# Joseph Gligorov

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## TL;DR

Medical oncologist at Hôpital Tenon who is executive director of the Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie AP-HP Sorbonne Université, the OECI-accredited university cancer institute in Paris.

## Summary

Joseph Gligorov is Directeur Exécutif of the Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie (IUC) AP-HP Sorbonne Université, which coordinates cancer care, teaching and research across the AP-HP Sorbonne Université hospital group and the university's health faculty. He is professor of medical oncology at Sorbonne Université, practises in the medical oncology department of Hôpital Tenon in Paris and belongs to the Inserm U938 team on cancer biology and treatment; his research concerns breast cancer and predictive factors of response to anticancer treatment, he directs the Nice-St Paul de Vence breast cancer guidelines conference and he co-founded and chairs the Mediterranean oncology association AROME. In a 2023 interview with the Sorbonne Université Faculté de Santé, as director of the IUC, he described the institute's creation by Dean Serge Uzan and its accreditation as an OECI 'Comprehensive Cancer Center', and AP-HP reported in February 2026 on the institute's annual scientific day.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; comprehensive-cancer-centre
- Role: Directeur Exécutif (Executive Director), Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie AP-HP Sorbonne Université
- Specialisms: Medical oncology; Breast cancer; Predictive factors of treatment response

## Sources

- Source: Alliance Sorbonne Université Global Health Institute profile naming him Directeur Exécutif of the IUC: https://asu-ghi.sorbonne-universite.fr/lasu-ghi/membres/joseph-gligorov
- Source: Sorbonne Université Faculté de Santé interview with the IUC director on OECI accreditation (2023): https://sante.sorbonne-universite.fr/actualites/linstitut-universitaire-de-cancerologie-iuc-decroche-laccreditation-comprehensive-cancer

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/)
- institutions: [Institut Universitaire de Cancérologie AP-HP Sorbonne Université](https://onco.cc/institutions/iuc-aphp-sorbonne/), [Organisation of European Cancer Institutes](https://onco.cc/institutions/oeci/)

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