Thyroid cancer specialist joins Jefferson Health
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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Jefferson Health appointed Marcia Brose, MD, PhD, vice chair of medical oncology and regional chief of cancer services at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital.
Brose also will serve as medical co-director of community clinical research in the cancer center’s clinical research organization. In this role, she will facilitate clinical research studies at the cancer center’s advanced care hubs to ensure the clinical trials at these sites serve their communities.
Brose is recognized for her expertise in thyroid cancers, rare cancers and personalized therapy.
She previously held several appointments at Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, including professor of otorhinolaryngology — head and neck surgery, director of head and neck clinical trials, director of the thyroid cancer therapeutics program, and director of Center for Rare Cancers and Personalized Medicine at Abramson Cancer Center. She also served as co-director of the advanced pediatrics thyroid cancer therapeutics clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Abramson Cancer Center.
“Through our advanced care hubs, we are committed to delivering comprehensive care to patients across the region. Dr. Brose is an experienced clinical trialist and, under her leadership, patients seeking care at our newest location at Jefferson Health Northeast will have access to an expanded offering of clinical trials and leading-edge treatment options that only [an NCI-designated] cancer center like the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center can provide,” Andrew Chapman, DO, interim enterprise director of Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and executive vice president of oncology services at Jefferson Health, said in a press release.
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