Around Fox Chase

Carolyn Fang, PhD, Professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been recognized with the 2025 Innovation Award from Cheltenham, Pa.-based lung cancer nonprofit Ride Hard Breathe Easy (RHBE).

When Colleen Coyne, MHA, spoke about her father’s heart surgery at Temple Health, she did not focus on the procedure itself. Instead, she described a quiet moment afterward: a nurse sitting beside his bed, gently holding his hand.

Austin Williams, MD, MSEd, FACS, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been elected to membership in the Society of University Surgeons (SUS), a prestigious national organization dedicated to advancing academic surgery through excellence in research, education, and clinical practice.

Susan Rux, PhD, DNP, RN, FACHE, Associate Vice President of Professional Nursing Practice and Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has received the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology’s (P.I.T.) Excellence in Healthcare Community Award - Clinical Excellence.

Sanjay S. Reddy, MD, FACS, Division Chief of Surgical Oncology and Co-Director of the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently appointed Vice Chair of the Surgical Oncology Program Directors Committee within the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO).

Connection and Community are key elements of the Fox Chase Cancer Center culture. Evident in many ways, one example is the New Faculty Reception, held January 22, 2026, when senior leaders and established faculty members officially welcomed the newest members to the faculty.

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers Emma Guilbaud, PhD, and Kelly Coutant, PhD, were recently honored with Scholar-in-Training Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have been awarded a grant to study sexual dysfunction in female patients undergoing treatment for rectal cancer.