USA Health Names Cancer Institute Director

USA Health named Dr. Martin J. Heslin director of its Mitchell Cancer Institute, effective February 15. USA Health says, “Heslin is a renowned surgical oncologist and former associate director of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He serves as executive vice chair of the Department of Surgery and is the chief of the medical staff at UAB Hospital. Heslin also is the James P. Hayes Jr. Endowed Professor in Gastrointestinal Oncology.” He has extensive training in hepatobiliary, pancreatic and colorectal surgery, and maintains a clinical interest in gastrointestinal cancers including liver, pancreas, stomach, colon and rectum malignancies. His research has focused on topics from surgical outcomes to physician management. He graduated from Cornell University in Microbiology and earned his medical degree from SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse. He completed a general surgery residency at New York University Medical Center and holds a master’s degree in Health Administration from UAB. Heslin is author or coauthor on more than 120 publications and 10 book chapters.