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NYU Langone appoints thoracic medical oncology director
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Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of thoracic medical oncology at NYU Langone Medical Center’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center.
Gandhi will strive to build a program that focuses on advancing clinical care, increasing translational and clinical research, and recruiting additional faculty.
“She possesses exceptional clinical expertise and a passion for scientific inquiry. I expect our clinical, academic and research programs in thoracic medical oncology will thrive under her leadership,” Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD, director of Perlmutter Cancer Center, said in a press release.
Gandhi previously served as a physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
“I am thrilled to join NYU Langone and to work with ... the other respected faculty at the Perlmutter Cancer Center,” Gandhi said in the release. “We share a similar vision of innovation for the cancer center, and I am confident that as a result of these efforts, we will see major scientific and clinical advances against lung cancer in the coming years.”