Dr. Philip Lammers, chief of medical oncology and medical director of oncology research for Baptist Cancer Center, recently became the first physician in Memphis and the Mid-South to be selected for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Leadership Development Program.

The exclusive ASCO annual Leadership Development Program offers 16 mid-career oncology physicians the opportunity to cultivate valuable leadership skills, gain insight into ASCO's roles and mission, and participate in developing the future of cancer care programs within ASCO. The program began in 2009, and graduates of the program have advanced to academic cancer center leadership positions, ASCO board member positions and leadership positions at the National Cancer Institute.

Lammers graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine, completed internal medicine residency training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and completed hematology/oncology fellowship training at Vanderbilt University. He was the chief of oncology at Meharry Medical College prior to moving to Baptist Cancer Center in 2018.

Lammers endeavors to implement innovative processes at an organizational level to overcome healthcare disparities and to ensure the best possible cancer care for every patient. He leads the Community Breast Cancer Sub-committee at SWOG Cancer Research Network and is the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group site principal investigator for the Baptist Mid-South Minority and Underserved National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) grant. Clinically, he cares for patients in the multidisciplinary breast and lung cancer programs at Baptist.

ASCO is a diverse, international network of more than 50,000 oncology professionals that provides the highest quality resources in education, policy, the pioneering of clinical research and advancement of care for patients with cancer.