OncoDaily is proud to announce that Dr. Gevorg Tamamyan, MD, MSc, PhD, DSc, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of OncoDaily, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO).
The title of FASCO is a recognition bestowed upon ASCO members who have shown extraordinary dedication for their voluntary efforts that benefit the Society, the specialty of oncology, and most importantly, the patients whom we serve.
Dr. Tamamyan serves as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology at Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), President of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology Asia Continental Branch (SIOP Asia), President of the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean (POEM) Group – a cooperative network spanning 28 countries and 110 cancer centers – CEO of the Immune Oncology Research Institute, Co-Chair of the St. Jude EURO Regional Advisory Committee (encompassing 13 European countries under the umbrella of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital), and Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of the Institute of Cancer and Crisis.
He also serves as Adviser to the Rector of YSMU. From 2019 to 2024, he led the Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, which became one of the leading centers in the region under his leadership.
Dr. Tamamyan previously chaired the ASCO IDEA Steering Group and co-chaired the SIOP PODC Supportive Care Working Group. He is the ambassador of the Society of Hematologic Oncology, member of the ASCO International Committee’s Steering Group, Grants Selection and Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee, member of the SIOP Essential Medications Working Group, International Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Sharing Progress in Cancer Care (SPCC), Expert Council Member of the ACT for Children, Co-founder of the Armenian Association of Hematology and Oncology, a Co-founder and a Board Member of the City of Smile Foundation, the largest cancer charity in Armenia. He was the 2018-2019 President of the Harvard Club of Armenia.
He earned his MD and PhD degrees from Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) and his MSc from the University of Ulm (Germany). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (USA); visiting fellowships at China Medical University Hospital (Taiwan) and St. Anna Children’s Hospital (Austria); and served as a medical research fellow at the Headquarters of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC, Belgium) and as a visiting scientist at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (USA).
He also completed executive and postgraduate education in High-Impact Cancer Research at Harvard Medical School (USA), the Global Health Delivery Intensive Course at Harvard School of Public Health (USA), and the Global Health Diplomacy Executive Course at the University of Toronto (Canada).
Dr. Tamamyan is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including the ASCO IDEA (2013) and LIFe (2014) Awards, the 40 Under 40 in Cancer Award (2022), and recognition as a Young Leader by both the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in 2016. He was also selected for the ASCO Leadership Development Program (2022).
Gevorg Tamamyan reflected on this milestone on LinkedIn:
“It is a great honor to be named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO) – a recognition bestowed upon ASCO members who have shown extraordinary dedication through their voluntary efforts to benefit the Society, the specialty of oncology, and, most importantly, the patients we serve.
Years ago, when I first set foot at ASCO’s Annual Meeting – when all of Chicago was alive with the movement of nearly fifty thousand oncologists and members from around the world – I remember watching, in awe, as the world’s leading experts, whose names I had only read in books, were called to the stage to receive the title of FASCO. I could never have imagined that one day…
What can I say – I am deeply grateful to everyone who, in one way or another, directly or indirectly, has helped make this day possible. It is, indeed, a great honor – and an even greater responsibility.”
