Summit Faculty Through the Years

These physicians, nurses, and patient advocates have attended the Summit at least once (alphabetical order by category). *Participants who attended all five years

 Physicians/Scientists

  • Lowell Anthony* (Medical Oncology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY) 

  • Joy Ardill* (Basic Research, Royal Victoria Hospital & Queen's University, Belfast, UK)

  • Martin Allen-Auerbach (Nuclear Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles) 

  • Carina Mari Aparici (Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)

  • Michelle Ashworth (Hematology and Oncology, Texas Oncology, Round Rock, TX) 

  • Richard Baum (Nuclear Medicine, Zentralklinik, Bad Berka, Germany) 

  • Andrew Bellizzi (Pathology, University of Iowa)

  • Emily Bergsland (Medical Oncology, University of California, San Francisco) 

  • Lisa Bodei (Nuclear Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY) 

  • Philip Boudreaux* (Surgery, Louisiana State University Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA) 

  • Jennifer Chan (Medical Oncology, Dana Farber, Boston, MA) 

  • Chandrikha Chandrasekharan (Medical Oncology, University of Iowa)

  • Callisia Clarke (Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI)

  • Allen Cohn (Medical Oncology, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, Denver, CO) 

  • Satya Das (Gastrointestinal Oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)

  • Arvind Dasari (Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX) 

  • Wouter de Herder (Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands) 

  • Ebrahim Delpassand (Nuclear Medicine, EXCEL Diagnostics, Houston, TX) 

  • Jaydira Del Rivero (Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, MD)

  • Joseph Dillon (Endocrinology, University of Iowa) 

  • Ghassan El-Haddad (Diagnostic Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL) 

  • Enrique Esparza (Health Physicist, Radiation Safety, University of California, Los Angeles) 

  • Paul Fanta (Medical Oncology, University of California, San Diego) 

  • Gabriel Fine (Nuclear Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City) 

  • George Fisher (Medical Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA) 

  • Joseph Fuselier (Basic Research, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA) 

  • Alexandra Gangi (Surgery, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA)

  • Hal Gerstein (Medical Oncology, Long Island, NY) 

  • Dan Granberg (Endocrinology, Uppsala University, Sweden) 

  • Frank Greco (Medical Oncology, Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN)

  • Thor Halfdanarson (Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) 

  • Daniel Halperin (Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX) 

  • Anthony Heaney (Endocrinology, University of California, Los Angeles) 

  • Joel Randolph Hecht (Medical Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles) 

  • Andrew Hendifar (Medical Oncology, Cedar Sinai, Los Angeles, CA) 

  • Gerd Ken Herrmann (Nuclear Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles) 

  • Timothy Hobday (Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) 

  • James Howe (Surgery, University of Iowa) 

  • Andrei Iagaru (Nuclear Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA) 

  • Hagen Kennecke (Hematologic Oncology, Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA) 

  • Amir Iravani (Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle)

  • Mark Kidd (Basic Research, Wren Laboratories, Branford, CT) 

  • Michelle Kim (Gastroenterology, Mt. Sinai, NY, NY) 

  • Sandy Kotiah (Medical Oncology, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD)

  • Eric Krenning (Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands) 

  • Daneng Li, Medical Oncologist, City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA) 

  • Eric Liu* (Surgery, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, Denver CO) 

  • Jessica Maxwell (Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX)

  • David C. Metz (Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania) 

  • Erik Mittra (Nuclear Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR) 

  • Irvin Modlin (Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT) 

  • Amr Mohamed (Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH)

  • Michael Morse (Medical Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC) 

  • Boris Naraev (Medical Oncology, Banner MD Anderson, Gilbert AZ) 

  • Jeffrey Norenberg (Radio Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque) 

  • Charles Nutting (Interventional Radiology, RIA Endovascular, Denver, CO) 

  • Kjell Oberg (Endocrinology, Uppsala University, Sweden) 

  • Thomas O'Dorisio (Endocrinology, University of Iowa) 

  • Sue O'Dorisio (Pediatric Oncology, University of Iowa) 

  • Susan Passalaqua (Nuclear Medicine, Banner MD Anderson, Gilbert, AZ) 

  • A. Scott Paulson (Medical Oncology, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX) 

  • Richard Parker (Thoracic Surgery, HealthOne, Denver CO) 

  • Alexandria Phan (Medical Oncology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque) 

  • Philip Philip (Medical Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI) 

  • Rodney Pommier (Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland) 

  • Robert Ramirez* (Medical Oncology, Louisiana State University Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA) 

  • Guido Rindi (Pathology, Universita Cattolica-Policlinico, Rome, Italy) 

  • Walid L. Shaib (Hematology and Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) 

  • Chanjuan Shi (Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN) 

  • Gagandeep Singh (Surgery, City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA) 

  • Heloisa Soares (Medical Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City) 

  • Michael Soulen (Interventional Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) 

  • Jonathan Strosberg (Medical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL) 

  • Laura Tang (Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY) 

  • Nikolaos Trikalinos (Medical Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO)

  • Tanaz Vaghaiwalla (Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville)

  • Aaron Vinik (Endocrinology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA) 

  • Yi-Zarn Wang (Surgery, Louisiana State University Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA) 

  • Richard Warner (Gastroenterology, Retired Director of the Center for Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY) 

  • Jonathan Whisenant (Medical Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT) 

  • James Yao (Medical Oncology, MD Anderson, Houston, TX) 

  • Dominic Yee (Interventional Radiology, RIA Endovascular, Denver CO) 

  • Jerome Zacks (Cardiology, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY)

Nurses, Advanced Practice Providers, and Other Healthcare Workers: Diane Bartel, Bonita Bennett, Laura Devor, Ann Doody, Linda Gardner, Pamela Gaytan, Catiussi Hoffmann, Angela Laffan, Matthew McCabe, Bethany McHugh, Lorrie McSherry, Anita Piano, Pam Ryan, Sarah Smith, Dana Stafford, Tiffany Valone, Wendy Vogel, Donna Williams, Perla Bracamontes Zubias

Patient Advocates: Kari Brendtro, Ken Ertel, Elyse Gellerman, Grace Goldstein, Ron Hollander, Giovanna Imbesi, Paul Jett, Roger Jones, Cindy Lovelace*, Josh Mailman, Gary Murfin, Lorne Polger, Susan Meckler Plummer, David Van Bibber, Dave Vickery, Maryann Wahmann, Lisa Yen, Mary Mitchell Zoeller