Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (May 4, 2023)—In a ceremony honoring faculty today at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Anna Marie Skalka, PhD, Senior Advisor to the President and Professor Emerita, was recognized with the Stanley P. Reimann Honor Award, the center’s highest distinction.

PHILADELPHIA (May 2, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Abigail T. Berman, MD, MSCE, as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Berman will focus on caring for patients with thoracic and gastrointestinal cancers.

PHILADELPHIA (May 2, 2023)—Jay Simhan, MD, FACS, Vice Chair of the Department of Urology and Director of Reconstruction and Prosthetics at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health, presented two studies related to the surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction at this year’s American Urological Association Meeting (AUA) 2023 Annual Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA (April 28, 2023)—Matthew Lee, MD, MBA, a resident in the Department of Urology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, will discuss his use of a new robotic laparoscopic procedure to treat a complication caused by cancer radiation therapy at this year’s American Urological Association (AUA) 2023 Annual Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA (April 28, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health researchers will participate in the presentation and discussion of 24 research projects at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2023 Annual Meeting, which is being held in Chicago April 28-May 1. An asterisk (*) indicates that the author is the main presenter.

PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health are pleased to announce the new Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute, a groundbreaking initiative that will concentrate on both benign and oncologic urology. With over 20 urologists on faculty, the Institute will provide services at multiple locations throughout the greater Philadelphia area.

PHILADELPHIA (April 26, 2023)—Three faculty members from Temple University and Fox Chase Cancer Center were recognized today as newly elected Fellows of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (FSBM), a multidisciplinary organization of behavioral and biomedical researchers and clinicians. The faculty members are:

PHILADELPHIA (April 25, 2023)—Valerie Heron, RN, BSN, OCN, a nurse at Fox Chase Cancer Center – East Norriton, was recently named a Nursing Legend by Main Line Today in its May 2023 issue.