The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center selected Donna Hansel, MD, PhD, as the new division head of pathology and laboratory medicine. She will join MD Anderson Sept. 13, according to a July 13 new release from the center.
Dr. Hansel is a professor and chair of pathology and laboratory medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. In her new role, she will lead a team of 650 across four departments at MD Anderson.
"After a thorough national search, we are pleased for Dr. Hansel to join MD Anderson and to share her wealth of experience with our community," Peter Pisters, MD, president of MD Anderson said in the release. "She is an exceptional leader with strong academic and professional skills, and she is a model of our core values — all essential traits that will serve her and our institution well as she leads this critical team."