Emad Elquza

Emad Elquza, M.D. was named medical director at the University of Arizona Cancer Center — North Campus.

He became medical director of the UACC — Orange Grove Campus in July 2010, and will now oversee medical operations for the UA Cancer Center while also coordinating the UACC’s research and outreach efforts.

He will hold clinics at each campus and will continue to see gastrointestinal cancer patients.

Previously, Elquza most recently was chief fellow in the Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program at the UACC, where he served a three-year fellowship. He completed a residency and an internship in internal medicine at the UA.

He is actively involved in research and his interests include the development of novel treatment options for patients with pancreatic cancer. In addition, he is the Director of Clinical Research at the UACC-Orange Grove Campus.

Elquza is a graduate of the University of Southern California and received his medical degree from the Flinders University School of Medicine in Adelaide, Australia.

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