Fox Chase Cancer Center CEO and leadership

Erica Golemis is a Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center and is based in Greater Philadelphia Area. She has worked as Consultant at Morphochem, Inc. Erica studied at Del Mar DataTrac between 1988 and 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) between 1983 and 1988, and Bryn Mawr College between 1979 and 1983.

Helstrom James are a Chief Medical Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center and are based in Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Dr. Abbas is Professor and Thoracic Surgeon in Chief at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center. In 2018, he served as the 56th President of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. Certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, he earned his medical degree from Ain-Shams University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. He trained in General Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System. Afterwards, he completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Since then, he has held several leadership positions at different academic institutions. Dr. Abbas has extensive expertise in robotic surgery for mediastinal, esophageal and lung disease. He has authored numerous papers and chapters in the fields of thoracic surgery and minimally invasive surgery and is frequently invited to speak at National and International meetings. His research includes ongoing studies in robotic thoracic surgery, esophageal dysmotility, gastroesophageal reflux disease and cryospray therapy.

David Chen is an Associate Chief Academic Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Director, Urologic Oncology Fellowship Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has worked as Associate Professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Urology Resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and HHMI-NIH Research Scholar at HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE. David studied at Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Elin Sigurdson is a Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology annd Associate Chief Academic Office at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Chair, Surgical Education Products at SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended University of Toronto.

Glenn Rall is a Professor, Associate Chief Academic Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center. He studied at Lafayette College between 1981 and 1985, Vanderbilt University between 1985 and 1990, and Scripps Research between 1991 and 1995.