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Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee Task Force Rosters

The Cervical, Ovarian, and Uterine task forces of the NCI Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee were established to provide a forum for in-depth discussion of clinical trial concepts, provide advisory input on trial design, and make recommendations for clinical trial planning meetings.

Cervical Task Force

Co-chairs

Corinne M. Doll, M.D.
University of Calgary Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute 
University of Calgary, AB, Canada

Ritu Salani, M.D., M.B.A.
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

 

Members

Edwin Alexander Alvarez, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco 
San Francisco, CA

Leslie R. Boyd, M.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

Tara Castellano, M.D.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 
New Orleans, LA

Sharad Ghamande, M.D.
Augusta University Health
Augusta, GA

Eric Leung, M.D., M.S., FRCPC
University of Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Kimberly Levinson, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Georgia McCann, M.D.
University of Texas Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Aisha McClellan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Chapel Hill, NC

Katherine Moxley, M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Morgan Newman, M.S.W.
Cervivor, Inc.
Norwalk, IA

Alexander B. Olawaiye, M.D., MRCOG, FACOG, FACS
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Krista Pfaendler, M.D., M.P.H.
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV

Michelle Proper, M.D.
Missoula Montana Community Medical Center
Missoula, MT

Vanessa Samouëlian, M.D., Ph.D.
Centre Hospitalier de Université de Montréal
Montréal, QC, Canada

William Tew, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Oladapo Yeku, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Boston, MA

Yan Daniel Zhao, Ph.D., M.S.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

NCI CCCT Program Director

Wolf Lindwasser, Ph.D.
wolf.lindwasser@nih.gov

 

Ovarian Task Force

Co-chairs

Helen Mackay, M.B.Ch.B., B.Sc., M.R.C.P., M.D.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre  
Toronto, ON, Canada

Shannon Westin, M.D., M.P.H., FACOG
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

 

Members

Kevin Albuquerque, M.B.B.S., M.S., FRCS
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Leslie S. Bradford, M.D.
Maine Medial Partners
Scarborough, ME

Evelyn Cantillo, M.D., M.P.H.
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Kai Ding, Ph.D.
The University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK

Lauren E. Dockery, M.D., M.S.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Rebecca Esparza, M.B.A.
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Corpus Christi, TX

Whitney Graybill, M.D., M.S.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

John Hays, M.D., Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

June Y. Hou, M.D. 
Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
New York, NY

Susie Lau, M.D., M.Sc.
McGill University 
Montréal, QC, Canada

Elizabeth K. Lee, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

John Moroney, M.D.
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL

Adnan Munkarah, M.D.
Josephine Ford Cancer Institute 
Detroit, MI

David O'Malley, M.D.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Melina Pectasides, M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine  
Atlanta, GA

Elena Ratner, M.D., M.B.A.
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Dorinda Sparacio, M.S.
Patient Advocate
Hightstown, NJ

Anna Tinker, M.D., FRCPC
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Lai Wei, Ph.D., M.S.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Dmitriy Zamarin, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

NCI CCCT Program Director

Wolf Lindwasser, Ph.D.
wolf.lindwasser@nih.gov

 

Uterine Task Force

Co-chairs

Victoria Bae-Jump, M.D., Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  
Chapel Hill, NC

Akila N. Viswanathan, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 

Members

Sarah Adams, M.D.
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Albuquerque, NM

Floortje J. Backes, M.D.
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Lisa Barr, M.F.A.
Patient Advocate
Brooklyn, NY

Susana M. Campos, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute  
Boston, MA

Georgina Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Carle Cancer Center NCORP
Urbana, IL

Junzo P. Chino, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

David E. Cohn, M.D., M.B.A.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, OH

Casey M. Cosgrove, M.D.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James 
Columbus, OH

Neesha C. Dhani, M.D., Ph.D.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Katherine Fuh, M.D., Ph.D. 
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Mechal Haas
Patient Advocate
Bronx, NY

Kathy C. Han, M.D., M.Sc.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Sandra J. Lee, Sc.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute  
Boston, MA

Joyce F. Liu, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute  
Boston, MA

Lainie P. Martin, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia, PA

Jessica McAlpine, M.D., FRCSC
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

David Michelin, M.D.
Munson Medical Center
Traverse City, MI

Austin Miller, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY

NCI CCCT Program Director

Wolf Lindwasser, Ph.D.
wolf.lindwasser@nih.gov

 

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