Dr. Jean-Phillippe Pignol, a long-time member of UT DRO, will be leaving his positions as Professor at UT DRO and the Department of Medical Biophysics, as well as his staff position at the Odette Cancer Centre this summer. He has accepted a major leadership position at Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The Erasmus University Medical Center based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty ofmedicine, is the one of the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in Europe. Dr. Pignol will be taking on the position of Professor and Chair of the University Department in addition to leadership of the Radiation Oncology Department at the Medical Center. The department there is highly specialized in robotic radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and image guided radiotherapy in addition to hyperthermia.
Dr. Pignol has been an innovative leader both at the Odette Cancer Centre, and at U of T. Dr. Greg Czarnota commented, “Many of the unique aspects of what we offer to patients at Odette Cancer Centre have been led by Dr. Pignol’s efforts and his unique ability to get things done. In that way he has served as a role model for many of us in addition to his excellence in patient care.”
On behalf of everyone at UT DRO, we wish Dr. Pignol our heartiest congratulation on this new and exciting chapter!
