Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Maryam Ijaz Khan

Dr. Khan
Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Maryam Ijaz Khan, MD, as an associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology.

PHILADELPHIA (April 20, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Maryam Ijaz Khan, MD, as an associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology.

Khan has over 12 years of experience in both academic and clinical medicine, most recently as a clinical endocrinologist at Kennedy Health Alliance. Prior to that she was an associate professor of medicine at Cooper University HealthCare. Other experience includes time as a clinical associate at the Perelman School of Medicine and as a hospitalist at Memorial Hermann and Houston Northwest Hospitals.

Khan earned her medical degree from the King Edward Medical School in Pakistan in 2000 and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine. She also completed a joint clinical fellowship in diabetes and metabolism in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Baylor College of Medicine and with the Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

She has published several journal articles and book chapters and has also been involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

She is a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology, the Endocrine Society, and the Philadelphia Endocrine Society.

Khan began her tenure at Fox Chase on March 13.

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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