Beebe Healthcare Physician to Facilitate Lecture on Cancer Research in America
Director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Oncology Center of Excellence will present at Lewes Public Library
Richard Pazdur, MD, Director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administrations' Oncology Center of Excellence, will discuss the state of cancer research in America. The lecture will be facilitated by Srujitha Murukutla, MD, of Beebe’s Tunnell Cancer Center.
It will be held Saturday, July 27, at 6 p.m., at the Lewes Public Library.
In his role as director of the OCE, Dr. Pazdur is responsible for leading the effort to develop and execute an integrated regulatory approach to enhance the cross-center coordination of oncology product clinical review, according to his biography on the FDA Leadership website.
Pazdur previously served as the director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products (OHOP) in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Pazdur has published more than 400 articles, book chapters and abstracts. In 2015, Fortune magazine named Pazdur as one of the 50 World’s Greatest Leaders.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is preferred. Register online at: https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/5232824. Interested participants may also register at the Lewes Public Library Circulation Desk or by calling the Library at (302) 645-2733.
This lecture series is co-hosted by the Lewes Public Library and Topical Seminars.