Four finalists have been identified for the position of Director for the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center (UHCC). The four finalists are scheduled to participate over a two-day period of visits that covers department discussions; meetings with senior administrators, faculty, staff, students, and internal and external constituents; and a public presentation.
Campus and community members and the public are encouraged to attend.
The campus visits of the four candidates have been scheduled as follows:
Dr. John Cowell, pictured far left, visiting March 28-29, 2016
Associate Center Director for Basic Sciences
Georgia Regents University Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Graduate Studies, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Public Presentation: Tuesday, March 29, 3:00-4:15 p.m./UHCC Sullivan Center
Dr. Anthony Shields, second from left, visiting March 31-April 1, 2016
Associate Center Director for Clinical Sciences
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Wayne State University
Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Public Presentation: Friday, April 1, 3:00-4:15 p.m./UHCC Sullivan Center
Dr. Edwin P. Gelman, second from right,
Deputy Director
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University
Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital
Public Presentation: Tuesday, April 5, 3:00-4:15 p.m./UHCC Sullivan Center
Dr. Randall Holcombe, far right, visiting April 7-8, 2016
CMO-Cancer, Mount Sinai Health System
Deputy Director, Tisch Cancer Institute
Medical Director, Ruttenberg Treatment Center
Director, GI Medical Oncology Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai
Public Presentation: Friday, April 8, 3:00-4:15 p.m./UHCC Sullivan Center
“I would like to thank the Search Advisory Committee for identifying a pool of highly qualified and exceptional candidates. The Committee did a terrific job in identifying these finalists, and we are fortunate to have such caliber of finalists visiting our campus,” said UH Mānoa Chancellor
Robert Bley-Vroman. “We invite faculty, staff, students and the public to come out and meet the candidates, and look forward to receiving input that will assist in hiring the best person for the position.”
For more information about the search process, including a list of the members of the Search Advisory Committee, the campus visit daily schedule and the candidate biographies, see the search website at http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/executivesearch/uhcc.
For more information about the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, please
visit www.uhcancercenter.org.