Michael Jan Bartel, MD, Joins Department of Medicine at Fox Chase Cancer Center

PHILADELPHIA (October 3, 2016) — Michael Jan Bartel, MD, has joined the Department of Medicine as a gastroenterologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

“We are very excited to welcome Dr. Bartel to Fox Chase and to the Department of Medicine,” said David Weinberg, chair of the Department of Medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Fox Chase. “His experience and knowledge are a great asset, and we look forward to bringing him aboard.”

Bartel is a board-certified physician and earned his medical degree at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg in Germany. He completed his residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. In 2012, he joined the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., as a fellow. Bartel completed an advanced endoscopy fellowship at the Mayo Clinic this year.

Bartel was also a research fellow at the European Pancreas Center in Heidelberg, Germany, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in immunotherapy at University Hospital Heidelberg. His start date at Fox Chase will be October 3, 2016.

“I am honored to join the prestigious team of doctors and researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center,” said Bartel. “I look forward to working with Dr. Weinberg and my colleagues in the Department of Medicine to provide the patients of Fox Chase with the best care possible.”

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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