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Julie A. Ross, PhD (1961 – 2015)
Julie A. Ross, PhD, professor and director of the Division of Pediatric
Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis, passed away on June 19, 2015, at the age of 54.
Dr. Ross joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 1995; she held
an adjunct appointment in the Division of Epidemiology in the School
of Public Health. Over the past two years, she served as the associate
head of research for the Department of Pediatrics. She was a leader
in the field of molecular and pediatric epidemiology, and she used her
training in molecular biology and classic epidemiology to study the
etiology of infant leukemias, myeloid leukemias, and the role of mitochondrial DNA in transplant outcomes. Dr. Ross was associate chair
of the National Cancer Institute’s Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and
lead investigator of the Childhood Cancer Research Network within
COG. She also served on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s)
Epidemiology of Cancer (EPIC) Study Section, and received the NIH’s
Established Investigator Award in Pediatric Cancer in 2011.
New Appointments at
Cleveland Clinic’s Taussig
Cancer Institute
as Taussig’s Quality Review Officer.
Timothy Gilligan,
MD, has been appointed vice chairman of education
for Cleveland Clinic’s
Taussig Cancer
Institute. In this role,
Dr. Gilligan will oversee and support the
Institute’s education activities, which include fellowship and residency programs,
medical student and resident rotations,
continuing education programs, and
faculty development activities. Currently,
Dr. Gilligan is a medical oncologist at
Cleveland Clinic and associate professor
of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner
College of Medicine. He also serves as
co-director of the Cleveland Clinic Center
for Excellence in Healthcare Communication. Hetty Carraway, MD, will succeed
Dr. Gilligan as program director of the
Cleveland Clinic’s Hematology-Oncology
Fellowship.
Also at the
Taussig Cancer
Institute, James
Stevenson, MD, has
been appointed vice
chairman of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, where he
will assist with managing and coordinating disease-specific programs and duties
of advanced practice providers within
the department, as well as the clinical,
academic, and administrative development of junior faculty members. Alberto
Montero, MD, will succeed Dr. Stevenson
Cancer Centers of
Excellence Awarded to
Four Florida Cancer Centers
ASHClinicalNews.org
Source: Cleveland Clinic press release
The Florida Department of Health bestowed its Cancer Centers of Excellence
Awards to four recipients. The program is
intended to promote excellence in cancer
care, encourage the recruitment of top
cancer care professionals, and recognize
state institutions as a preferred destination for patient-centered cancer care. The
designation is based on measured success in delivery quality care to patients.
• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and
Research Institute
• Mayo Clinic Florida
• University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Carrol D. Cagle, MD (1946 – 2015)
Carrol D. Cagle, MD, a practicing oncologist for more than 30 years,
passed away on June 18, 2015.
Dr. Cagle graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1972, and he
completed his three fellowships at Baylor. Board-certified in internal
medicine, oncology, and hematology, Dr. Cagle was a practicing oncologist for more than 30 years in Texas, Iowa, Oregon, and Wisconsin. He
was a member of many professional organizations and was a founding
member of the Texas Heritage Society.
His is survived by his wife, Melinda, and their three daughters, five
sons, and eight grandchildren.
she will start in September. Dr. Kachnic
comes to Vanderbilt
from Boston University School of
Medicine where she
was professor and
chair of Radiation Oncology, as well as
chief of Radiation Oncology at Boston
Medical Center and a faculty member at
Massachusetts General Hospital.
As the new chair, Dr. Kachnic will be
responsible for overseeing Vanderbilt’s
Department of Radiation Oncology,
including the residency program and the
medical physics professional doctorate program. Dr. Kachnic is also actively
involved in the NRG Oncology (NSABP
RTOG GOG) gastrointestinal and patientreported outcome strategic committees
and is co-chair of their National Cancer
Institute Community Oncology Research
Program in Cancer Control and Prevention.
Source: Vanderbilt University Medical Center news release
--• University of Florida Health Cancer
Center
Source: Florida Department of Health press release
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Lisa Kachnic Joins
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center as
Radiation Oncology Chair
Lisa Kachnic, MD, has been named
professor and chair of the Department
of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine, a position
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