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Chair and Faculty Information

Chairs

Lee M. Ellis, MD
Chair, Ad Interim, Department of Cancer Biology
Professor of Surgery and Cancer Biology
William C. Liedtke, Jr., Chair in Cancer Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Michael S. Gordon, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Premiere Oncology of Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona

Robert S. Kerbel, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Tumor Biology,Angiogenesis and Anti-Angiogenic Therapy
University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Molecular and Cellular
Biology Research
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/
Odette Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Helen X. Chen, MD
Associate Branch Chief
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, Maryland

Faculty

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Molecular, Cell and
Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Michael B. Atkins, MD
Deputy Chief
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Gabriele Bergers, PhD
Associate Professor of
Neurological Surgery
Neill H. and Linda S. Brownstein
Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research
Principal Investigator, Brain Tumor Research Center
University of California
San Francisco, California

Robert Allen Burger, MD
Co-Director, Ovarian Cancer Research Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Helen X. Chen, MD
Associate Branch Chief,
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, Maryland

Peter Choyke, MD
Program Director
Molecular Imaging Program
National Cancer Institute/Center for Cancer Research
Bethesda, Maryland

S. Gail Eckhardt, MD
Professor and Division Head
Medical Oncology
University of Colorado Denver
School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado

Lee M. Ellis, MD
Professor of Surgery and Cancer Biology
William C. Liedtke, Jr. Chair in
Cancer Research
Chair, Ad Interim – Department
of Cancer Biology
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Keith T. Flaherty, MD
Director, Developmental Therapeutics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Amato J. Giaccia, PhD
Professor, Radiation Oncology –
Radiation Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Michael S. Gordon, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
of Medicine
University of Arizona
College of Medicine
Premiere Oncology of Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona

John Heymach, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Oncology
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Aurora, Colorado

Robert S. Kerbel, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Tumor Biology, Angiogenesis and
Anti-Angiogenic Therapy
University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Molecular and
Cellular Biology Research
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center/Odette Cancer Center
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan Kitajewski, PhD
Associate Professor
Columbia University
New York, New York

Donald McDonald, MD, PhD
Professor
University of California
San Francisco, California

Neal Meropol, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Research
Case Western Reserve University
Comprehensive Cancer Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Mark Pegram, MD
Director of the Translational
Research Program, Braman Breast Cancer Research Institute
Professor
University of Miami Hospital/Sylvester
Miami, Florida

Roberto Pili, MD
Professor of Oncology
Chief, Genitourinary Section
Co-Leader, Genitourinary Program
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

David A. Reardon, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
and Pediatrics
Associate Deputy Director
The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Brian Rini, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Lee S. Rosen, MD
Premiere Oncology, California
Santa Monica, California

Bryan Schneider, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Indiana
School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Jan E. Schnitzer, MD
Director
Professor of Cellular &
Molecular Biology
PRISM Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine
San Diego, California

Gary W. Schwartz, MD
Attending Physician
Chief, Melanoma-Sarcoma Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
New York, New York

Manish Shah, MD
Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
New York, New York

Lillian L. Siu, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Medical Oncologist
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

George W. Sledge, Jr., MD
Ballve-Lantero Professor of Oncology
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Melanie B. Thomas, MD
Associate Director of Clinical Investigations
Associate Professor, Grace E.
DeWolff Chair in Medical Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Judith Varner, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Tumor Growth, Invasion &
Metastasis Program
University of California
Moores Cancer Center
San Diego, California


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