Krisha J. Howell, MD, Joins the Fox Chase Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology as Assistant Professor

Krisha Howell, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Krisha Howell, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
PHILADELPHIA (February 1, 2017) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Krisha J. Howell, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

A board-certified radiation oncologist, Howell comes to Fox Chase from the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, where she served as clinical assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology. She completed her radiation oncology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), in Charleston, South Carolina, and completed her fellowship in brachytherapy at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Howell earned her medical degree at Wayne State School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan.

“Dr. Howell strengthens our team with her extensive background and experience, specifically in brachytherapy,” said Eric M. Horwitz, MD, chair of radiation oncology at Fox Chase. “She will be a great addition to the department of radiation oncology and the Center.”

Howell will start at Fox Chase on February 1, 2017.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to build on over a century’s worth of progress made by Fox Chase Cancer Center,” said Howell. “I look forward to working with Dr. Horwitz and my colleagues in the department of radiation oncology and across the Center to offer the best care for patients.”

Fox Chase Cancer Center (Fox Chase), which includes the Institute for Cancer Research and the American Oncologic Hospital and is a part of Temple Health, is one of the leading comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase is also one of just 10 members of the Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has received the Magnet recognition for excellence six consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center that there shall be no exclusion from, or participation in, and no one denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, level of education, or source of payment.

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