Professor Loscalzo has held leadership positions at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, the Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center at the University of California at San Diego, and now at the City of Hope. He has created a number of highly integrated interdisciplinary biopsychosocial programs based on a unique staff leadership model. In October 2014, Professor Loscalzo was recognized with a lifetime achievement award in clinical care by the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS). In August 2015, he received the Jimmie Holland Life Time Leadership Award from the American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS). His clinical interests are gender medicine; strengths based approaches to psychotherapies, problem-based distress screening and the creation of supportive care programs.
Professor Loscalzo has over 35 years experience in caring for cancer patients and their families. He is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the clinical, educational, and research domains of psychosocial aspects of cancer. He is a President of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW). Professor Loscalzo has focused pain and palliative care, the implementation of problem-based screening programs, gender-based medicine and problem solving therapies. He is highly recognized and sought after for his strategic mentorship of leaders across disciplines.
He is the PI on two five-year NIH R25E training grants (teaching health care professionals how to build supportive care programs and biopsychosocial screening programs) and a site PI for a new third R25E to teach advanced cognitive behavioral skills. He is also on the editorial boards or a reviewer for a number of professional journals and has more than 100 publications.