Julie Vose, M.D., an oncologist for the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for a one-year term beginning in June 2015. Dr. Vose will take office as president-elect during the ASCO annual meeting in Chicago in June 2014. Dr. Vose is the Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professorial Chair and chief of the oncology/hematology division in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, as well as the associate director of clinical research and co-chair of the lymphoma program at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Since joining ASCO in 1991, she has served on the board of directors, as chair of the Cancer Education Committee and is the current chair-elect of the Integrated Media and Technology Committee.
ASCO, supported by its affiliate organization the Conquer Cancer Foundation, is the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer. For ASCO information and resources, visit www.asco.org.
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