ASH Clinical News June 2015 | Page 9

UP FRONT associate director of Radiation Oncology at the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell. Dr. Formenti was previously the chair of radiation oncology at New York University Langone Medical Center. Dr. Formenti’s work has focused on demonstrating the efficacy of combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy to control cancer cell growth in solid tumors. Source: Weill Cornell Medical College press release Andrew Lee Named Medical Director of New Proton Therapy Center Andrew K. Lee, MD, MPH, has been named medical director of the Texas Center for Proton Therapy. The new center is a collaboration of Texas Oncology and the US Oncology Network and is expected to begin treating patients by the end of 2015. Dr. Lee joins the Texas Center for Proton Therapy foll