Karen L. Reckamp was named director of the Division of Medical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer. Reckamp, a lung cancer expert, will serve as medical oncology director of the Women’s Guild Lung Institute in Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Medicine and associate director for clinical research at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.
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.
