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Breast care center hires new director
Massimo Cristofanilli
Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, FACP, has been appointed director of the Jefferson Breast Care Center at the Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals.
Cristofanilli also will serve as deputy director of translational research at Kimmel Cancer Center.
Cristofanilli’s primary research interest is improving personalized medicine for patients with breast cancer. His work has focused on molecular-targeted agents, biomarkers and gene therapies.
“We’re proud that Jefferson is the new home for Dr. Cristofanilli, whose work in cancer research and in the clinic goes unmatched and whose passion to initiate and grow programs speaks for itself, particularly for aggressive forms of breast cancer,” Neal Flomenberg, MD, chair of the department of medical oncology at Jefferson, said in a press release. “His experience in compassionate clinical care and cutting-edge research will better serve the institution and ultimately the patients in the region and beyond.”
Cristofanilli previously served as chairman of the department of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and head of the center’s Inflammatory Breast Cancer Clinic.