Robert Ferris, an expert in immunotherapy and specialist in head and neck cancer, was named director of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.
Warren Kibbe, director of the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, is leaving NCI in mid-August to take a new position as chief for Translational Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at the Duke University School of Medicine, and chief data officer for the Duke Cancer Institute.
Clinical geneticist Tuya Pal joined Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center as associate director of Cancer Health Disparities.
George Washington University Cancer Center announced the opening of its Supportive Oncodermatology Clinic.
Christina Longnecker was named vice president of oncology services for Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine after serving in that role on an interim basis for the past nine months.
Johns Hopkins Medicine announced an expansion of its five-year affiliation with Allegheny Health Network and Highmark, which provide health care services and insurance to people in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware.
McKesson Specialty Health and US Oncology Network expanded their agreement with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, adding five disease states to NCCN Value Pathways.
The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy in early-stage lung cancer.
Ben Melson will become the institution's senior vice president and chief financial officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Jeffrey Molter joined NYU Langone Medical Center in a newly-created position of director of cancer center communications of its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center. Molter comes to Perlmutter after serving for the past four years as director of media and public relations for the American Association for Cancer Research in Philadelphia. “Jeff will team up with the Department of Marketing & Communications to plan, implement and manage communication initiatives for our rapidly growing Perlmutter Cancer Center,” said Kathy Lewis, senior vice president for Marketing & Communications at NYU Langone.
