Martine Extermann appointed program leader of Senior Adult Oncology at Moffitt

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Martine Extermann was appointed program leader of Senior Adult Oncology.

Exterman served as interim chair for several months, during which an international search was conducted.

Extermann joined Moffitt nearly 20 years ago, after completing a Moffitt fellowship in medical/geriatric oncology.

She has received several honors and awards, among them the Pfizer Visiting Professorship Award at the University of Texas, The American Society of Clinical Oncology B.J. Kennedy Award for Scientific Excellence in Geriatric Oncology, the Paul Calabresi Award from the International Society of Geriatric Oncology, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Geriatric Oncology from the German Society of Geriatrics and German Society of Hematology/Oncology.

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