Joel Noumoff, M.D., chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Crozer-Chester Medical Center and medical director of the Fox Chase Crozer-Keystone Cancer Partnership for Crozer, was recently appointed chairman of the Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention and Research Advisory Board.
 
The board has 11 members, including the Secretary of Health and 10 members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate for four-year terms. The diverse panel consists of three physicians, one nurse, one health care administrator, two public health professionals, one community health nurse, and three consumers.

The board will advise the Secretary on matters related to cancer; approve a yearly plan for cancer control, prevention and research; report annually to the General Assembly; and recommend the awarding of grants and contracts related to cancer control, prevention and research.

“The board membership is comprised of individuals bringing different expertise and insights, yet all have the common goal of preventing and fighting cancer,” Noumoff says. “Our goal is to identify the needs of people in Pennsylvania related to cancer care, and then provide support to the best programs and research realted to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.”

Noumoff also serves as chairman of the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology at Crozer and is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Temple University School of Medicine.