PHILADELPHIA (July 25, 2022)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Vanessa B. Wookey, MD, as an assistant professor in the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program.
Wookey earned her medical degree in 2015 from the Sanford School of Medicine at The University of South Dakota and went on to an internal medicine residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology from South Dakota State University.
Wookey earned her medical degree in 2015 from the Sanford School of Medicine at The University of South Dakota and went on to an internal medicine residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology from South Dakota State University.
After her residency, Wookey went on to complete her hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Before coming to Fox Chase, Wookey completed an advanced gastrointestinal oncology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Over the course of her academic career, Wookey has achieved multiple honors, including acceptance into the Scholarship Pathways Program, earning the Avera Health Scholarship, and the SDSMA DakotaCare Scholarship.
Wookey has authored multiple articles that have appeared in peer-reviewed publications. She currently belongs to the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.
In addition to her academic achievements, Wookey has held various teaching and leadership positions at both South Dakota State University and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She also has an extensive history of community service, including work at the Coyote Community Clinic as a Student and Physician Volunteer Coordinator, and vice president of her local chapter of the Christian Medical Dental Association.
Wookey will begin her tenure at Fox Chase on August 1.