Jyoti Patel will join Northwestern Medicine as medical director of Thoracic Oncology and assistant director for Clinical Research at the Lurie Cancer Center this November. Patel, an expert in lung cancer and other thoracic cancers, will also serve as associate vice chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine.
Richard Pazdur, FDA’s top oncologist who last week received a battlefield promotion to the role of director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, is described as a stabilizing figure respected by major patient groups, oncology professional societies, and the industry.
