Indian-origin doctor named chair of oncology department at US-based Cleveland Clinic

An Indian-origin doctor has been appointed the new chair of the Hematology/Medical Oncology Department at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic, a non-profit multispecialty academic medical centre founded in Ohio in 1921.

Jame Abraham, in his new role, will recruit and develop staff, and guide the department's focus on patient access and a multidisciplinary approach to care, a press release said.

Abraham, who earned his medical degree from Calicut Medical College in Kerala, currently serves as the director of the Breast Oncology Programme at Taussig Cancer Institute and co-director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program.

He is also a professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

A member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Breast Cancer Committee, he is also vice chair of the Research Strategy Committee of NRG Oncology, and a member of the Breast Cancer Working Committee for NRG Oncology. He is the vice chair of the Research ...