SJ/C names new medical director of the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion


Dr. Howard A. Zaren
Dr. Howard A. Zaren

Dr. Howard A. Zaren has been named the new medical director of the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph’s/Candler. He will also be SJ/C’s principal investigator for the National Community Cancer Centers Program pilot project of the National Cancer Institute.

The Pavilion is one of only 10 organizations selected for the three-year pilot which will change how cancer patients are treated nationally in the community hospital setting. Dr. Zaren has been the principal investigator on numerous national clinical trials and brings a wealth of knowledge to southeast Georgia and the South Carolina low country.

Dr. Zaren was previously the chair of the Department of Surgery at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, and is a tenured professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Illinois. He also served as the principal investigator of the Minority Based Community Clinical Oncology Program funded by the NCI. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Zaren is fellowship trained in surgical oncology and gastrointestinal endoscopy from the M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute at the University of Texas System Cancer Center. He performed his internship and residency at Pennsylvania Hospital. He graduated with his doctorate of medicine from the University of Manitoba Medical School in Manitoba, Canada.

Dr. Zaren officially began his new position on October 1, 2008.

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