Newswise — NEW YORK (January 20, 2016) – Roman Perez-Soler, M.D., chairman and chief, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care; chief and professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and deputy director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center (AECC), has been named to NCI’s Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology. The BSC, consisting of distinguished cancer scientists primarily from academia, provides advice to the NCI leadership on all aspects of the Institute’s intramural and extramural research programs.
“This appointment is in recognition of Dr. Perez-Soler’s leadership and notable, innovative laboratory and clinical research contributions on the prevention and treatment of lung cancer,” said I. David Goldman, M.D., director, AECC and professor, Departments of Medicine and of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein. “Also of note, are his many years of service to NCI as a member of grant review committees and as a recipient of peer-reviewed grants from this organization.”
Dr. Perez-Soler is an internationally recognized thoracic oncologist dedicated to the development of innovative therapies for lung cancer. Over the last three decades, Dr. Perez-Soler has pioneered the development of now widely accepted modalities for treatment of a variety of cancers, including liposomes for the delivery and tumor-targeting of anticancer agents. Dr. Perez-Soler has also championed the use of inhaled interventions as an early strategy for patients at risk of developing lung cancer.
Dr. Perez-Soler will serve on the NCI’s Board of Scientific Counselors through July 31, 2020.
About Montefiore Health SystemMontefiore Health System is a premier academic health system and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Combining nationally-recognized clinical excellence with a population health perspective that focuses on the comprehensive needs of the communities it serves, Montefiore delivers coordinated, compassionate, science-driven care where, when and how patients need it most. Montefiore consists of seven hospitals and an extended care facility with a total of 2,455 beds, a School of Nursing, and state-of-the-art primary and specialty care provided through a network of more than 150 locations across the region, including the largest school health program in the nation and a home health program. The Children's Hospital at Montefiore is consistently named in U.S. News' "America's Best Children's Hospitals." Montefiore's partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. The health system derives its inspiration for excellence from its patients and community, and continues to be on the frontlines of developing innovative approaches to care. For more information please visit www.montefiore.org. Follow us on Twitter; like us on Facebook; view us on YouTube.
About Albert Einstein College of MedicineAlbert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the nation’s premier centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. During the 2015-2016 academic year, Einstein is home to 731 M.D. students, 193 Ph.D. students, 106 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and 278 postdoctoral research fellows. The College of Medicine has more than 1,900 full-time faculty members located on the main campus and at its clinical affiliates. In 2015, Einstein received $148 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This includes the funding of major research centers at Einstein in aging, intellectual development disorders, diabetes, cancer, clinical and translational research, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas where the College of Medicine is concentrating its efforts include developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. Its partnership with Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. Through its extensive affiliation network involving Montefiore, Jacobi Medical Center—Einstein’s founding hospital, and three other hospital systems in the Bronx, Brooklyn and on Long Island, Einstein runs one of the largest residency and fellowship training programs in the medical and dental professions in the United States. For more information, please visit www.einstein.yu.edu, read our blog, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and view us on YouTube.
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