Fox Chase Cancer Center appoints chair of surgery
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Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS, has been appointed chair of surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
Farma will oversee all departmental educational activities — including professional, student, residency and fellowship programs. He also will oversee mentoring and organizing the department’s clinical faculty.
“It is an honor to work at an institution like Fox Chase Cancer Center,” Farma said in the release. “In this new role, my goal is to continue to foster an environment of cutting-edge compassionate care on which our patients have come to rely and to enhance our reputation regionally, nationally and internationally.”
Farma specializes in treating sarcoma, melanoma/skin cancer and gastrointestinal cancers. He is recognized for his expertise performing traditional surgery, regional therapies and minimally invasive techniques.
Farma started with Fox Chase in 2009 as assistant professor. He became surgical director of the melanoma and skin cancer program in 2013 and chief of the division of general surgery in 2018. He served as interim chair of surgery since 2022.
“Dr. Farma has been an incredible asset to Fox Chase Cancer Center for nearly 15 years,” Robert Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS, Fox Chase’s president and CEO, said in a press release. “As both an esteemed colleague and caring physician, he is held in high regard by both patients and staff alike. We look forward to his continued leadership in the field.”
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