Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, FACP, FASCO
Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, FACP, FASCO, has been appointed inaugural Chair of the newly formed Department of Cancer Medicine for the Charlotte, North Carolina campus of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
A clinician-scientist, Dr. Tan is a nationally recognized breast medical oncologist whose work has advanced novel therapies for breast cancer, with a focus on triple-negative disease. Since 2020, Dr. Tan has served as Chair of the prior Department of Solid Tumor Oncology and Investigational Therapeutics, and since 2014, as Chief, Section of Breast Medical Oncology and Director of the Phase I Program at Atrium Health Levine Cancer. As a clinical researcher, she has served as principal investigator on multiple early-phase clinical trials and international phase III studies which have contributed to regulatory approvals of new therapies for breast cancer.
The new academic department consolidates former Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute programs into the divisions of Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Supportive Oncology. Dr. Tan will direct the clinical, research, and educational missions of this department in Charlotte. She will also oversee the department’s academic infrastructure, including the 3-year hematology and oncology fellowship program and faculty development for more than 120 physicians.
