Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium XXVI
November 4 - 8, 2008
Marriott Marquis Hotel , New York , NY

FACULTY

Sylvia Adams, MD Assistant Professor, NYU Cancer Center, New York, NY

Alexander A. Adjei, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President of Clinical Research
Chair, Department of Medicine, The Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Jaffer Ajani, MD Professor, GI Medical Oncology, M.D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Nasser Altorki, MD, Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Director, Lehman Brothers Lung Cancer Research Center, Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Edward P. Ambinder, MD Associate Chairman and Program Director, Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Robert J. Arceci, MD, PhD Physician, Pediatric Oncology, Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, King Fahd Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Professor of Pediatrics, Oncology and the Cellular and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

George F. Atweh, MD Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Charles M. Balch, MD Attending Physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Surgery, Handelsman Division, Professor of Surgery, Oncology, and Dermatology, Deputy Director for Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Marc Ballas, MD, Assistant Professor, NYU Cancer Center, New York, NY

Julio C. Barredo, MD Chief, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Toppel Family Professor of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Director, Children’s Cancer Programs at UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FLA

Chandra P. Belani, MD Miriam Beckner Professor of Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute, Deputy Director, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA

William Bensinger, MD Member, FHCRC Professor, University of Washington Seattle, WA

Jordan D. Berlin, MD Clinical Director, GI Oncology Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN

Marcia S. Brose MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Abramson Cancer Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Dermatology. Philadelphia, PA

Steven J. Burakoff, MD Professor of Medicine, Professor of Oncological Sciences, Director of Mount Sinai Cancer Institute, New York, NY

Howard A. Burris, MD Chief Medical Officer, Director of Drug Development, The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Nashville, TN

Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Solid Tumor Oncology, Assistant Professor, Department of Breast Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

James B. Bussel, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Gynecology, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Hilary Calvert, MD Professor of Medicine, Newcastle University, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Stephen Y. Chan, MD Doctor of Clinical Oncology, Nottingham University Hospital, Consultant of Oncology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK

Asher A. Chanan-Kahn, MD Associate Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Assistant Professor of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Alberto A. Chiappori, MD Assistant Member, Thoracic Oncology Program, Experimental Therapeutics, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

Carmel J. Cohen, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Gynecologic Oncology. The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Seymour Cohen, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Todd Cooper, MD, DO Assistant Professor, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Assistant Professor, AFLAC Cancer Center, Emory University and Children’s Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia

Jorge E. Cortes, MD Professor of Medicine, Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

George Coukos, MD, PhD Director, Gynecologic Oncology Laboratory, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, Leader, Translational Research in Gynecologic Malignancies, The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Assistant Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Jeffrey Crawford, MD George Barth Geller Professor for Research In Cancer, Chief of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Janet Cuttner, MD Professor of Medicine and Neoplastic Diseases, Division of Hematology Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Myron Czuczman, MD Head, Lymphoma/ Myeloma Service, Associate Professor of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Nancy A. Dawson, MD Director of Genitourinary Oncology Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

E. Claire Dees, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Development Therapeutics Working Group Leader, Division of Hematology and Oncology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Gustavo Del Toro, MD Associate Professor, Director, Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Service, Jack Martin Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

George Daniel Demetri, MD Director, Ludwig Center and Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Executive Director, Clinical and Transitional Research, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA and Zurich Switzerland

Robert S. DiPaola, MD Director, Gallo Prostate Cancer Center, Chairman of the GU Committee at ECOG, Professor of Medicine UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Richard A. Drachtman, MD Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Director, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Professor of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

John R. Eckardt, MD Director, Clinical Research, Division of Hematology/ Oncology, Center of Cancer Care and Research, St. Louis, MO

Eleni Efstathiou, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD Medical Oncologist, University of Southern California, Norris Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Anna C. Ferrari, MD Associate Professor of Oncology, Co-Director, Genitourinary Cancer Program, NYU Cancer Center, New York, NY

Silvia Formenti, MD Sandra and Edward H. Meyer Professor of Radiation Oncology and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology; Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine Radiation Oncology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Janice L. Gabrilove, MD The James F. Holland Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair, Clinical Research, The Department of Medicine, Director, Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Director, K30 Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP), Co-Director, Masters in Clinical Research, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

James H. Garvin, MD Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Paul Gaynon, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Eugene W. Gerner, PhD Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program, Arizona Cancer Center, Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Elizabeth R. Gerstner, MD Assistant Professor, Neuro-Oncology Division, Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Giuseppe Giaccone, MD Branch Chief, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

Stan C. Goldman, MD Pediatric Medical Doctor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Texas Oncology, Medical City Children’s Hospital, Dallas TX

Heine Hansen, Professor, MD FRPC, The Finsen Centre, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Douglas Hawkins, MD Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Co-Chairman, Phase I Working Group, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine and Pathology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO

Howard S. Hochster, MD Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, NYU Cancer Institute, New York, NY

Paulo M. Hoff, MD, FACP Chairman of Medical Oncology, Instituto do Cancer de Sao Paulo Otavio Frias de Oliveira, University of Sao Paulo, Executive Director, Centro de Oncologia, Hospital Sirio Libanes, Brazil

Ronald Hoffman, MD Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Professor Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, New York, NY

Stephen B. Howell, MD Professor of Medicine, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

Jeffrey Infante, MD Investigator, Drug Development & GI Cancer Research, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN

Joseph Jacobson, MD Chair, Medical Hematology/ Oncology, Department of Medicine, North Shore Medical Center, Peabody, MA

Stephen E. Jones, MD Medical Director, US Oncology Research, Houston, TX, Director, Breast Cancer Research, Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, TX

Robert M. Jotte, MD, PhD Medical Director, Lung and Cancer Clinic of the Rockies, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, Denver, CO

Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD Professor of Medicine, Internist, Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Chairman & Professor, Leukemia Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Ian E. Krop, MD, PhD Associate Physician, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Irene Kuter, MD, PhD Physician, Hematology-Oncology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Daniel M. Labow, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Ann S. LaCasce, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Lymphoma Program, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Corey J. Langer, MD Department of Medical Oncology, Medical Director Thoracic Oncology, Director of Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center , Philadelphia, PA

Primo N. Lara Jr., MD Professor of Medicine, University of California, Associate Director of Translational Research, Clinical Trials Support Unit, Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA

John P. Leonard, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director, Center for Lymphoma and Myeloma, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Allan Lipton, MD Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Medicine-Division of Hematology Oncology, M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

Glenn Liu, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Genitourinary Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI

Josep M. Llovet, MD Medical Director, HCC Research, BCLC Group, Professor of Research, Hospital Clinic, Associate Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

A. Craig Lockhart, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Director, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO

Thomas J. Lynch, MD Director, Thoracic Oncology Center; Deputy Chair, Hematology-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

William P. McGuire, MD Director, Weinberg Cancer Institute, Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Georgetown University, Baltimore, MD

Ari M. Melnick, MD Associate Professor, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Neal J. Meropol, MD Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program, Senior Member, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Visiting Scholar, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Monica M. Mita, MD Staff Physician, Clinical Investigator, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Alain C. Mita, MD Staff Physician, Clinical Investigator, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACOG FACS, Associate Professor and Director of Research, Gynecologic Oncology, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA

Robert J. Motzer, MD Attending Physician of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Weil Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Jeffrey S. Moyer, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Franco M. Muggia, MD Professor of Oncology, New York University, Director, Division of Medical Oncology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Nevin Murray, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA

Elliot Newman, MD Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, NYU Group Surgical Associates and NYU Gastroenterology Oncology Associates, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Larry Norton, MD Professor, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York, NY

Susan O’Brien, MD Professor of Medicine, Department of Leukemia, University of Texas (UT) M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Kunle O. Odunsi, MD, PhD Attending Surgeon, Gynecologic Oncology, M. Steven Piver Professor and Research Program Director, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Co-Leader, Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

Bert O’Neil, MD Associate Professor, Clinical Research, University of North Carolina, Lineberger Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC

Diane Palmieri, PhD Staff Scientist, Women’s Cancers Section, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

John Park, MD Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Anna Pavlick, MD Associate Professor and Director, NYU Melanoma Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Mark D. Pegram, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Director, Translational Research, Braman Breast Cancer Research Institute, UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL

Col. George E. Peoples, MD, FACS Director, Cancer Vaccine Development Program, Deputy Director United States Military Cancer Center, Chief Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX

Roman Perez-Soler, MD Gutman Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medical Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Roberto Pili, MD, Associate Professor of Oncology and Urology, Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

James Pingpank, MD Member, Surgery Branch, Head, Surgical Metabolism Selection, Staff Clinician, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

Vinod K. Prasad, MD Attending Physician, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Division, Duke University, Durham, NC

Kanti R. Rai, MD Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Joel Finkelstein Cancer Foundation Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY

George Raptis, MD Associate Professor Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Gail J. Roboz, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Leukemia Program, Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Elizabeth Roman, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Mace L. Rothenberg, MD Professor of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN

Stephen Sallan, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology, Chief of Staff, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Richard T. Silver, MD, FACP Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Clinical Director, Center for Lymphoma and Myeloma, Director, Hematology/Oncology Clinical Research Program, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Mark A. Socinski, MD Professor of Medicine, Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Britta K. Stordal, MD Postdoctoral Scientist, Bill Walsh Cancer Research Laboratories, Royal North Shore Hospital, University Of Sydney, St. Leonards, Australia

Max W. Sung, MD Associate Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Andrew Tefferi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Douglas S. Tyler, MD Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Drake University Medical Center, Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

David H. Vesole, MD, PhD Attending Physician of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY

Rav Vij, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Oncology Division, Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia Section, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO

Samuel Waxman, MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine,, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Clinical Professor Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

James C. Wittig, MD Chief, Orthopedic Oncology, Director, Sarcoma Division, The Cancer Center, Hackinsack University Medical Center, New Jersey, Chief, Orthopedic Oncology, Pediatric and Adult Sarcomas, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Joanne Wolfe, MD Director, Pediatric Palliative Care, Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Norman Wolmark, MD Chairman, NSABP, Chairman, Department of Human Oncology, Professor of Human Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

John J. Wright, MD, PhD Senior Clinical Investigator, Investigational Drug Branch, CTEP, DCTD, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD

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