Philomena McAndrew

Dr. Philomena McAndrew is a native of Philadelphia, attended Villanova University for her undergraduate studies, and then entered medical school at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Internship and residency were completed at Temple University Hospital. In 1981, she and her husband moved to Los Angeles where she began the prestigious UCLA fellowship program in Hematology and Oncology. Her skills in teaching and research quickly were recognized at UCLA; upon completion of the program she was offered and accepted a full-time position. During this phase of her career, she was occupied with patient care in the UCLA Clinics, as well as research and subsequent publication of scientific papers on leukemia, malnutrition associated with cancer, and fat metabolism in cancer patients. In 1987, she embarked on a career change and entered private practice. She concentrated most of her practice activities at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and eventually became one of the founding part