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Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Jason Conger, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. In addition to seeing patients at the main campus and Fox Chase – Buckingham, Conger will also provide services at Temple Health – Jeanes Campus.

A Nurse Navigator in the Breast Oncology Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center-Buckingham, is recognized for her dedication to ensuring breast cancer patients are seen, valued, and cared for.

An audible gasp arose from among the Ogden Family as Polaris was unveiled for the first time in Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Leidy Auditorium. Their anticipation for the moment had peaked, but nothing could prepare Larry Ogden’s wife, Janice, or their three adult daughters for seeing the artwork – brilliant-colored pencils on thick, grayish paper – or for how remarkably well the artist captured their collective memory of the man.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Conor Vickers, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Section of Dermatology in the Department of Medicine. In addition to seeing patients at the main campus, Vickers will also see patients at Fox Chase – Huntingdon Pike and Fox Chase – Doylestown.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Maureen Hill, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery. In addition to seeing patients at Fox Chase, Hill will provide services at the Temple Health – Chestnut Hill Hospital Campus.

On May 20, 2025, Owens set out east from San Francisco toward Ocean City, New Jersey in the saddle of his Cannondale bike to commence a 3,566-mile ride. His goal: to raise funds and lung cancer awareness on behalf of Ride Hard Breathe Easy (RHBE), an organization that has generously supported lung cancer patients and researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center and other institutions throughout the East Coast. His efforts have raised over $55,000 to date.

With the enormous interest in signing up for the tournament this year, things were in constant motion, says Angela Stevens, a graduating senior at AFS and member of the committee. “We had to keep expanding our brackets and moving the start times earlier,” said Stevens. “I am an AFS lifer and a huge soccer fan​.​​​ ​​I’ve played in the tournament but didn’t know students ran the event, so this has been a ‘full-circle’ moment for me.”

In an institution blessed with more than its fair share of really, really clever people, it takes a certain type of person willing to put those smarts to the challenge at the Second Annual Fox Chase Cancer Center Employee Trivia Contest, which was held at noon on Monday, March 31, 2025.