Medical & Scientific Advisory Board

This board is comprised of specialist representing a broad spectrum of medical and science disciplines related to lung cancer, including research, diagnosis, early detection, treatment and care.  The Medical and Scientific Advisory Board's responsibilities will include helping to analyze, critique and edit LCA educational materials, develop position papers on topics related to various technical and scientific matters, represent the LCA at public forums, and provide strategic advice and counsel as requested by the Board of Directors.

Rick Avila
Director of Medical Applications
Kitware, Inc.
Clifton Park, NY

Sheila Bates, C.M.S.W.
Manager, Office of Patient and Community Education
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, TN

Barbara Campling, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Division of Hematology-Oncology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA

Kenneth H. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D
Director, Eppley Cancer Center
Director, Eppley Institute for Cancer Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Claudia Ingrid Henschke, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor of Radiology
Cornell University Weill Medical College
Founder, Principal Investigator
International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP)
New York, NY

Fred R. Hirsch, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pathology

University of Colorado Cancer Center

Aurora, CO

Jimmie C. Holland, M.D.
Chair in Psychiatric Oncology
Attending Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

David M. Jablons, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

David H. Johnson, M.D.
Cornelius A. Craig Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Deputy Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, TN

Christopher S. Lathan, M.D., M.S., M.P.H
Center for Outcomes and Policy Research
Instructor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

M. Blair Marshall, M.D.
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

York E. Miller, M.D.
Thomas L. Petty Endowed Chair of Lung Research
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
Leader, Tobacco Related Malignancy Program
University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assistant Chief, Pulmonary Section
Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Denver, CO

Harvey Pass, MD
Professor and Chief for Division of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology
NYU School of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center

M. Patricia Rivera, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

William N. Rom, M.D., M.P.H
Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine and Environmental Medicine
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Program Director, Clinical Research Center
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Michael Vincent Smith, M.D.
Medical Director of Oncology
Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta, GA

Frank Sullivan, M.D.
Medical Director of Lung Cancer Research
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD
Medical Director
Department of Radiation Therapy
University College Hospital
Galway, Ireland

Andrew Turrisi, M.D.
Professor and Chair,
Department of Radiation Oncology
Karmanos Cancer Center
Wayne State University
Radiation Oncologist in Chief,
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, MI

Donna Wilson, R.N., M.S.N., R.R.T.
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Fitness Coordinator
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Integrated Medicine Center
New York, NY