLinQ QOPI Certification Pathway, an application that allows oncology practices to automate quality measure tracking and reporting for participation in ASCO's Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program, a three-year certification recognizing practices' commitment to high-quality care for outpatient oncology practices.
UCLA Health and the Department of Urology at UCLA have created a new telehealth cancer genetics program that will provide rapid access to high-quality genetic counseling and testing.
