Georgetown Names New Director of Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

October 16, 2007

Washington, DCGeorgetown University Medical Center and Georgetown University Hospital announced today the appointment of Louis M. Weiner, MD, as director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown. Dr. Weiner, who has a long and distinguished career in cancer research and patient care, is an internationally recognized medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Weiner currently serves as the chairman of the Department of Medical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, where he holds the G. Morris Dorrance Jr. Endowed Chair in Medical Science. He joins Georgetown officially on December 1, 2007.

“The recruitment of Dr. Weiner marks the end of a national search for a Lombardi director whose accomplishments and vision align with GUMC’s mission and goals of providing cutting-edge cancer research, education and patient care,” said Howard Federoff, MD, PhD, executive vice president for health sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center. “Dr. Weiner’s recruitment places Lombardi in an excellent position to accelerate the progress of cancer research, as a national leader and as the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Washington, DC, area.”

Read the full press release here.

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