Rashmi Khanal Joins Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center

Rashmi Khanal, MD
Rashmi Khanal, MD

PHILADELPHIA (September 1, 2017) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Rashmi Khanal, who will join the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center as part of the Jeanes Hospital Consultative Service.

Khanal earned her medical degree from Jahurul Islam Medical College and Hospital at Dhaka University in Bajitpur, Bangladesh. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, New Jersey before joining Seidman Cancer Center as a hospitalist in Cleveland, Ohio. Khanal completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.

“Dr. Khanal’s experience across the United States and the world is an incredible asset,” said Martin J. Edelman, chair of the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase. “We are fortunate to have her join our staff and look forward to all that she will bring to our patients.  She has received excellent training at the NCI designated MUSC Comprehensive Cancer Center and comes with outstanding recommendations.  She will add considerable depth to our expanding program at Jeanes Hospital. ”

Khanal will begin on September 1, 2017.

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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