Speaker Bios
Ruesch Center Symposium 2011 List of speakers, with links to speaker's biographical information.
An asterisk (*) denotes a Ruesch Center Advocacy Board Member.
Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD *
Associate Director, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Carolyn R. “Bo” Aldige *
President and Founder, Prevent Cancer Foundation
Amelia Baker, RD, LD, CNSC
Nutritionist, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Carlea Bauman *
President, Fight Colorectal Cancer
Jordan Berlin, MD
Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Martin L. Brown, PhD
Chief, Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health
Leonard Ellentuck, MSW, LISW
Clinical Social Worker, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Julie C. Feurtado, RN, BSN, OCN
Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Julie M. Fleshman, JD, MBA *
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Antonio Tito Fojo, MD, PhD
Head, Experimental Therapeutics Section; Senior Investigator, Medical Oncology Branch Affiliates, The Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health
Gilad S. Gordon, MD, MBA *
President, Orra Group, LLC, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver
Jasmine Greenamyer *
Chief Operating Officer, Colon Cancer Alliance
J. Russell Hoverman, MD, PhD
Vice President of Managed Care, Texas Oncology, Medical Director of Managed Care and Disease Management, US Oncology Network
The Honorable Steny Hoyer
Representative, 5th Congressional District of Maryland and House and Democratic Whip, 112th Congress
Louis B. Jacques, MD
Director, Coverage & Analysis Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Professor David Kerr, CBE, MA, MD, DSc, FRCP (Glas, Edin & Lon), FRCGP (Hon), FMedSci
President, European Society of Medical Oncology; Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Oxford, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Ira M. Klein, MD, MBA, FACP
Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, National Accounts Clinical Sales & Strategy, Aetna, Inc.
Margaret "Mimi" Mahon, PhD, RN, FAAN
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, George Mason University, College of Health & Human Services
Beth N. Peshkin, MS, CGC
Associate Professor of Oncology, Senior Genetic Counselor, Education Director, Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arnold L. Potosky, PhD
Director, Health Services Research, Fisher Center for Familial Cancer Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Andrew Putnam, MD
Assistant Professor of Oncology and Medicine, Director of the Palliative Care Program, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gregory H. Reaman, MD
Associate Director, Office of Oncology Drug Products, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Mace L. Rothenberg, MD *
Senior Vice President, Clinical Development & Medical Affairs, Oncology Business Unit, Pfizer, Inc.
Mona Sabharwal, PharmD
Executive Director, Pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review
Erin Sandene, RN, BSN, CCRC
Clinical Research Nurse for Breast Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Michael Sapienza *
Executive Director and Founder of Chris4life Colon Cancer Foundation
Ellen V. Sigal, PhD
Chairperson and Founder, Friends of Cancer Research
Arthur "Art" Small, MD
Head, Oncology Outcomes Research Biometrics, Health Outcomes and Payer Support, US Medical Affairs, Genentech, Inc.
Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP
Director of Palliative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Professor of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Paul Wallace, MD
Senior Vice President and Director of the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, The Lewin Group
Louis M. Weiner, MD
Director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
* Ruesch Center Advocacy Board Member
