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Lowry named new medical director of cancer center

MARQUETTE – Dr. Philip Andrew Lowry has been named the new medical director for the U.P. Health System Cancer Center.

The announcement was made by Ed Banos, CEO of the U.P. Health System.

Dr. Lowry comes to the Upper Peninsula from Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pa., where he was chief medical director of hematology and oncology since 2010.

Prior to that, Dr. Lowry was medical director of the Centre Medical and Surgical Associates Cancer Program in State College, Pa.

“Dr. Lowry is a Yale University trained physician and brings with him expertise and experience that will undoubtedly serve to lead the UPHS Cancer Center into a new era of program expansion, while further strengthening the UP community’s access to quality care,” Banos said.

“We are indeed fortunate as a region to be able to attract a medical care provider of his caliber to the crucial role of Cancer Center Medical Director,” he added.

He completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., in 1977; and then went on to graduate from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., in 1981. Dr. Lowry completed a residency in Internal Medicine (1984) and a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship (1991) at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, VA.

“I am excited to join the Upper Peninsula Health System for many reasons,” Dr. Lowry said. ” The area is physically stunning and the people I have met so far are delightful. Cancer treatment here has already reached excellent levels with national recognition of that, but the partnership with the Duke University Cancer Network promises to move that to the absolute cutting edge of care.”

“The very geography that is so beautiful is also a challenge patients in the Upper Peninsula must travel great distances to get great care. I hope to work with the team here to bring that care as close as possible to where patients live and have their families and support systems in place.”

Board certified in Hematology/Oncology, Dr. Lowry will see patients at clinics in Marquette and Doctor’s Park in Escanaba. He will lead the UPHS Cancer Center clinical team, along with act as clinical liaison with the Duke Cancer Network, of which UPHS Marquette was named an affiliate in late 2014.

Dr. Lowry will reside in Marquette with his wife, Candy.

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