Dr. Narjust Florez is a faculty member in the Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care. She is a medical oncologist with clinical and research focus on thoracic malignancies. She has been recognized for her work with numerous awards, including the Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award, considered the highest trainee honor in the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education; the Merit Award/ASCO Employees Endowed Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology; and the Next-Generation Innovators Award, HemOnc Today - Healio, Scholar in Training Award, 11th American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) conference on the science of cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. Dr. Florez's clinical interests include medical oncology with emphasis on thoracic cancer, including small cell and non-small cell lung cancer, thymic malignancies and mesothelioma.
Dr. Florez is a moderator for our Lung Cancer Series.