Hayley Walker becomes hospitalist at Fox Chase

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Fox Chase Cancer Center has hired Hayley Walker to the Department of Medicine as a hospitalist.

Walker completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was recognized as a Dean’s Scholar.

During her residency, Walker published research on emotions and attitudes toward endocrine therapy in young women with breast cancer.

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