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26th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference

Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel
Miami, FL
March 4-7, 2009

Course Director

Daniel A. Osman, MD
Breast Cancer Surgeon
Miami, FL

Debu Tripathy, MD
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
President and CEO
Physicians’ Education Resource, L.P.
Dallas, TX

Co-Chairs

Robert DerHagopian, MD, FACS
Breast Cancer Surgeon
Miami, FL

J. Michael Dixon, MD
Professor of Surgery & Consultant Surgeon 
Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research Unit
Edinburgh Breast Unit
Edinburgh, UK

Faculty

Professor Alan Ashworth, FRS
Director, The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre
The Institute of Cancer Research
London, UK

Lisa Carey, MD
Medical Director, UNC Breast Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

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

Hiram S. Cody III, MD
Attending Surgeon
Breast Service, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Laura C. Collins, MD
Associate Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Matthew Ellis, MB BChir, PhD, FRCP
Anheuser-Busch Chair in Medical Oncology
Section Head, Medical Oncology
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Armando E. Giuliano, MD
Chief, Science and Medicine
Director, Breast Center
John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John’s Health Center
Santa Monica, CA

Daniel Hayes, MD
Clinical Director, Breast Oncology Program
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, MI

R. Douglas Macmillan, MD, FRCS
Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Nottingham Breast Institute
City Hospital
Nottingham, UK

Robert E. Mansel, CBE, MD, FRCS
Professor and Chair of Surgery
University Department of Surgery
Cardiff University
Heath Park
Cardiff, UK

Hyman B. Muss, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Mehrdad Nadji, MD
Professor of Pathology
University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital
UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, FL

Mark Pegram, MD
Professor of Medicine
Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute
UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Emanuel Petricoin, PhD
Professor of Life Sciences
Department of Molecular and Microbiology
Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine
George Mason University
Manassas, VA

Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD, PhD
Head, Department of Medicine
Jules Bordet Institute
Chair
Breast International Group (BIG aisbl)
Brussels, Belgium

Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

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

Emiel J. T. Rutgers, MD, PhD , FRCS
Professor
Head, Department of Surgery
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Melvin Silverstein, MD, FACS
Medical Director, Breast Program
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach, CA
Professor of Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Sumner Slavin, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

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

Michael Untch, MD, PhD
Head, Clinic for Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, and Obstetrics
Head, Breast Interdisciplinary Cancer Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch
Academic Hospital of the University of Charité Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Timothy Whelan, BM, BCh
Professor
Department of Oncology
McMaster University
Head, Radiation Treatment Program
Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Norman Wolmark, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Human Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital
Chairman, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
Pittsburgh, PA

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Educational Partners
  2. Genentech BioOncology
  3. GlaxoSmithKline
  5. Major Contributors
  6. AstraZeneca/Abraxis BioScience
  7. Bristol-Myers Squibb
  8. Novartis Oncology
  9. sanofi-aventis U.S.
  11. Supporters
  12. Amgen
  13. Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc.
  14. ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company
  16. Honorary Supporter
  17. Joe’s Stone Crab Restaurant