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Head and Neck Steering Committee Roster

The Head and Neck Steering Committee (HNSC) addresses the design, prioritization, and evaluation of concepts for phase 2, 2/3, and 3 clinical trials in adult head and neck cancers. Committee activities help foster collaboration between groups and institutions engaged in conducting trials. The HNSC's membership comprises NCTN group representatives, community oncologists, Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) representatives, biostatisticians, patient advocates, subject matter experts, and NCI staff.

 

Co-chairs

Christine Chung, M.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 
Tampa, FL

Carole Fakhry, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
Baltimore, MD

Loren K. Mell, M.D.
University of California San Diego 
La Jolla, CA

 

Members

Nishant Agrawal, M.D.
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Søren M. Bentzen, Ph.D., D.MSc.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Graham Burnette
Patient Advocate
Atherton, CA

Barbara Burtness, M.D.
Yale University 
New Haven, CT

Joseph N. Contessa, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Alan L. Ho, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

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

Edward L. Korn, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Susan Lim, M.S., RN
Patient Advocate
Kirkland, WA

Shakun M. Malik, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Wendy Parulekar, M.D., FRCPC
Queen's University, NCIC Clinical Trials Group
Kingston, ON, Canada

Mei-Yin C. Polley, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Aswanth Reddy, M.B.B.S.
Mercy Hospital
Fort Smith, AR

Lindsay A. Renfro, Ph.D., M.S.
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Monrovia, CA

Jolie Ringash, M.D., M.Sc
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Joseph Salama, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Natalie Silver, M.D., M.S., FACS
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Heath D. Skinner, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center 
Pittsburgh, PA

Rathan Subramaniam, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of Otago Medical School
Otago, New Zealand

Ammar Sukari, M.D.
Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, MI

Bhadrasain Vikram, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

John Waldron, M.D., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada

Trisha M. Wise-Draper, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati Cancer Center
Cincinnati, OH

Stuart Wong, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Sue S. Yom, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S.
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

George Yoo, M.D.
Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, MI

NCI CCCT Program Director

Mehrdad Mohseni, M.D.
mehrdad.mohseni@nih.gov

 

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