Mark A. Socinski has been appointed Executive Medical Director of the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, and will oversee the coordination of clinical cancer services for the Florida Hospital network. He will also be a member of the Institute’s Thoracic Oncology Program. Dr. Socinski was previously Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Surgery; Director of the Lung Cancer Section for the Division of Hematology and Oncology; Co-director of the Lung Cancer Center of Excellence; and Co-director of the Lung Cancer Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Cancer Pavilion, Pittsburgh, US.