Kevin Kalinsky named director of Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship

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Kevin Kalinsky was named director of the Glenn Family Breast Center at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Kalinsky was also named associate professor in Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.

Kalinsky comes to Winship from New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He was on the faculty there for 12 years as a breast cancer physician and investigator.

His research includes drug development in metastatic breast cancer.

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