In this episode, Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, FACP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Oncology Department Chair at Wayne State University, joins the podcast to discuss navigating uncertainty in today’s healthcare environment. He shares insights on evolving therapy services and highlights emerging breakthroughs in oncology that are shaping the future of cancer care.

Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, FACP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Oncology Department Chair at Wayne State University

Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

This is Laura Deirdre with the Becker's Healthcare Podcast. I'm thrilled today to be joined by Dr. Boris Pasche, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Oncology Department Chair at Wayne State University. Dr. Pasche, it's a pleasure to have you on the podcast today. Thank you. Now, I'm excited for our conversation, but before we begin, can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your background?

I'm happy to. Yeah, my name is Boris Pasche. I was born and raised in Switzerland. I received an MD degree from Sweden and one from Switzerland just to make things more complicated. And I received a PhD from Sweden at Karolinska Institute. I then moved to the United States and did a postdoc at Harvard Medical School at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

I did my residency at Cornell, New York Hospital, my fellowship at Sloan Kettering. And then I moved to the Midwest where I started my first academic position at Northwestern, where I was the founding director of the cancer genetics program. After that, I moved to Alabama, became the chief of the hematology oncology division at University of Alabama, Birmingham, and the deputy director of the cancer center.

And then I served as the cancer center director and chair of the department of cancer biology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina and Winston-Salem for eight years. And then I joined Karmanos in 2023 and have been in beautiful Michigan since then. Well, that's fantastic to hear. And, you know, what a great experience you've been able to have.

Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, FACP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Oncology Department Chair at Wayne State University

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Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, FACP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Oncology Department Chair at Wayne State University

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.