Ranee Mehra, M.D., Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Department of Medical Oncology

PHILADELPHIA (December 1, 2006) – Ranee Mehra, M.D., has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center’s department of medical oncology as an attending physician. Mehra’s clinical and research interests include lung cancer, head and neck cancers and investigational therapy.

Mehra comes to Fox Chase from Yale University’s Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn., where she was a clinical fellow in the department of medical oncology. Prior to this, Mehra completed her residency in internal medicine at New York University Medical Center in 2002.

She received her bachelor’s degree in science with a concentration in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her M.D. from New York University School of Medicine.

Mehra is board-certified in internal medicine. She is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Fox Chase Cancer Center was founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as the nation’s first cancer hospital. In 1974, Fox Chase became one of the first institutions designated as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center. Fox Chase conducts basic, clinical, population and translational research; programs of prevention, detection and treatment of cancer; and community outreach. For more information about Fox Chase activities, visit the Center’s web site at www.fccc.edu or call 1-888-FOX CHASE.