Maithel Named Chief Surgical Officer at Lurie Cancer Center

We are pleased to announce that Shishir Maithel, MD, Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery, has been appointed Chief Surgical Officer of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

In this role, Dr. Maithel will lead the coordination and strategic expansion of surgical oncology clinical trials across the Lurie Cancer Center and the Northwestern Medicine Cancer Care Network. He will work in close partnership with the cancer center’s Clinical Trials Office and faculty leaders to strengthen infrastructure, accelerate accruals, and align efforts across disease programs and locations.

Dr. Maithel brings significant national experience to this position, having served as Principal Investigator on multiple National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) trials and held leadership roles within cooperative group networks.  He is currently serving as Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group's Surgery Committee and is a member of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Hepatobiliary Task Force.  His expertise and collaborative approach will be instrumental in advancing our shared vision to expand access to innovative, high-quality cancer clinical trials throughout the region.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Maithel on this important appointment.

Best Regards,

Hasan Alam, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Surgeon-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery, and
Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Leonidas C. Platanias, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center 
of Northwestern University
Associate Vice President for Cancer Programs,
Northwestern University
Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin and Elizabeth Lurie
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Feinberg School of Medicine