Martin J. Edelman has been appointed Chairman of the Department of Hematology/Oncology and Deputy Director for Clinical Research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. He will also be the G. Morris Dorrance Professor of Hematology/Oncology. Prior to joining Fox Chase, Dr. Edelman was Head of the Section of Solid Tumor Oncology and Associate Director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology for the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, US.