David Voce joined Tampa General Hospital and USF Health as an assistant professor in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery & Brain Repair in the Division of Cranial and Neuro-Oncology.
Alessio Pigazzi named executive medical director of colorectal surgery at City of Hope Orange County
Alessio Pigazzi was appointed executive medical director of colorectal surgery at City of Hope Orange County.
A study recently published in JAMA sheds light on cancer risks associated with carrying germline CDH1 mutations, challenging previous, potentially inflated, lifetime cancer risk estimates.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health announced the first eight teams selected by its Precision Surgical Interventions, or PSI, program to receive awards.
Jonathan H. Sherman has been appointed chief of neurosurgical oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute.
Gary B. Deutsch was named chief of NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine’s Division of Surgical Oncology. He was also named director of the hospital’s Robotic Surgical Oncology Program and professor in the school’s Department of Surgery.
Richard Bleicher, a professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology and clinical director of the Breast Service Line, has been promoted to chief of the new Division of Breast Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Sanjay S. Reddy, an associate professor in the Department of Surgery, program director of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship, and co-director of the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute, was promoted to division chief of surgical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Jeffrey M. Farma was appointed chair of surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Robotic liver surgery can be a safe outpatient procedure, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. In fact, 8% of the patients sampled in the analysis were discharged to go home on the same day.
