Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health

Igor Astsaturov, MD, PhD, has been appointed inaugural holder of the Paul F. Engstrom Professorship in Oncology.

Temple Health was recently recognized with the American College of Gastroenterology’s Service Award for Colorectal Cancer Outreach, Prevention & Year-Round Excellence for its coordinated health campaign against colon cancer.

Melissa Culligan, RN, MS, PhD candidate, director of Thoracic Surgery Research at Temple Health, was recently honored with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s Lectureship Award for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals.

Anjali Albanese, MSW, LSW, OSW-C, a licensed social worker at Fox Chase Cancer Center, will receive the Compassionate Care Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America during the Stand Up to Sarcoma Gala on September 19 in New York.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Peter A. McCue, MD, as a Professor in the Department of Pathology.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of David Loren, MD, FASGE, as professor of medicine and chief of the Section of Gastroenterology in the Department of Medicine.

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, Deputy Director and professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed Treasurer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

A new study by Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists shows how DNA methylation can regulate the immune response in colorectal cancer, laying the groundwork for potential new treatments. .

Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, and Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, have been named to the 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.

To synthesize advancements in the detection, treatment, and prevention of kidney cancer and summarize their effects globally, Fox Chase Cancer Center Urologic Oncology Fellow Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, spearheaded a recent review on the topic.