S. GAIL ECKHARDT was named the inaugural director of the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. She was also appointed associate dean of the medical school. The appointment was made possible by a $6 million recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.... […]
LISA KACHNIC, chair of the Department of Radiation Ocology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was elected president of the American Board of Radiology, succeeding Milton Guiberteau. Kachnic heads the Radiation Oncology service at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center with a personal research focus on optimizing sphincter-preserving chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced anal cancer. In a national trial... […]
UPMC and Bon Secours Health Systems Ltd. announced they will own and operate an advanced radiation therapy center for the treatment of cancer patients in Cork, Ireland. This joint venture will combine the expertise of Ireland’s largest independent health care provider with UPMC’s model of cancer care that brings personalized treatments close to where patients... […]
ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY CARE, a provider of treatments for cancer and blood disorders in the Cincinnati area, joined The US Oncology Network. The network is supported McKesson Specilaty Health. OHC is one of more than 30 practices and over 1,000 physicians supported by McKesson Specialty Health nationally who have been selected to participate in the CMS... […]
HENRY ENGLEKA joined the communications and public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, as chair, U.S Healthcare Practice. His expertise includes positioning, corporate image, rankings, physician and patient self-referral, reputation management, cause-related marketing, crisis communications, internal communications and media relations. Prior to his work in communications, Engleka served as chief operating officer for the Mount Carmel Guild Behavioral... […]
MERCK KGaA of Germany and the American Cancer Society published a report indicating that all four of the top causes of cancer deaths in women worldwide are mostly preventable or can be detected early. Titled “The Global Burden of Cancer in Women,” the report, which was released at the World Cancer Congress, examines the increasing... […]
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS and McKesson Specialty Health announced a strategic agreement for the deployment and servicing of Varian advanced radiotherapy equipment and software over a three-year period across The US Oncology Network and Vantage Oncology affiliated sites of care. Following the acquisition of Vantage Oncology earlier this year, the US Oncology Network now operates the... […]
ELLEN and Gary Davis made a $2 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to drive ongoing research in immunotherapy. The gift will launch the Ellen and Gary Davis Immune Monitoring Core, a critical research infrastructure that will serve as a repository for patient tumor samples, genomic sequencing and bioinformatics. The core will analyze and provide... […]
EMORY St. Joseph’s Hospital has expanded the Winship Cancer Institute facility on campus, completing a year-long redesign and renovation to meet the growing demand for cancer treatment in north Fulton County. As a part of Georgia’s first and only NCI-designated cancer center, Winship at Emory Saint Joseph’s treats nearly 400 patients daily. The latest additions... […]
SAMUEL ACHILEFU, a scientist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, became the first recipient of the Breast Cancer Research Program Distinguished Investigator Award, from the U.S. Department of Defense.
