Around Fox Chase

Several new endowed chairs were awarded at Fox Chase Cancer Center this year, including David Y.T. Chen, MD, FACS, who was named the Carol and Louis Della Penna Chair in Urologic Oncology.

Mitchell Fane, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently awarded a three-year, $600,000 Early Career grant from the V Foundation, an organization dedicated to accelerating cancer research and treatment.

The two-year fellowship supports Guilbaud’s research, which seeks to strengthen the immune system’s response to breast cancer following radiation therapy.

Fox Chase Cancer Center announced that David Weinberg, MD, MSc, has been appointed as Vice President/Physician Lead of the Cancer Screening and Prevention Service Line and Associate Director of Cancer Screening and Prevention for the Institute for Cancer Research.

Amanda Purdy, PhD, Associate Chief Academic Officer and Director of Academic Affairs at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health, served as a panelist for “Powering Research: How cutting-edge research and innovation are critical to the region and businesses.” The discussion examined how discovery translates into companies, therapies, workforce development, and community impact.

Temple Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center are pleased to announce the hiring of James Stuart Ferriss, MD, FACOG, FACS, as System Chief of Gynecologic Oncology at Temple Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Four Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians have been elected as Fellows of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery (PAS), the oldest continuously meeting surgical society in the United States.

The national honor recognizes emerging leaders for their commitment to patient-centered care, research, and academic leadership. It also reflects Fox Chase’s strength in cultivating future surgical oncology leaders.