LEAD 2023 Faculty

Meet our Chairs

JULIE BRAHMER, MD, MSc

Co-Director, Upper Aerodigestive Department
Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland

NINA SHAH, MD

Professor, Clinical Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

JULIE M. VOSE, MD, MBA

Professor, Internal Medicine, Division Chief,
Division of Oncology & Hematology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Presenting Faculty

SIBEL BLAU, MD

President/CEO, Quality Cancer Care Alliance Network,
Medical Director, Oncology Division, Northwest Medical Specialties,
Clinical Associate Professor, Hematology Division-UW Puyallup, Washington

NANCY E. DAVIDSON, MD

Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Senior Vice President and Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington Raisbeck Endowed Chair for Collaborative
Seattle, Washington

Stephanie Barron Hall, MA

Accredited Enneagram Practitioner
Coach, Consultant, Author, Podcast Host
Nine Types Co.
Sacramento, California

RESHMA JAGSI, MD, DPHIL

Newman Family Professor,
Deputy Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology,
Director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine,
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

STEPHANIE LEE, MD, MPH

Professor and Associate Director, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson,
David and Patricia Giuliani/Oliver Press Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, Fred Hutchinson Seattle, Washington

LeeAnn Mallorie, MAPP, MSC

CEO
Guts & Grace Leadership
Leading in Motion
San Francisco, California

LALEH MELSTROM, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery and Immuno-Oncology
City of Hope
Darte, California

EDITH MITCHELL, MD, MACP, FCPP, FRC

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology,
Department of Medical Oncology,
Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities,
Associate Director, Diversity Affairs,
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson,
116th President National Medical Association
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DEBRA PATT, MD, PHD, MBA

Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Texas Oncology Austin, Texas

LORI PIERCE, FASCO, FASTRO

Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

SUSAN W. SWEENEY

Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Access and Capabilities, Amgen Thousand Oaks, California

MARGARET A. TEMPERO, MD

Rombauer Family Distinguished Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Clinical and Translational Science, Director, UCSF Pancreas Center, Leader, Pancreas Cancer Program, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Catherine Tinsley, PhD

Raffini Professor of Management and Academic Director
Executive Masters in Leadership Program
McDonough School of Business
Faculty Director
Women’s Leadership Institute
Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

ELIZABETH TRAVIS, PHD, FASTRO

Associate Vice President for Women and Minority Faculty Inclusion, Mattie Allen Fair Professor in Cancer Research, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

KAREN WINKFIELD, MD, PhD

Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Nashville, Tennessee

MARTIN WHALEN, MBA

Vice President, US Hematology
Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton Pike, New Jersey

MARTIN WHALEN, MBA

Vice President, US Oncology
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Newton, Pennsylvania

Advisory Committee

ANA VELÁZQUEZ MAÑANA, MD

Clinical Fellow UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer
San Francisco, California

DEBRA PATT, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FASCO

Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Texas Oncology
Austin, Texas

ELIZABETH PLIMACK, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

JARUSHKA NAIDOO, MBBCH, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Beaumont Hospital Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Linda Bosserman, MD, FACP, FASCO

Clinical Professor City of Hope Medical Group, Inc, Medical Oncologist, Breast Cancer Specialist
Duarte, California

NARJUST DUMA, MD

Associate Director, Cancer Care Equity Program Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

PAMELA KUNZ, MD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center
Chief, GI Medical Oncology
Vice Chief, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Medical Oncology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

RACHNA SHROFF, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ

SAPNA PATEL, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

SHANNON WESTIN, MD, MPH, FACOG

Associate Professor Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas