Martin J. Edelman MD

Martin J. Edelman, MD, a nationally renowned expert in the research and treatment of lung cancer, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as Chair of the Department of Hematology/Oncology. He will also serve as deputy cancer center director for clinical research, leading the effort to integrate discoveries from the Translational Research Initiative into a strong investigator-initiated clinical trials program. After receiving his medical degree from Albany Medical College, Edelman completed residency training in internal medicine and a hematology/oncology fellowship at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. He served for more than 20 years in the United States Navy Reserve, retiring with the rank of Captain.

He serves on the Lung Cancer Committee of the Alliance (previously CALGB), the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, and the Thoracic Malignancies Steering Committee of the National Cancer Institute’s Scientific Review Group. In addition, he is the Medical Oncology Co-chair for the Lung Cancer Committee of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG, NRG). He has been active within the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and has chaired the lung cancer sections for the scientific and educational committees as well as a past member of the governmental affairs committee.