Alan Pollack, M.D., Ph.D., has taken the helm as the new chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He will oversee clinical and research teams at UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and serve as chief of service at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Pollack comes to UM from Philadelphia’s Fox Chase Cancer Center, where he was a leading physician/scientist.

Since 2001, Dr. Pollack, a Miller School of Medicine alum, has been the Gerald E. Hanks, M.D. Endowed Chair and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase. He is an internationally renowned expert in prostate and other cancers.

Though his career took him to different parts of the country, Dr. Pollack has had a long association with the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital. He attended the medical school and received his Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology in 1979, and his M.D. in 1987. He completed his internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, followed by a residency and an assistant professor position at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas.