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Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee Task Force Rosters

The Bladder, Prostate, and Renal task forces of the NCI Genitourinary Cancers 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.

Bladder Task Force

Co-chairs

Andrea B. Apolo, M.D. 
National Cancer Institute 
Bethesda, MD

Brian C. Baumann, M.D. 
Springfield Memorial Hospital 
Springfield, IL

Peter Black, M.D.
University of British Columbia 
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Members

Stephanie Cooper-Greenberg
Patient Advocate 
Reisterstown, MD

Thomas W. Flaig, M.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

Jonathan A. Gelfond, M.D., Ph.D. 
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Jessie R. Gills, M.D.
Louisiana State University Healthcare Network
Metairie, LA

Noah M. Hahn, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center  
Baltimore, MD

Andrea L. Harzstark, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente Northern California
San Francisco, CA

Ali R. Khaki, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Girish Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Matthew I. Milowsky, M.D., FASCO
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Chapel Hill, NC

Himanshu Nagar, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Burton Needles, M.D.
Patient Advocate 
St. Louis, MO

Elizabeth R. Plimack, M.D., M.S.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia PA

Melissa A. Reimers, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine 
St. Louis, MO 

April A. N. Rose, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC
McGill University
Montréal, QC, Canada

Srikala Sridhar, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Mark D. Tyson II, M.D., M.P.H.
Mayo Clinic  
Scottsdale, AZ

Michael E. Woods, M.D.
Loyola University Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center 
Maywood, IL

NCI CCCT Program Director

Abdul Tawab Amiri, Ph.D.
atawab@mail.nih.gov

 

Prostate Task Force

Co-chairs

Ronald C. Chen, M.D., M.P.H., FASCO, FASTRO
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS

Tanya B. Dorff, M.D.
City of Hope 
Duarte, CA

Todd M. Morgan, M.D.
University of Michigan Health 
Ann Arbor, MI

 

Members

Ana Aparicio, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Alan H. Bryce, M.D.
City of Hope
Goodyear, AZ

Marty Chakoian
Patient Advocate
Seattle, WA

Yu-Hui Chen, M.S., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Heather H. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 
Seattle, WA

William A. Hall, M.D. 
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Karen Hoffman, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center  
Houston, TX

Thomas A. Hope, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Andrew J. Huang, M.D.
Aspirus Cancer Care
Wausau, WI

David F. Jarrard, M.D.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
Madison, WI

Jun Luo, Ph.D. 
Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD

Catherine H. Marshall, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Rana R. McKay, M.D.
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Helen H. Moon, M.D.
Southern California Permanente Medical Group 
Riverside, CA

Charles H. Nash, III, M.D.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville, GA

Michael Ong, M.D., FRCPC
University of Ottawa 
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Ganesh S. Palapattu, M.D.
University of Michigan Health 
Ann Arbor, MI

Frédéric Pouliot, M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC
CHU de Québec-Université Laval 
Québec, QC, Canada

Srinivas Raman, M.D., M.A.Sc., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Michael Schweizer, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Alexandra Sokolova, M.D., 
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Kelly L. Stratton, M.D.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

Scott T. Tagawa, M.D., M.S., FACP
Weill Cornell Medicine 
New York, NY

Neha Vapiwala, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

NCI CCCT Program Director

Abdul Tawab Amiri, Ph.D.
atawab@mail.nih.gov

 

Renal Task Force

Co-chairs

Brian M. Shuch, M.D.
University of California Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA

Tian Zhang, M.D., M.H.S.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

 

Members

Naveen Basappa, M.D.
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Gennady Bratslavsky, M.D.
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 
Syracuse, NY

David A. Braun, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale School of Medicine 
New Haven, CT

James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center  
Dallas, TX

Brian A. Costello, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Catherine Fahey, M.D., Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Darren R. Feldman, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Yasser M. A. Ged, M.B.B.S.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Jeffrey Graham, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Hans Hammers, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Raquibul Hannan, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Thai H. Ho, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina NCORP
Charleston, SC 

Mariam Jafri, M.B.Ch.B.(Hons), B.Med.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Queen's University Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario
Kingston, ON, Canada

Eric Jonasch, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Payal Kapur, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Bryan L. G. Lewis, J.D.
KidneyCAN
Philadelphia, PA

Rana R. McKay, M.D.
University of California, San Diego 
La Jolla, CA

Sujata M. Patil, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H. 
Cleveland Clinic 
Cleveland, OH

Ivan Pedrosa, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Phillip M. Pierorazio, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Deepak Pruthi, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Sabina Signoretti, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Boston, MA

Eric A. Singer, M.D., M.A., M.S., FACS, FASCO
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Columbus, OH

Chad Tang, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Ulka N. Vaishampayan, M.B.B.S.
University of Michigan
Detroit, MI

Manish A. Vira, M.D.
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, NY

NCI CCCT Program Director

Abdul Tawab Amiri, Ph.D.
atawab@mail.nih.gov

 

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