The Pediatric and Adolescent Solid Tumor Steering Committee (PASTSC) addresses the design, prioritization, and evaluation of concepts for large clinical trials in extracranial solid tumors of children and youth. Committee activities help foster collaboration between groups and institutions engaged in conducting trials. The PASTSC's membership comprises Children's Oncology Group (COG) representatives, community oncologists, biostatisticians, patient advocates, subject matter experts, and NCI staff.
Chair
Richard Gorlick, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Vice Chair
Carola Anne Sylvia Arndt, M.D.
Retired
Members
James Robert Anderson, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kelly M. Bailey, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Julia Clare Chisholm, M.D., Ph.D.
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Suzanne Dahlberg, Ph.D.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boris Freidlin, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Alex Yee-Chen Huang, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Wade Tadashi Kyono, M.D.
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Gavin B. Lindberg
The EVAN Foundation
Donna Marie Ludwinski
Solving Kids' Cancer
Julie R. Park, M.D.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Andrew David Pearson, M.D.
Retired
Mary W. Redman, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Kimberly Jean Riehle, M.D.
Seattle Children's Hospital
Nita Seibel, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Malcolm Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Stephanie Alicia Terezakis, M.D.
University of Minnesota
David Otto Walterhouse, M.D.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Andrea Michelle Watson, M.D., M.S.
Essentia Health
Brigitte Widemann, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
NCI CCCT Program Director
Elena Schwartz, Ph.D., M.S.
elena.schwartz@nih.gov