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Ninth Annual Controversies in Breast Cancer: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy

Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
New York, NY
October 8-10, 2010

Program Director

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

Faculty

Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD
Ransom Horne, Jr, Professor of Cancer Research
Professor of Cancer Medicine (Biochemistry)
Chief, Cytokine Research Laboratory
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

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

Philippe Bedard, MD, FRCP(C)
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jenny C. Chang, MBChB, MD
Medical Director
Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center
Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Stephen Chia, MD, FRCP(C)
Medical Oncologist
Chair, British Columbia Breast Tumour Group
BC Cancer Agency
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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

Steven Come, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Breast Medical Oncology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

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

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

William Foulkes, MD, PhD
Director, Program in Cancer Genetics
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Charles E. Geyer, Jr, MD
Associate Professor of Human Oncology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Director, Medical Affairs
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Vice Chairman, Department of Human Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Mike Glantz, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Oncology, and Neurology
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA

Lori J. Goldstein, MD
Director, Breast Evaluation Center
Leader, Breast Cancer Research Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA

Pamela J. Goodwin, MD, FRCP(C)
Senior Scientist
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Marvelle Koffler Chair in Breast Research
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Frankie Ann Holmes, MD, FACP
Associate Director, Breast Oncology Research
Texas Oncology
US Oncology Breast Cancer Research
Houston, TX

Clifford Hudis, MD
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service
Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Claudine Isaacs, MDCM, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Program
Co-Director, Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC

Stephen E. Jones, MD
Medical Director, US Oncology Research
Houston, TX
Texas Oncology
Dallas, TX

Gail S. Lebovic, MD, FACS
President
American Society of Breast Disease
Dallas, TX

Minetta C. Liu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Director, Translational Breast Cancer Research
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Eleftherios Mamounas, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Medical Director, Aultman Hospital Cancer Center
Canton, OH

Elaine Mardis, PhD
Co-Director and Director, Technology Development
The Genome Center
Washington University
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

C. Kent Osborne, MD
Director, Dan L. Duncan Baylor Cancer Center
Director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center
Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

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

Andrea Richardson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

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

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

Dennis C. Sgroi, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Pathologist
Director, Breast Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

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

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
Bronx, NY

William F. Symmans, MD
Professor of Pathology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Debu Tripathy, MD
Co-Leader, Women’s Cancer Program
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Art and Priscilla Ulene Chair in Women’s Cancer
Division of Oncology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

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

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Genentech
  2. Novartis Oncology
  3. sanofi-aventis U.S.