{"id":4649,"date":"2018-04-30T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/former-oncology-chief-howard-ozer-dies\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:23:58","slug":"former-oncology-chief-howard-ozer-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/former-oncology-chief-howard-ozer-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Oncology Division Chief Howard Ozer Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p><em>The department of medicine is saddened to share that former colleague Howard Ozer, MD, PhD, passed away on April 6, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/former-oncology-chief-howard-ozer-dies-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: UIC Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0Dr. Ozer served as Division Chief of Hematology and Oncology at UNC School of Medicine 1982 to 1993 and was associate director for clinical affairs at UNC Lineberger. He was the Eileen Lindsay Heidrick Professor of Oncology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ozer made many notable contributions to the oncology field, including a seminal study that demonstrated that recombinant methionyl granulocyte colony-stimulating factor can reduce the onset of fever and infection for patients receiving chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer. He also is internationally known for his research work in the development of hematopoietic growth factors and cytokines and for his clinical trials in leukemia and lymphoma.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ozer held a number of senior leadership positions during his career, including Director of the University of Illinois Cancer Center, Director of the Winship Cancer Center, Director of the Cancer Center of MCP Hahnemann University, and Director of the University of Oklahoma Cancer Center.<\/p>\n<p>He was a wonderful colleague whose work advanced our knowledge and treatment of cancer. He will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>More about his contributions to the oncology field can be found <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"uic_howard_ozer\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uic.edu\/deaths-howard-ozer\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ron Falk, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nNan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor<br \/>\nChair, Department of Medicine<br \/>\nDirector, UNC Kidney Center<br \/>\nUNC School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shelton Earp, MD<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b>Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center<br \/>\nDirector, UNC Cancer Care<br \/>\nLineberger Professor of Cancer Research<br \/>\nProfessor of Medicine &amp; Pharmacology<br \/>\nUNC School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa A. Carey, MD<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b>Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor in Breast Cancer Research<br \/>\nDivision Chief of Hematology and Oncology<br \/>\nUNC School of Medicine<br \/>\nPhysician-in-Chief, N.C. Cancer Hospital<br \/>\nAssociate Director, Clinical Research, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>The department of medicine is saddened to share that former colleague Howard Ozer, MD, PhD, passed away on April 6, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":4650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-4649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-22","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Oncology Division Chief Howard Ozer 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