Oncology Community Mourns the Loss of Dr Jeffrey S. Weber, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® Winner

Source: OncLive , August 2024

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, inductee of the 2016 Giants of Cancer Care® award in Melanoma, has died.

Weber served as deputy director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center; the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology in the Department of Medicine at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine; director of the Experimental Therapeutics Program; and co-leader of the Clinical Melanoma Program Board at NYU Langone Health.

“The Melanoma Research Alliance mourns the passing of Dr Jeffrey S. Weber, a true pioneer in the field of cancer immunotherapy and an extraordinary leader in melanoma research,” the Melanoma Research Alliance wrote in a post on LinkedIn. “His contributions have forever changed the landscape of melanoma treatment, bringing groundbreaking advances from the lab into clinical practice and offering hope to countless patients."
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