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Eighth International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer
Grand Wailea
Wailea, HI
July 22-25, 2009
Program Director
Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Research
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Texas Oncology
US Oncology
Dallas, TX
Planning Committee
Kathy Albain, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Director, Breast Clinical Research Program
Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
Frankie Ann Holmes, MD, FACP
Associate Director, Breast Oncology Research
Texas Oncology
US Oncology Breast Cancer Research
Houston, TX
Eleftherios Mamounas, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Medical Director, Aultman Cancer Center
Canton, OH
Lori J. Pierce, MD
Vice Provost, Academic and Faculty Affairs
Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Douglas Yee, MD
Director, Masonic Cancer Center
Program Co-Leader, Women’s Cancer Research Program
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Faculty
Carlos Arteaga, MD
Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Jennifer Bellon, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Chief, Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Louis Chow, MD
Executive Director, Organization for Oncology and Translational Research
Medical Director, Comprehensive Centre for Breast Diseases
UNIMED Medical Institute
Honorary Clinical Professor, Clinical Trial Centre
The University of Hong Kong
Honorary Secretary, The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
Hong Kong, China
Angela DeMichele, MD, MSCE
Co-Director, Breast Program
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scholar
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Philadelphia, PA
Leisha Emens, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Oncology
Tumor Immunology and Breast Cancer Programs
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Virginia “Ginny” Espina, MS, MT(ASCP)
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Microbiology
Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine
George Mason University
Manassas, VA
David M. Euhus, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Marilyn R. Corrigan Distinguished Chair in Breast Cancer Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Suzanne A. W. Fuqua, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Breast Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Lori J. Goldstein, MD
Director, Breast Evaluation Center
Leader, Breast Cancer Research Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Henry L. Gomez, MD
Medical Oncologist
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas
Lima, Peru
Bruce G.Haffty, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Radiation Oncology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Associate Director
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Stephen E. Jones, MD
Medical Director, US Oncology Research
Houston, TX
Texas Oncology
Dallas, TX
Lance Liotta, MD, PhD
Professor of Life Sciences
Department of Molecular and Microbiology
Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine
George Mason University
Manassas, VA
Cynthia Ma, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Section of Medical Oncology
Division of Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA
Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Scientific Director, Breast Cancer Research Program
Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Anne Moore, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
John J. Nemunaitis, MD
Medical Director, Breast Cancer Research
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Executive Director, Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
Texas Oncology
US Oncology
Dallas, TX
Larry Norton, MD
Deputy Physician-in-Chief
Breast Cancer Programs
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Edith A. Perez, MD
Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Cancer Clinical Study Unit
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
James M. Rae, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Andrea Richardson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Hope S. Rugo, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Rachel Schiff, PhD
Associate Professor
Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Joseph A. Sparano, MD
Professor of Medicine and Women’s Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Associate Chairman, Clinical Research
Department of Oncology
Montefiore Medical Center
Director, Breast Evaluation Center
Montefiore-Einstein Cancer Center
Bronx, NY
Sandra M. Swain, MD
Medical Director, Washington Cancer Institute
Washington Hospital Center
Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Debu Tripathy, MD
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
President and CEO
Physicians’ Education Resource
Dallas, TX
Jo Anne Zujewski, MD
Head, Breast Cancer Therapeutics
Clinical Investigation Branch
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD
Workshop Faculty
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Michael P. Bates, MD
Vice President, Clinical Research
Monogram Biosciences, Inc.
South San Francisco, CA
Alessandro Cesano, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
Nodality
South San Francisco, CA
Holly Gallion, MD
Vice President of Clinical Affairs
Precision Therapeutics, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Vincent L. Giranda, MD, PhD
Project Director
Oncology Development
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL
Shelly Gunn, MD, PhD
Medical Director
CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics
Irvine, CA
Pamela M. Klein, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Intellikine
La Jolla, CA
Peter Ordentlich, PhD
Director, Scientific Affairs and Strategic Alliances
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Matthew L. Sherman, MD
Senior Vice President
Chief Medical Officer
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
Joseph A. Sparano, MD
Professor of Medicine and Women’s Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Associate Chairman, Clinical Research
Department of Oncology
Montefiore Medical Center
Director, Breast Evaluation Center
Montefiore-Einstein Cancer Center
Bronx, NY
Joyce Steinberg, MD
Senior Medical Director
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Deerfield, IL
Educational Grants
An educational grant for this activity was provided by:
- Genentech BioOncology
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Merck Oncology
- AstraZeneca
- Genomic Health
- ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company
- Roche Laboratories, Inc.
- sanofi-aventis U.S.