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LSU President William F. Tate IV, LCMC Health President and CEO Greg Feirn, and LSU Health New Orleans Chancellor Steve Nelson, MD, are pleased to announce that Lucio Miele, MD, PhD will serve as director of LSU-LCMC Health Cancer. Center. This announcement follows current Director, Dr. Joe Ramos, accepting a leadership position at the Lundquist Institute in California. Dr. Miele and Dr. Ramos will work together until the end of January to ensure a smooth transition.
“Our collective efforts to combat the burden of cancer in Louisiana rely on a strong LSU-LCMC Cancer Center,” said LSU President William F. Tate IV. “Dr. Miele’s significant contributions to cancer research, along with his insightful understanding of the interconnection between basic research, clinical science, population studies, and evidence-based practice, position him well. unique to advance this life-saving initiative.
Originally from Naples, Italy, Dr. Miele currently serves as Senior Associate Dean for Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Genetics, and Cancer Crusaders Professor of Genetics. Prior to joining LSU Health, Dr. Miele served as director of the Cancer Institute at the University of Mississippi Medical Center for five years and held notable leadership positions at the cancer centers associated with the Stritch School of Medicine from Loyola University Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Miele is a distinguished and well-funded scientist with national and international stature in basic and translational research and has been awarded several patents for his innovative research approaches.
“We are thrilled with the progress our cancer center has made in research and community engagement in just three years, and Dr. Miele is the ideal physician-scientist who will continue its momentum toward NCI designation for Louisiana,” he said. said Dr. Steve Nelson, LSU. Chancellor of Health.
Since 2022, LSU Health and LCMC Health have been active partners in pursuing NCI designation for Louisiana and the Gulf South to ensure access to the most advanced approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment . Through a collective $100 million commitment, the LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center is working to expand cancer-focused research, community engagement and multidisciplinary care programs for the people of our state and our region.
LCMC Health President and CEO Greg Feirn said, “The LSU-LCMC Cancer Center has improved the way Louisianans approach a cancer diagnosis and, more importantly, how they can work towards cancer prevention. prevention. I am confident that Dr. Miele will further strengthen our growth for the benefit of the community.
About LSU Health New Orleans (LSUHSC)
LSU Health New Orleans trains Louisiana’s healthcare professionals. The state’s leading health sciences university, LSU Health New Orleans includes a medical school with campuses in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, the state’s only dental school, the Louisiana’s only public school of public health and schools of allied health professions, nursing. and higher education. LSU Health New Orleans faculty care for patients in public and private hospitals and clinics across the region. At the forefront of bioscience research, the LSU Health New Orleans research enterprise generates jobs and enormous annual economic impact. LSU Health New Orleans faculty have made lifesaving discoveries and continue to work to prevent, advance treatment or cure disease.
LCMC Health
Established in 2009, LCMC Health is a Louisiana-based, not-for-profit hospital system serving the healthcare needs of the Gulf Coast region. LCMC Health currently operates Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, East Jefferson General Hospital, Lakeside Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, New Orleans East Hospital, Touro, University Medical Center of New Orleans and West Jefferson Medical Center.
About LSU Health LCMC Cancer Center
The LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center has reimagined, reimagined, strengthened and modernized how Louisianans approach a cancer diagnosis and, more importantly, how they can prevent it. Home to more than 100 cancer researchers, LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center’s research programs through the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Research Center of Excellence directly benefit the Louisiana community by conducting targeted research needed to better prevent cancer , detect it earlier when it can be more effectively treated, and develop the new cancer therapies of tomorrow. Through critical funding and partnerships such as those with LSU, LCMC Health, Tulane University and Louisiana Cancer Research Center, the LSU LCMC Health Center brings together cancer care and research in Louisiana to focus on the specific challenges facing the state faces to reduce the excessive burden of cancer. .