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School of Breast Oncology

Emory University Conference Center
Atlanta, GA
November 5-8, 2009

Program Director

Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Research Program
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Texas Oncology
US Oncology
Dallas, TX

Planning Committee

D. Craig Allred, MD
Professor of Pathology
Director, Breast Pathology
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

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

William J. Gradishar, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Director, Breast Oncology
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Program
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, 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 Hospital Cancer Center
Canton, OH

Anne Moore, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Weill Cornell Breast Center
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

Lori J. Pierce, MD
Vice Provost, Academic and Faculty Affairs
Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Hope S. Rugo, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education
University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA

Faculty

Douglas Arthur, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center/Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA

Harold Burstein, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Oncologist
Breast Oncology Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

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

Carol Fabian, MD
Director, Breast Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Centers
Kansas Masonic Research Chair
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Oncology
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Westwood, KS

Stefan Glück, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Sylvester Professor
Department of Medicine
Associate Division Chief, Clinical Affairs
Division of Hematology/Oncology
UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, FL

Syed A. Hoda, MD
Professor of Clinical Pathology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Claudine Isaacs, MDCM, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Director, Clinical Breast Cancer Program
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC

Steven J. Kronowitz, MD, FACS
Program Leader, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Susan G. Komen Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship and Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Rotations
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Henry Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Director, Breast Surgical Oncology Training Program
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Nancy Uan-Tsin Lin, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Jennifer Litton, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Charles Loprinzi, MD
Director, Cancer Control
North Central Cancer Treatment Group
Professor of Oncology
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD
Director, Prevention Center
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA

Beth Overmoyer, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Elizabeth A. Rafferty, MD
Director, Breast Imaging
Avon Comprehensive Breast Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Peter Ravdin, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medical Oncology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Research Professor of Biostatistics
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Edward Romond, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Markey Cancer Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

David M. Schuster, MD
Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Department of Radiology
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Charles L. Shapiro, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Breast Medical Oncology
Director, Lance Armstrong Survivorship Center of Excellence
The Ohio State University Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital
Columbus, OH

Thomas Smith, MD
Professor and Chair, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center/Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA

Lawrence J. Solin, MD, FACR
Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA

Anthony Tolcher, MD
Director, Clinical Research
START Center for Cancer Care
San Antonio, TX

Catherine Van Poznak, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, MI

Jeffrey Weitzel, MD
Chief, Division of Clinical Cancer Genetics
Professor of Oncology and Population Sciences
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California
Duarte, CA

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Genentech BioOncology
  2. Bristol-Myers Squibb
  3. Eli Lilly and Company
  4. AstraZeneca
  5. Novartis Oncology