Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Erika Samlowski

Erika Samlowski
Erika Samlowski, MD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center 

PHILADELPHIA (October 20, 2025) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Erika Samlowski, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Samlowski will see patients at Fox Chase, Temple Health – Jeanes Campus, and Temple Health – Chestnut Hill Hospital Campus.

Prior to joining Fox Chase, Samlowski was a microsurgery fellow at Kansas University Medical Center. She also completed residencies in plastic surgery at the University of Utah Medical Center and in general surgery at the Creighton University Medical Center.

Samlowski earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. During her time there she volunteered with the Medical College of Wisconsin Urban/Community Health Pathway: Girls on the Run, where she mentored young girls in exercise, nutrition, and social development. Through this volunteer work she researched obesity prevention programs and presented the information gathered at a forum.

Samlowski earned her bachelor’s degree, with honors, in biology at Washington University in St. Louis. During her time there she was a laboratory assistant at the Nevada Cancer Institute, where she researched immunotherapy and gene-specific treatments for melanoma and other cancers.

Samlowski has contributed to a number of presentations, publications, and research projects. 

Samlowski’s tenure at Fox Chase began on September 1. 

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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