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*Jeffrey M. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Scientific Advisory Task Force
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Albert Einstein College of Medicine New Hyde Park, NY
*Peter Adamson, M.D.
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Director, Experimental Therapeutics in Oncology
Chair of the Children's Oncology Group
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Tina Albertson, M.D., Ph.D.
Attending Physician, Hematology/Oncology
Seattle Children's Hospital
*Robert J. Arceci, M.D., Ph.D.
King Fahd Professor of Pediatric Oncology
Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University
Steven Arkin, M.D.
Senior Director, Hemophilia Clinical Research & Development
Pfizer Inc.
Shahab Asgharzadeh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Mark P. Atlas, M.D.
Associate Chief, Education
Head, Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Program
Director, Fellowship Training Program
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Christina Baggott, R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
*Ronald D. Barr, M.B., Ch.B., M.D., FRCP (Glasg), FRCP (Lond), FRCPC, FACP, FRCPath, FRCPHCH
Professor, Division of Hematology and Thromboembolism, Department of Medicine
Pathology and Medicine Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University
Oren Becher, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Irwin Bernstein, M.D.
Head & Member, Pediatric Oncology, Clinical Research Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle Children's Hospital
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Salvatore J. Bertolone, M.D., FAAP
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
*Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H.
Ruth Ziegler Chair in Population Sciences; Professor, Population Sciences
Associate Director for Population Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Leader, Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Center for Cancer Survivorship
Director, Outcomes Research
Professor of Pediatrics
City of Hope
Archie Bleyer, M.D.
Medical Advisor to the St. Charles Medical Cancer Center in Bend, OR
Director of the AFLAC/CureSearch Research Projects in Adolescent
and Young Adult Oncology for the Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
Eric Bouffet, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics
Head, Neuro-Oncology Section in the Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children
Laurence A. Boxer, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Michigan Health System
Benjamin Braun, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Michael Briones, M.D.
Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Mitchell Cairo, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Associate Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology and Cell Biology & Anatomy
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Director of the Children's and Adolescent Cancer and Blood Diseases Center
Medical and Scientific Director of the Stem and Cellular Therapy Laboratory
Westchester Medical Center
Angelo Cardoso, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Indiana University School of Medicine
*William Carroll, M.D.
Director, NYU Cancer Institute
New York University School of Medicine
Co-Director, Molecular Oncology
and Immunology Graduate Training Program
New York University Medical Center
Robert C. Castellino, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
Bill Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University
Sung Won Choi, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kenneth Cohen, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor, Oncology and Pediatrics
Director, Fellowship Training Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Clinical Director, Pediatric Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Susan L. Cohn, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Clinical Research Section of Hematology/Oncology
The University of Chicago
Peter Cole, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Don Coulter, M.D.
Assistant Professor Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
University of Nebraska
Morton Cowan, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Gay M. Crooks, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Patsy McGuire Cullen, Ph.D., C.P.N.P.
Associate Professor
Director, Department of Accelerated Nursing
Loretto Heights School of Nursing Regis University
Kevin Curran, M.D.
Fellow, Pediatric Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mari Dallas, M.D.
Assistant Member, Oncology
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Department
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Josu de la Fuente, M.D.
Consultant Pediatric Hematologist, Clinical Lead Pediatric Specialties
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Imperial College, London
Clinical Instructor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of California, Los Angeles
Scott Diede, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Specialist
Acting Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Research Associate, Clinical Research Division, Pediatric Oncology
Seattle Children's, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Megan Dishop M.D.
Associate Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sharron Docherty, Ph.D., MScN, CPNP-AC/PC, R.N.
Associate Professor
Duke University School of Nursing
Sinisa Dovat, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor Chair, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pharmacology
Penn State University College of Medicine
Chris Dvorak, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Michael Engel, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children's Medical Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Jonathan Espenschied, M.D.
Director, Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Training
Director, Clinical Research Training
Director, Clinical Investigation Training Program
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Robert Fallon, M.D.
Director, Department of Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology
Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Medical Center
Noah Federman, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, UCLA Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Jerry Z. Finklestein, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center, Miller Children's Hospital
Jonathan Finlay, M.B., Ch. B.
Director, Neural Tumors Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Jonathan D. Fish, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Vicki Fisher, R.N., MSN, CPNP
Program Manager, Pediatric, BMT Program
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Nicholas Foreman, M.D., ChB
Professor of Pediatrics
Tanner Seebaum and Zachary Tschetter Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program
University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine
Christopher Frantz, M.D.
Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Nemours
Christopher Gamper, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor of Pediatric Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sharon Gardner, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Oncology
New York University School of Medicine
Julie Gastier-Foster, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Biopathy Center, Center for Childhood Cancer
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Kamar Godder, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children's Hospital of Richmond
Stuart H. Gold, M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ralesk Goyal, M.D.
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Processing Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
*Holcombe Grier, M.D.
Associate Chief, Pediatric Clinical Oncology, Pediatric Oncology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Eva Guinan, M.D.
Associate Director, Center for Clinical and Translational research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Joan Haase, Ph.D.
Holmquist Professor in Pediatric Oncology Nursing
Indiana University
Co-Director
Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center
Ann Haight, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology and Medical Oncology
Emory University
Michael Harris, M.D.
Director, Tomorrows Children's Institute
Hackensack University Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School
Doug Hawkins, M.D.
Associate Division Chief
Seattle Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Michelle Hermiston, M.D.
Assistant Professor, In Residence
University of California, San Francisco
Joanne Hilden, M.D., V.P.M.A.
Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent
Laura Hogan, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Stony Brook University Cancer Center
Michael Hogarty, M.D.
Attending Physician
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Mary Hooke, R.N., CNS, Ph.D.
Advanced Practice Nurse and Nurse Researcher
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Alex Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Fellowship Director
Case Western Reserve University
Stephen Hunger, M.D.
Section Chief, Cancer and Blood Disorders
Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Disease Committee
Children's Oncology Group Chair's Office
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Katherine A. Janeway, M.D.
Director, Oncology Consult Service
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Nina Kadan-Lottick, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology
Medical Director, HEROS Program
Yale University School of Medicine
Amy K. Keating, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Charles Keller, M.D.
Associate Professor
Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Leader, Pediatric Cancer Biology Program
Oregon Health & Science University
Katherine Kelly, Ph.D.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children's Research Institute (CNMC)
Michael Kelly, M.D.
Program Director, Cancer
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT Fellowship Program
Medical College of Wisconsin
Javed Khan, M.D.
Head, Oncogenomics Section, Senior Investigator
National Institute of Health
*Nancy Kline, Ph.D., RN, CPNP, FAAN
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing Editor
Representative of the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON)
Director of Nursing Research, Hematology/Oncology
Children’s Hospital Boston
E. Anders Kolb, M.D.
Director, Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Nemours Children's Clinic
Maxwell Krem, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Medical Oncology
University of Washington
Gary Kupfer, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Oncology Program
Section Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) and of Pathology
Yale School of Medicine
Dean Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
John J. Letterio, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Director, Cancer Survivorship Program
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
*Michael Link, M.D.
President of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Lydia J. Lee Professor in Pediatric Cancer
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University
Jason Litten, M.D.
Medical Director, Research and Development
Hematology/Oncology Division
Amgen Incorporated
Mignon Loh, M.D.
Associate Professor
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of California, San Francisco
Samuel E. Lux, M.D.
Director, Internship Selection and Vice-Chair for Research
Children’s Hospital Boston
Robert A. Stranahan Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Jennifer Mack, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
*Crystal Mackall, M.D.
Chief of the Pediatric Oncology Branch
National Cancer Institute
John M. Maris, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
Chief, Division of Oncology
Giulio D'Angio Chair in Neuroblastoma Research
Director, Center for Childhood Cancer Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Kathleen Meeske, Ph.D.
Nurse Researcher/Cancer Epidemiologist
Director, Health Outcomes and Cancer Control Research, HOPE Program
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
*William H. Meyer, M.D.
Professor and Ben Johnson Chair In Hematology and Oncology
The Children's Hospital at Oklahoma University Medical Center
*Paul Meyers, M.D.
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Lars Mueller, M.D.
Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
*Charles Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), M.Sc., M.D.
Associate Member
Department of Pathology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Michael Needle, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Eneida Nemecek, M.D., M.S.
Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Oregon Health & Science University
Michael Nieder, M.D.
Medical Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
All Children's Hospital
Ido Paz-Priel, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robin Perry, M.D.
Attending Physician, Oncology and Cancer Center
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jessica Pollard, M.D.
Acting Assistant Professor
Seattle Children's Hospital
Research Associate
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Michael Pulsipher, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Chair, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium
Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
University of Utah Medical School
Eric Raabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Karen Rabin, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Nino Rainusso, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Arlene Redner, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncologist
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
North Shore University Hospital
Leslie Robison, Ph.D.
Chair, Epidemiology and Cancer Control
Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, Cancer Center
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
*Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Director, Solid Tumor Program, Pediatric Oncology
Medical Director, Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
*Kathleen Ruccione, M.P.H., R.N., B.S.
Nursing Administrator/Co-Director, HOPE Program
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of Southern California
Kathleen Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Mattel Children’s Hospital
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Lou Schmidt, M.D.
Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Kirk R. Schultz, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Childhood Cancer Research Program
British Columbia Children's Hospital
University of British Columbia
Robert Seeger, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Head for Basic and Translational Research
Director, Cancer Program
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases
*Aziza Shad, M.D.
Assistant Professor and Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Director, Leukemia Lymphoma Program
Director, Late Effects Clinic for Cancer Survivors
Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Program
Georgetown University
Peter Shaw, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics & Child Health
Head, BMT Service
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Shelani Shenoy, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics Director, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program
University of Washington in St. Louis
Susan Shurin, M.D.
Acting Director
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Stuart Siegel, M.D.
Director of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor and Vice Chairman of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Sharon Singh, M.D.
Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Micah Skeens, PNP
Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology
Bone Marrow Transplant Department
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Poul Sorensen, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Johal Chair in Childhood Cancer Research
University of British Columbia
Janet Stewart, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Development
University of Pittsburgh
Eric Sweet-Cordero, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cancer Biology
Stanford University
Marc Symons, Ph.D.
Director, Light Microscopy Facility
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Member, Cushing Brain Tumor Institute
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Jeffrey W. Taub, M.D., FAAP
Division Chief of Oncology
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Ring Screw Textron Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Douglas Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of California Davis Children's Hospital
Jack van Hoff, M.D.
Section Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Sarah Vaiselbuh, M.D.
Attending Physician
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Assistant Investigator, Center for Oncology and Cell Biology
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
David Virshup, M.D.
Adjunct Investigator
Program Director for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore
Adrianna Vlachos, M.D.
Section Head, Bone Marrow Failure/Myelodysplasia
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Samuel Volchenbaum, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
The University of Chicago
Daniel S. Wechsler, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Michael Weiner, M.D.
Director, Herbert Irving Division of Child and Adolescent Oncology
Columbia University
*Naomi Winick, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Lowe Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Director, Clinical Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
*William G. Woods, M.D.
Professor and Director
The Daniel P. Amos Children's Chair
Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Darrell J. Yamashiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology (in surgery)
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York – Presbyterian
Herbert Irving Child and Adolescent Oncology Center New York, NY
Elizabeth Yang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology
Vanderbilt University
*Jason Yustein, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Shan Zha, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Pediatric Oncology
Columbia University Medical Center, Institute for Cancer Genetics/Pediatrics
*2012 Research Priorities Summit Participant
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