Dr. Patt, a medical oncologist and hematologist, is vice president of Dallas-based Texas Oncology and the medical director of outcomes research and the pathways task force for The US Oncology Network.
As the head of the peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal, Dr. Patt will manage the development and production of each issue of JCO CCI. The publication will cover clinically relevant research on policy, healthcare services delivery, biomedical informatics methods and processes applied to cancer-related data.
“We are pleased to have Dr. Patt overseeing this new ASCO journal which is focused on one of the most promising new fields in healthcare,” said ASCO CEO Allen S. Lichter, MD. “Her unique qualifications and expertise make her the ideal physician editor to take this journal from a concept to a world-class publication.”
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