Jefferson, Fox Chase

[RadtionVacation]

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Any idea who the new chairs might be for this program? Also, anyone who rotated there last year have any impressions to post?

 

[Adawaal]

Jefferson's chair is Adam Dicker. Seems like a nice guy. Haven't talked to him a lot yet.

Fox Chase's chair is Eric Horwitz. Also seems like a pretty good guy.

I never did away rotations at either place, so I can't comment on that.

 

[radonc]

last i heard they both were interim chairs...or are they permanent now?

 

[Adawaal]

Yes, they're both interim at this point. Apologies for any confusion. I may have misunderstood the original poster's question. Thought s/he was asking who was running the programs currently.

Searches for permanent chairs remain open at FCCC and TJU (and a bunch of other places as well).

 

[IRISH22]

wow--i didnt hear that horowitz is the new chair at fox chase. that is definitely good news for the residents. he seemed like a really cool guy when I interviewed there and the residents all seemed to like him. Not quite the same story with Pollack. Of course, he doesnt have quite the name Pollack had though.

 

[BraggPeak]

should be interesting to see who/when these chair positions fill. any idea who is the running for these jobs? I would imagine both places are looking at (the same?) big name people similar to curran and pollack.

 

[radonc]

i think that after conducting a search, both places will hire internal. why? penn is building their proton center and will dominate radiotherapy in phili for at least the next decade. fccc, after having a mass exodus of medonc and surgery folk, is talking about moving their facility to delaware! and jeff has been a stagnant program as of late.

 

[Radonc90]

fccc, after having a mass exodus of medonc and surgery folk, is talking about moving their facility to delaware!

Interesting! Do you know how many med oncologits and surgeons FCCC lost lately?

 

[xraydude]

I doubt Fox Chase will really move to DE - there is a dominant health system there that is already NCI affiliated, and I can't see FCCC telling it's staff who live in Philly or suburbs to relocate 40 miles south. Doesn't make sense.

Both places will likely try to bring in a big name to keep up the pressure against PENN. I doubt Dicker or Horowitz are really felt ready to be chairs of these places.