Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Surgeon Shreyas S. Joshi

Shreyas S. Joshi, MD
Shreyas S. Joshi, MD

PHILADELPHIA (August 6, 2018) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Shreyas S. Joshi, MD, an attending surgeon who recently completed a  
two-year urologic oncology fellowship at the institution.

Joshi is board-eligible in urology and earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed a urology residency program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville in 2016.

An accomplished researcher as well as physician, Joshi has published, contributed, and presented dozens of abstracts, articles, and book chapters on urologic cancers. He actively participates in major national clinical trials and has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of UrologyEuropean Urology, and JAMA Oncology. His research interests include improving screening and treatment for minorities with urologic diseases; improving outcomes in cancer treatments through the use of national datasets; and applying artificial intelligence to problems in urologic oncology.

Robert Uzzo, MD, FACS, chair of the Department of Surgery at Fox Chase, and Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS, chief of the Division of Urologic Oncology, noted, “We are proud to have such an outstanding surgeon and caring physician as Dr. Joshi continue with us at Fox Chase as a member of our faculty. He is exceptionally skilled as a clinician and accomplished as a researcher, and will be a great addition to our team to help us continue to provide highest quality urologic oncologic care and to advance our field.”

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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