Cejka Executive Search Places Levine Cancer Institute Leader
Dr. Derek Raghavan has been placed by Cejka Executive Search as President of Levine Cancer Institute.
The Levine Cancer Institute was established by Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) with a $20 million grant from the Leon Levine Foundation and plans to invest approximately $500 million over the next decade to improve cancer treatment, research and education.
A world renowned expert on cancer, Dr. Raghavan was formerly Chairman and Director of the Taussig Cancer Center at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, ranking in the top ten cancer hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. He is highly sought after as a consultant on cancer and currently serves on the external advisory boards of cancer centers at Washington University in St. Louis; Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY; San Antonio Cancer Institute; University of Miami; and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Raghavan serves on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals, has been a principal investigator for more than a dozen major research grants, and has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles in professional journals. Dr. Raghavan was featured among a panel of authorities recently interviewed on "Larry King Live" on the state of cancer research.
Ms. Hartung noted that Dr. Raghavan was selected from a large field of top cancer professionals from across the country. "Working closely with Michael Tarwater, Chief Executive Officer of CHS, and his executive board to identify and successfully place a candidate of Dr. Raghavan's caliber was a key element of our strategic relationship with CHS," she said. "Our shared goal is to deliver top leadership talent and clinical expertise for Levine Cancer Institute."
Other search activity under management by Cejka Executive Search for CHS includes Chiefs of Thoracic Oncology and Urologic Oncology for Levine Cancer Institute, and Chair of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery for Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute.
For more than 30 years, Cejka Executive Search has partnered exclusively with health care organizations to identify and recruit talented C-level executives, physician leaders, key members of senior management and academic medicine faculty.