Hackensack Meridian Health has named JFK University Medical Center’s Laboratory Medical Director, Alex Ewing, M.D., as the Medical Director of the recently opened genomics sequencing laboratory, Anthology Diagnostics.
With more than 20 years of experience in pathology laboratory diagnostics and administration, Dr. Ewing brings strong leadership and deep knowledge in precision cancer testing to the Anthology Lab. He has been the medical director at Hackensack Meridian’s JFK University Medical Center since 2008, and will remain in that role as he takes on this new responsibility.
The reference laboratory offers next generation sequencing data of DNA and RNA that helps clinicians in treatment decision-making for their patients, as well as to researchers seeking to identify innovative biomarkers that can further improve the understanding and management of blood cancers and solid tumors.
About Dr. Ewing
Before his appointment at JFK University Medical Center, Dr. Ewing received his BS degree from Davidson College in 1993, and his MD degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1997. He completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC in 2001, also serving as Chief Resident. Dr. Ewing completed a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at Georgetown in 2002, followed by a fellowship in Cytopathology at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Center in 2003.
Dr. Ewing’s specific academic interests are in molecular pathology of adult brain tumors, breast cancer, and cytopathology.