NORFOLK, Va. – It is with great pleasure that Alfred Abuhamad, MD, Executive Vice President of Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University and Dean of Eastern Virginia Medical School, and
Amy Sampson, President and CEO, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Health System, announce the appointment of Eric Lowe, MD to serve as Chair of Pediatrics at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at Old Dominion University, effective September 1, 2024. Dr. Lowe’s role will also expand at CHKD, where he has been named Chief Clinical Academic Officer, overseeing clinical
academic and research activities throughout
CHKD Health System.
Dr. Lowe follows C.W. Gowen, MD, who retired on June 30 following a 33-year medical career as a CHKD neonatologist and 10 years as Chair of Pediatrics at EVMS and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at CHKD.
Dr. Lowe, who will continue to care for patients in addition to his new responsibilities, has devoted his career to treating children with cancer and advancing
research in the field of pediatric oncology. He has served as Medical Director of
Pediatric Oncology and Division Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at CHKD, where he provides the latest cancer treatments for children in the region. He has also served as Vice President of
Children’s Specialty Group and on a range of hospital committees.
Dr. Lowe is the principal investigator for CHKD in the
Children’s Oncology Group, a global organization devoted exclusively to childhood and adolescent cancer research. He is also the lead researcher of an international clinical trial for children with anaplastic large cell lymphoma and is researching ways to battle other childhood cancers.
He joined EVMS and CHKD in 2004 after medical school at Emory University School of Medicine, completing a pediatrics residency at the University of Texas, and completing a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He also holds a BS in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an MS in epidemiology from the University of Tennessee.
Throughout his time at EVMS/CHKD, Dr. Lowe has been an active academician. In addition to lectures, he is an attending physician for pediatrics residents during hematology/oncology rotations; he supervises fourth-year medical students during the hematology/oncology elective, and precepts students and residents. He has mentored residents since 2007; many have gone on to careers in pediatric hematology/oncology.
Dr. Lowe is widely published and has given invited presentations globally. He is Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Pediatric Oncology and is a veteran reviewer for multiple other journals. He is a question writer for the pediatric hematology/oncology boards.
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CHKD is the only freestanding, full-service, children’s hospital in Virginia and serves the medical and surgical needs of children throughout greater Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. The not-for-profit CHKD Health System operates primary care pediatric practices, surgical practices, multi-service health centers, urgent care centers, and satellite offices throughout its service region. In 2022, CHKD opened the 14-story Children’s Pavilion on its campus to address the mental health crisis facing our youth.
