Joel Noumoff, M.D., chief of Gynecologic Oncology at Crozer-Chester Medical Center and medical director of the Fox Chase Crozer-Keystone Cancer Partnership for Crozer, was recently appointed chair 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 board advises the Secretary on matters related to cancer; approves a yearly plan for cancer control, prevention and research; report annually to the General Assembly; and recommends the awarding of grants and contracts related to cancer control, prevention and research.
Noumoff also serves as chair of Obstetrics/Gynecology at Crozer and is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Temple University School of Medicine.