Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Michael Wong, MD, PhD, to serve as the center's first physician in chief.
Dr. Wong stepped into his role Nov. 18, according to a Dec. 2 news release from the cancer center.
He joins Roswell Park from Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he was the medical executive for integration and innovative programs for the MD Anderson Cancer Network and a professor in the department of melanoma medical oncology.
As physician in chief, Dr. Wong will help "drive the culture and performance of Roswell Park's medical staff" while providing care to melanoma patients, the release said.
Dr. Wong previously served at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Health System, Los Angeles-based University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine and is the founder of Vali Nanomedical Inc.