Yanis Boumber Joins Fox Chase’s Department of Medical Oncology

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 25, 2013)—Yanis Boumber, MD, PhD, has joined the department of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center after completing fellowship training at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Boumber specializes in treating patients with thoracic cancers, including lung cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.

Dr. Boumber received his medical degree from Rostov State Medical University as well as a doctoral degree in cancer biology and molecular biology from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He completed an internal medicine residency at Good Samaritan Hospital, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, as well as both clinical and research fellowships at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Boumber is a 2012 recipient of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, and is fluent in Russian as well as English.

Fox Chase Cancer Center (Fox Chase), which includes the Institute for Cancer Research and the American Oncologic Hospital and is a part of Temple Health, is one of the leading comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase is also one of just 10 members of the Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has received the Magnet recognition for excellence six consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center that there shall be no exclusion from, or participation in, and no one denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, level of education, or source of payment.

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