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Yale Cancer Center names director, physician in chief
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Charles S. Fuchs, MD, has been named director and physician in chief at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven.
Fuchs — whose appointment takes effect Jan. 1 — most recently served as professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, as well as chief of the gastrointestinal oncology division and chair of pancreatic cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
“We are very excited to have Dr. Fuchs’ clinical expertise as the new leader of the Smilow Cancer Hospital,” Richard D’Aquila, president of Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale New Haven Health, said in a press release. “His breadth of experience in both the clinical and research arms of oncology will move Yale New Haven Health into the next phase of growth.”
Fuchs is recognized for his understanding of gastrointestinal cancers and cancer epidemiology.
“The cancer center and Smilow have had impressive growth over the past 5 years,” Fuchs said in the press release. “I’m excited about the opportunity to continue to expand the breadth and depth of the clinical practice, as well as the extraordinary cancer research ongoing at Yale, to meaningfully improve the outcome of patients.”