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Committee Connection

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  Michael P. Link, MD, is the 2011-2012 President of ASCO. He is the Lydia J. Lee Professor in Pediatric Oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research interests include the biology and management of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin disease in children and the treatment of sarcomas of bone and soft tissue.
   
Clement A. Adebamowo, MD, ScD, is the 2011-2012 Immediate Past Chair of ASCO’s International Affairs Committee. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and the Annals of Surgical Oncology and is an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine within the School of Medicine & Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland; as well as the Director of the Office of Strategic Information and Research Institute of Human Virology in Nigeria. Follow Dr. Adebamowo on Twitter @adebamowo.
   
Jonathan S. Berek, MD, MMS, is Editor-in-Chief of ASCO Connection. Dr. Berek is a Professor at and the Director of the Stanford Women's Cancer Center, at the Stanford Cancer Institute, where he specializes in gynecologic oncology. He is also the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford. Dr. Berek has served the Society as a member of the Cancer Education Committee, the Scientific Program Committee, and the Tumor Markers Expert Panel.
   

Douglas W. Blayney, MD, a medical oncologist, is the Ann and John Doerr Medical Director of the Stanford Cancer Center and a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. He served as 2009-2010 ASCO President and is a member of the Quality Oncology Practice (QOPI) Steering Group.
  
Anees B. Chagpar, MD, MSc, MA, MPH, FACS, FRCS(C), a breast surgical oncologist, is the Director of the Yale Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Yale School of Medicine. She was part of the inaugural ASCO Leadership Development Program and now serves both on the International Affairs Committee and as ASCO’s representative to the Young Physicians’ Section of the American Medical Association. Her clinical and research interests are dedicated to breast cancer.
   
John V. Cox, DO, MBA, FACP, is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oncology Practice. He has been a member of Texas Oncology, P.A., since 1992 and serves on the teaching faculty for the internal medicine training program at Methodist Hospitals of Dallas. Dr. Cox is interested in new models/structures of care delivery.
   

Don S. Dizon, MD, is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Dizon is Co-Chair of ASCO’s Integrated Media and Technology Committee and Gynecologic Cancer Track Leader for ASCO’s Cancer Education Committee. Follow Dr. Dizon on Twitter @drdonsdizon.
  
Michael Fisch, MD, MPH Michael Fisch, MD, MPH, is Chair of the Department of General Oncology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. His research interests include symptom management, palliative care, cardiotoxicity, and health care disparities. He served as 2010-2011 Chair of the Integrated Media and Technology Committee. Follow Dr. Fisch on Twitter @fischmd.
   
L. Michael Glodé, MD, is a professor in the Division of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver. He has served the Society as Chair of the Integrated Media and Technology Committee and as Chair of the Cancer Education Committee.
   
 David L. Graham, MD, is Medical Director for Multispecialty Clinical Research Services at Carle Physicians Group, in Urbana, Illinois. His medical interests include genitourinary and hematologic malignancies as well as neuroendocrine tumors. He serves on the Society’s Integrated Media and Technology Committee. Follow Dr. Graham on Twitter @davidgrahammd.
  
Heather M. Hylton, MS, PA-C, is the Lead Physician Assistant in the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She serves on ASCO's Integrated Media and Technology Committee and is President-Elect of the Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology.
   
Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH, is Chair of the Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, as well as Professor at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Jazieh's areas of interest are lung cancer, professional development, and improvement of cancer care delivery. He is a member of ASCO's International Affairs Committee. Follow Dr. Jazieh on Twitter @jaziehoncology.
   
Robert S. Miller, MD, FACP, is a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer and medical informatics at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. He currently serves ASCO on the Health Information Technology Work Group, the Cancer Education Committee, and the editorial boards of the Journal of Oncology Practice and Cancer.Net. He is a former member of the ASCO Board of Directors. Follow Dr. Miller on Twitter @rsm2800.
   

Beverly Moy, MD, MPH, is the Clinical Director of the Breast Oncology Program and a medical oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her specific research interests include breast cancer clinical trials and racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care. Dr. Moy serves as the Chairman of ASCO’s Advisory Group on Health Disparities and Chair-Elect of the Ethics Committee. 
   
George W. Sledge, Jr., MD, is the 2010-2011 ASCO President. He is the Ballve-Lantero Professor of Oncology and Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Indiana University Simon Cancer Center. Dr. Sledge's research interests include the molecular and tumor biology, growth factors, and anti-angiogenic therapy related to breast cancer.
   
Michael A. Thompson, MD, PhD Michael A. Thompson, MD, PhD, is Medical Director of Cancer Research at ProHealth Care Regional Cancer Center, in Wisconsin, as well as Clinical Trials Lead Investigator of the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) and Co-Chair of the NCCCP Clinical Trials Portfolio/Accrual Log Working Group. He currently serves on the Integrated Media and Technology Committee. Follow Dr. Thompson on Twitter @mtmdphd.
   
Jamie H. Von Roenn, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, and Medical Director of Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Home Hospice Program. Her professional interests include breast cancer and palliative care. She has been an ASCO member since 1986.
   
Peter Paul Yu, MD, is a medical oncologist and hematologist in community practice at Palo Alto Medical Foundation. He is a member of the ASCO Board of Directors. Dr. Yu’s professional interests include health information technology and electronic health records, and he serves as Chair of ASCO's Health Information Technology Work Group and as the Co-Chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) Oncology Work Group. Follow Dr. Yu on Twitter @YupOnc.