Cancer center, after scandal, names new executive

TAMPA — Moffitt Cancer Center named John Cleveland center director, a promotion from the interim position he's held since December, after several executives resigned due to alleged violations of conflict of interest rules in China.

Cleveland, who joined Moffitt in 2014 as associate center director of Basic Science, was also named executive vice president at Moffitt, according to a statement. Tampa-based Moffitt is one of 51 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the country and the only one based in Florida, the release adds.