Tanios Bekaii-Saab, M.D. (HEMO ’16), chair, Arizona Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, M.D. (HEMO ’16), has been appointed chair of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He was previously interim chair for the division. Dr. Bekaii-Saab is the David F. and Margaret T. Grohne Professor of Novel Therapeutics for Cancer Research. He is chair of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Group and the co-leader for the Advanced Clinical Trials and Translational Research Program at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. He conducts clinical and translational research focused on developing anti-cancer agents for patients with gastrointestinal cancers.