Sonali Smith,MD, the Elwood V. Jensen Professor, has been named as the Interim Chief of the Section of Hematology/Oncology effective immediately. Dr. Smith, currently the Director of the Adult Lymphoma Program,is an internationally recognized expert in lymphoma therapeutics who has made outstanding contributions to the field through her clinical care, education and clinical research.
Dr. Smith serves in a number of leadership positions with national and international visibility. She is Vice-Chair of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Lymphoma Committee where she oversees clinical trial development at the cooperative group level and mentors faculty across the country. She serves as chair of the Career Development and Engagement Subcommittee for the American Society of Oncology (ASCO), and also chairs the Women’s Networking Center for ASCO’s annual meeting. Dr. Smith is Deputy Editor for Hematology and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer. She serves as a member of the National Cancer Institute’s Lymphoma Steering Committee and on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lymphoma Research Foundation. Dr. Smith has chaired and organized the International John Ultmann Chicago Lymphoma Symposium, now in its 16th year. Institutionally, Dr. Smith is a member of the Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, the Pritzker School of Medicine’s Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators and serves as a Senior Faculty Scholar in the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence. As a scholar, she has published nearly 180 publications and lectures extensively to peers and/or patient audiences nationally and internationally.