The Cancer Letter highlighted Temple University Health System’s recent announcement that Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology is being integrated within the Health System. Eric M. Horwitz, MD, FABS, FASTRO, has been appointed Chair of the health system-wide Department of Radiation Oncology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, effective January 1, 2022. Curtis Miyamoto, MD, has been appointed to the new role of Chair, System Integration Committee, TUHS Oncology Service Line. Fox Chase Chief Operating Officer Joel Helmke will co-chair the Committee.
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