2007 Board of Directors and Officers
Officers
President
H. Shelton Earp III, MDLineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of North Carolina
Immediate Past President
Harold L. Moses, MDVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Vice President
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MDDana-Farber Cancer Institute
Treasurer
Randall C. MainFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Executive Director
Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPHAssociation of American Cancer Institutes
Board of Directors
Martin D. Abeloff, MD*
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Michael A. Caligiuri, MDThe Ohio State UniversityComprehensive Cancer Center –James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute
Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhDUNMC Eppley Cancer CenterUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center
Judith C. Gasson, PhDJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
Stanton L. Gerson, MDCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity HospitalsIreland Cancer Center
Mark A. Israel, MDNorris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Medical SchoolDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
John Mendelsohn, MDUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
George J. Weiner, MDHolden Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of Iowa
New Board Members(term beginning October 2007)
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACSThe Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Centerof Barnes-Jewish Hospitalat Washington University School of Medicine
Craig B. Thompson, MDAbramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Donald L. Trump, MD, FACPRoswell Park Cancer Institute
Cheryl L. Willman, MDUniversity of New Mexico Cancer Center
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2 Message from the PresidentMessage from the Executive Director
4 Strength in Numbers: Making the Most of the Cancer Centers’ Influence
6 Capitol Hill Day: A Century of Progress against Cancer
7 Working Together to Accelerate Progress against Cancer
8 2007 AACI Annual Meeting
10 Facilitating Collaboration and Communication
11 Sustaining Members
12 New Members and Leadership
14 2007 Committees
16 AACI Membership
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AACI Mission
The Association of American Cancer Institutes is dedicatedto promoting the common interests of the nation’s leadingacademic and free-standing cancer centers that are focusedon the eradication of cancer through a comprehensive andmultidisciplinary program of cancer research, treatment,patient care, prevention, education, and community outreach.
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Working together to find a cure
Quality and Clinical Orientation
Message from the President
I have long believed that the strength ofAACI’s cancer centers lies in their quality andclinical academic orientation. AACI now repre-sents 90 of the nation’s premier cancer centers—long-established leaders in the field, as wellas emerging centers that are building cancercare and research infrastructures across theUnited States. These 90 centers representthousands of clinicians, researchers, andadministrators; virtually all of our country’soncology training programs; and billions of thenation’s cancer research dollars. But numbersalone do not adequately state the impact ofthe nation’s cancer centers on our patientsand our communities. The individuals andteams that make up the cancer centers bring about advances in cancer care daily—advances that bring innovative treatments,new methods of early detection and preven-tion, and first-class care for survivors. This isthe strength of the nation’s cancer centers.
Throughout my term as AACI president, thestaff and the board have supported initiativesand strategies to bring AACI’s member cancercenters together, enhancing our collectivevoice. In the past two years, AACI has usedits influence—which is itself a product of thecombined strength of America’s cancer cen-ters—to educate lawmakers and the public onissues that directly and indirectly affect thecancer community. AACI has also cementedand formalized partnerships throughout thecancer community to better advocate onbehalf of the cancer centers. In 2007, forinstance, AACI welcomed four partner organi-zations as sustaining members—theAmerican Association for Cancer Research(AACR); American Cancer Society; C-Change;and CureSearch (representing the Children’sOncology Group and the National ChildhoodCancer Foundation).
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AACI Makes Progress Toward Strategic Goals
Message from the Executive Director
The 2007 AACI Report highlights the majoractivities undertaken by AACI during the pastyear; activities that were guided by our threestrategic goals: 1) promotion of widespreadrecognition of the cancer center network as aleading advocate for patients and the public,2) facilitation of interaction among cancer cen-ters, and 3) facilitation of collaboration andcommunication with local communities andother cancer organizations.
To address our goal of promoting the cancercenters, our primary strategy is to advocateon behalf of the nation’s cancer centers andeducate policymakers about the centers’ vitalroles in combating cancer and in developingnew cancer therapies.
For example, in early May, we went to Capitol Hill with AACR and Friends of CancerResearch, armed with messages about making cancer research a national priority.
We met with members of Congress to under-score the excellence of America’s cancerresearch enterprise and to voice our concernabout the erosion of the federal investment incancer research. This year, we also partneredwith the American Cancer Society (ACS) todevelop individual cancer center fact sheetsto illustrate how AACI cancer centers benefittheir local and regional communities.
In keeping with our goal of facilitating interac-tions among our cancer centers, this yearAACI hosted its largest-ever annual meetingto provide informative programming for ourmembers, and also to promote exchangeamong the centers. This year, for instance,marked AACI’s first program for emergingcenters, during which leaders at the nation’sNCI-designated centers reported on theirexperiences for their counterparts at emerg-ing centers.
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In these times of lean budgets for scientificresearch, AACI and its partners continued toadvocate for enhanced funding for theNational Institutes of Health and other bio-medical research programs. AACI also statedits objection to a proposed Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policythat would have significantly hampered theconduct of clinical trials at the nation’s cancercenters. AACI’s input, along with that of otherprominent organizations, contributed to CMS’decision to leave intact existing policies thathave enhanced the conduct of clinical trials inthe U.S. The report that follows describesthese and other AACI 2007 initiatives.
It was an honor to have been elected andserve as AACI president with terrific supportfrom a superlative AACI “home office.” Muchwas accomplished over the past two years.At the AACI annual meeting in October, I waspleased to welcome Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr.
as AACI’s next president. Dr. Benz, Presidentand CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,is an exceptional scientist and center director,whose guidance will help steer AACI toincreasing national prominence in the cancercommunity. I congratulate Ed on his electionand offer my hopes that AACI will continueon its path to contribute to a future withoutcancer.
H. Shelton Earp III, MDPresident, Association of American Cancer InstitutesUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel Hill, North Carolina
AACI’s work to promote the excellence of thenation’s cancer centers does not stop withpolicy makers, and we have begun work on amessaging plan to increase public awarenessof the centers. Certainly one way to get themessage out is through the media, and wehave used the opinion and editorial pages ofmajor newspapers to educate readers aboutthe major contributions the centers are makingto ease the burden of cancer in communities.
In addition to our advocacy and media outreach,we are continuing to coordinate activities of the informatics and imaging working groupsand are launching new initiatives to facilitategreater interaction among cancer centers. The following report includes more informationabout AACI’s progress toward these goals.
In closing, I would like to convey my sincereappreciation to the AACI Board of Directorsand our committee members for their manycontributions to AACI during the past year. I must also acknowledge our outgoing president,Shelley Earp, whose stewardship has beenkey to positioning AACI as a leader in the cancer community. In addition, I welcome ourincoming president, Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr. ofthe Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with whomI look forward to furthering progress towardachieving our goals.
Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPHExecutive Director, Association of American Cancer Institutes
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On April 23, 2007, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive CancerCenter at Johns Hopkins University hosted DelawareCongressman Michael Castle for a tour of the center’s clinicaland research facilities. As part of its effort to cultivate congres-sional cancer champions, AACI had contacted CongressmanCastle to visit a cancer center close to his home state ofDelaware and arranged for his involvement in the tour.
The late Dr. Martin D. Abeloff, Kimmel’s then-director and anAACI board member, provided the congressman with an overviewof the center and highlighted the unique transdisciplinarynature of the nation’s cancer centers as a whole. Dr. Abeloffexplained that the common mission of the cancer centers isfocused on moving scientific discoveries from the lab to clinical application.
AACI Executive Director Barbara Duffy Stewart also participatedin the visit and joined Dr. Abeloff and Congressman Castle forthe tour of the center’s clinical and research facilities, whichincluded meetings with researchers and senior leadership tolearn about the benefits of their cutting-edge breakthroughs.
Strength in Numbers:
Making the Most of the Cancer Centers’ Influence
One of AACI’s greatest strengths is its abilityto harness the collective influence of theunique network of cancer centers to leadnational public policy efforts. Throughout 2007AACI engaged its members and partners inactivities designed to give voice to the cancercenters on national issues including fundingfor biomedical research, clinical trials, andensuring that cancer policy is a part of nationaldebates among presidential candidates.
Advocacy on Behalf of
Biomedical Funding
In recognition of the vital role federal fundingplays in shaping the research infrastructuresof the nation’s cancer centers, AACI continuesto advocate for robust funding of biomedicalresearch in the U.S. Progress against cancer is being made—for two consecutive years, for instance, cancer mortality rates havedeclined—but just as progress is being realized,funding for the National Institutes of Health(NIH) continues to decline. Continued successrequires ongoing support for the NIH. Thereturn on the investment in biomedical
research lies in the lives of millions ofAmericans that are at stake; the value ofthese lives far outweighs any monetaryinvestment.
Over the past year, AACI has frequently communicated with Congress urging supportfor medical research funding that keeps pace,at the very least, with inflation. AACI submittedwritten testimony to both the House andSenate Appropriations Committees,Subcommittees on Labor, Health and HumanServices, Education and Related Agencies(LHHS) regarding the budget process for fiscalyear 2008 cancer-related funding. AACI alsosent several calls-to-action to our membersencouraging them to insist that the lawmakersin their state and district support federal funding for cancer research. AACI, along withthe American Cancer Society Cancer ActionNetwork (ACS CAN), submitted a letter, signedby 55 of our center directors, to the SenateAppropriations Committee documenting theneed for enhanced federal funding of research.
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Election ’08:
Cancer as a National Issue
America’s next president will, through his orher policy priorities, set the course for thenation’s cancer research enterprise. It is vitalthat the cancer community ensure that cancerpolicy is among each candidate’s nationalagenda. Toward this end, AACI contributedquestions for the LIVESTRONG PresidentialCancer Forum organized by the LanceArmstrong Foundation (LAF) in August; wealso encouraged our member centers to sub-mit their own questions for consideration bythe candidates.
Additionally, AACI has joined with theAmerican Association for Cancer Research,American Society of Clinical Oncology(ASCO), Cancer Research & PreventionFoundation, FasterCures, Friends of CancerResearch, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, LAF, National Patient Advocate Foundation,National Prostate Cancer Coalition,Research!America, and The Leukemia andLymphoma Society to form the PresidentialCampaigns Cancer Coalition. The coalition willcontinue to discuss how the cancer communitycan help direct focus onto cancer issues inthe 2008 presidential campaign.
Advocacy for Clinical Trials
The Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS) this year reopened considerationof its Clinical Trial Policy National CoverageDetermination. AACI was especially concernedabout CMS’s proposal to eliminate automaticcoverage for “deemed” clinical trials, whichare trials funded by the federal government orconducted under FDA review. With input fromAACI, ASCO took the lead in drafting aresponse to the proposed policy changes,which was signed by 46 cancer center directorsand submitted to CMS in August. Also, AACI,ASCO, and the Association of AmericanMedical Colleges joined in writing a letter toSenators Cardin and Brownback in support oftheir amendment to the LHHS bill to providepermanent coverage for CMS “deemed” clinical trials. The collective advocacy effortsresulted in CMS’s ultimate decision to leaveintact its clinical trials coverage policy.
Ongoing Advocacy
Throughout 2007, AACI also tracked currentCongressional issues on the Public Issuessection of the AACI website. In addition, AACIprovided copies of news stories of individualcancer centers featured in the monthly AACIUpdate to respective Congressional offices.
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AACI Government
Relations Forum
AACI’s Government Relations Forum works to achieve a variety of goals, including: supporting the expansion of collaborationsamong government relations leaders at thecenters to monitor public policy actions thataffect cancer centers; and leveraging the collective influence of the AACI membershipon policy affecting cancer patients and thecancer research enterprise. In order to focuson these goals, AACI convened inWashington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2007, for theinaugural meeting of the forum. Thirty individuals representing 26 cancer centers participated in this event.
Capitol Hill Day:
A Century of Progress against Cancer
More than 70 cancer researchers, oncologists,and cancer center directors, representing50 institutions and 23 states, came togetherMay 9 for an annual Capitol Hill Day to educatemembers of Congress on the importance of cancer research in the United States. The day’s events were hosted by AACI, theAACR, and Friends of Cancer Research.
Opening remarks to the audience of leadersfrom the nation’s premier cancer centers and research and advocacy organizationswere made by Dr. Earp, AACI President, and Dr. Geoffrey Wahl, AACR Past-president.Dr. Sudip Parikh, science advisor for theSenate Committee on AppropriationsSubcommittee on Labor, Health and HumanServices, Education and Related Agencies,and a member of Senator Specter’s (R-PA)staff, provided a keynote discussion of thefederal budget process.
Attendees participated in 140 meetings withmembers of Congress and their staff to discussthe importance of making cancer research anational priority. Those who attended meetingswith congressional offices emphasized thatfunding increases during the period of thedoubling of the NIH budget helped speed thepace of cancer research from 1998 through
2003, but the once-accelerated rate ofresearch is now being slowed by the effectsof both a flat budget and of biomedical inflation.
Said Barbara Duffy Stewart, AACI ExecutiveDirector, “Congress needs to hear these messages from leaders who see first-handevery day the effect of the decisions made on Capitol Hill. We need to help Congressunderstand that there are stories of success—but that these stories will become less andless common if funding for cancer researchcontinues to be lost.”
Added Ms. Stewart, “Our task was to educateCongress on the importance of funding cancerresearch. While the work can be called a suc-cess, this is an ongoing effort that requires ourmembers’ continued communication with theirrepresentatives throughout the year. Congress’support and understanding is essential for con-tinued progress toward a cure.”
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Working Together:
Accelerating Progress against Cancer
As the primary networking organization for thenation’s cancer centers, AACI understands theimportance of its role in facilitating meaningfulinteraction among the cancer centers. Throughactivities such as the AACI Update, the AACIAnnual Meeting, and other initiatives, theAssociation stimulates inter-center discussionon issues of importance to the centers.
The AACI Update, AACI’s newsletter, providesa monthly snapshot of the ongoing work ofthe cancer centers, as well as in-depth analy-sis of news and policy issues. The Update isread by AACI’s membership and by our mem-bers’ senators and representatives inCongress—to whom relevant stories are senteach month.
AACI is the communications coordinating centerfor the IRAT Network—the Imaging ResponseAssessment Teams established by NCI’sCancer Imaging and Cancer Centers programs.The network’s second annual meeting, heldthis February in Arizona, brought together theNCI-funded IRAT teams and sponsors, leadersof imaging programs at 14 additional AACIcancer centers, and industry leaders. The project leaders of the IRAT teams voted toestablish corresponding membership— amechanism through which the network canformally share its ideas and methods withacademic cancer centers. AACI will serve asthe coordinating center for the IRATS throughJune 2008.
Supporting centers’ informatics capabilities toenable investigators to share tools, standards,data, applications, and technology is a long-standing and important AACI initiative. In 2007,AACI hosted a panel of cancer informaticsexperts at the AACI Annual Meeting to discussthe development of clinical research systems.Attendees gained insight into the common andunique tools and characteristics of home-grownand vendor-supported systems, as well as thepotential to maximize connectivity across cancer centers.
Implementation of recommendations ofAccelerating Successes Against Cancer:Recommendations from the NCI-designatedCancer Center Directors remains a priority to AACI and its members. Throughout 2007,AACI continued working with NCI and the report’s authors to prioritize areas forimplementation. AACI leaders and CancerCenters Directors’ Working Group chairs identified recommendations related to preventionand survivorship as having the potential forgreatest impact. These experts also agreedthat centers are well positioned to coordinatelong-term survivorship plans; expand involvementin state cancer control plans; disseminate bestpractices into the community; and informpayor-related decision making. The group noted that cancer centers could be sites fordemonstration projects in all of these areas,and that a meeting with appropriate federalagencies to discuss ways in which projectscould be launched is desirable. AACI willorganize such a meeting in early 2008.
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2007 AACI Annual Meeting
October 28–30, 2007 — Washington, D.C.
AACI convened its member cancer centersand collaborators from the national cancerresearch community in Washington, D.C. forthe AACI Annual Meeting, October 28–30, 2007.The trans-disciplinary conference examinedissues that both challenge and contribute tothe cancer centers’ combined efforts to improvethe health of patients and families in everycommunity across the United States. For thefifth consecutive year, the Cancer CenterAdministrators Forum hosted its fall meeting in conjunction with the AACI Annual Meeting.
Nearly 300 cancer professionals attendedthe meeting, including basic and clinicalscientists, industry executives, governmentofficials, and leaders of cancer researchand advocacy organizations. For the firsttime, the meeting offered continuingmedical education (CME) credit forattendees. CME was jointly sponsoredby AACI, Vanderbilt-Ingram CancerCenter, and Vanderbilt University Schoolof Medicine.
AACI Executive Director Barbara DuffyStewart acknowledged the many contribu-tions of Dr. H. Shelton Earp as he completedhis term as president and Dr. Harold Mosesas he completed his term as immediate-pastpresident. Their combined 10 years of servicehelped position the cancer centers and direc-tors as an influential and powerful group andalso helped cement AACI as nationally recog-nized organization.
At the meeting, Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr. wasinstalled as AACI president and Dr. MichaelCaligiuri as vice-president/president-elect.
Meeting Highlights
AACI continued its tradition of providing achallenging, relevant program for the cancercenter directors, researchers, and administratorsthat attend the AACI Annual Meeting.
Scientific sessions on cancer stem-cell researchand drug development featured presentationsby nationally recognized investigators. Thesession on drug development examinedapproaches for validating targets and screeningcompounds for new targets that facilitate thedrug discovery process. Additionally, a panelof cancer informatics experts discussed thedevelopment of clinical research systems attheir institutions.
Dr. Kevin Murphy, George J. StiglerDistinguished Professor of Economics at theUniversity of Chicago Graduate School ofBusiness, discussed his research that examinesthe cost and benefits of medical research andthe value of health.
Moderated by PBS health correspondentSusan Dentzer, “The Role of Congress inShaping Cancer Policy” panel session allowedfor staff members from U.S. Congressionaloffices to discuss how they manage importantand complicated issues facing federal legislators.
Emerging Centers Programming
In a first for the AACI Annual Meeting, a special session for emerging cancer centersacross the United States was held. Providingan agenda to help emerging cancer centersmore quickly develop their programming, thesession focused on optimizing resources andsustaining growth and development and provided a forum for communicating strategiesthat more-established centers have found tobe effective in building their cancer programs.
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Meeting Supporters
The Association gratefully acknowledgedorganizations that provided support forAACI educational activities, initiatives,and programs as well as CME grants in2007. AACI recognized major supportfrom Amgen Oncology at the PresentingLevel and PercipEnz Technologies, Inc., atthe Platinum Level. AACI acknowledgedsupport at the Silver Level fromGlaxoSmithKline; OSI Pharmaceuticals,Inc.; and sanofi-aventis US, Inc., and atthe Bronze Level from eHealth GlobalTechnologies; Eli Lilly and Company;Exelexis, Inc.; GE Heatlhcare; MerckResearch Laboratories; OnyxPharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Velos, Inc.
AACI 2007 Public Service Awards
AACI was honored to present its 2007 AACI Public ServiceAwards to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ofNevada and Representatives Michael Castle, Delaware, andEdward Markey, Massachusetts. AACI recognized these indi-viduals for their significant commitment to cancer researchadvancements and steadfast efforts to alleviate the burdenof cancer for all Americans.
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Facilitating Collaboration and Communication
AACI promotes collaboration and communica-tion among the nation’s cancer centers andwith policymakers and other national cancer-related professional societies and advocacygroups. AACI is also committed to keepingissues that affect the nation’s cancer centersin the public eye via the news media.
In 2007, AACI went on the record with itsviews on key issues in the LA Times, NewYork Times, and Washington Post. These let-ters represented the nation’s cancer centerson the issues of funding for cancer researchand clinical trials. Additionally, AACI’s incomingpresident, Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr., authored aguest commentary in the NCI Cancer Bulletindescribing AACI’s plan to address the importantissue of the cancer workforce.
This year, AACI began working with theNational Comprehensive Cancer Network(NCCN) and the Public Affairs and MarketingNetwork to explore a comprehensive nationwidemessaging campaign for cancer centers. AACI is leading discussions to determine the elements of such a national campaign,
considering the scope of the issues surroundingcancer and its burden on the communitiesserved by AACI cancer centers.
AACI has continued working and partneringwith organizations such as AACR, ACS,ASCO, and Friends of Cancer Research topromote the cancer centers’ positions onimportant issues. Additionally, AACI is repre-sented on the steering committee for OneVoice Against Cancer (OVAC) and works withOVAC to receive the latest updates on federallegislation regarding appropriations for cancerresearch. Through partnerships like these, andits ongoing media efforts, AACI ensures thatthe centers’ interests are represented on thenational stage.
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This year, AACI’s Board of Directors establisheda sustaining membership opportunity for cancer-related organizations with missionscomplementary to AACI’s. Sustaining membershipin AACI is open to cancer organizations thatare: not-for-profit and represent and supportthe educational and professional developmentof clinical oncology health professionals andoncology researchers; dedicated to clinicaland/or basic research with a strong focus oncancer; and dedicated to public educationrelated to cancer.
American Association for
Cancer Research (AACR)
AACR is the oldest and largest scientificorganization in the world focused on everyaspect of high-quality, innovative cancerresearch.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer; saving lives;and diminishing suffering from cancer throughresearch, education, advocacy, and service.
C-Change
C-Change is comprised of the nation’s keycancer leaders from government, business,and nonprofit sectors.
CureSearch
CureSearch unites the world’s largest childhood cancer research organization, theChildren’s Oncology Group, and the NationalChildhood Cancer Foundation to achieve onegoal of curing childhood cancer.
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New Members and Leadership
New AACI Member Institutions
In 2007, AACI welcomed three new member centers:
Loma Linda University Cancer Center
The Loma Linda University Cancer Center (LLUCI) in Loma Linda, California,directed by Mark Reeves, MD, PhD, is an academic cancer program that provides a broad spectrum of cancer patient services, research, and educationin adult and pediatric inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and radiationoncology. LLUCI was established in 1991 as an affiliate of the Loma LindaUniversity Adventist Health Sciences Center.
Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center
The Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center (MCGCC) is a newly establishedmatrix cancer center within the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). MCGCCcombines the cancer research activities on the MCG campus with the clinicalprograms of the MCG faculty that are conducted in association with MCGHealth Inc., the teaching hospital of the MCG. Kapil Bhalla, MD, directs thecenter, located in Augusta.
University of Texas Medical Branch
Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Comprehensive CancerCenter in Galveston is directed by B. Mark Evers, MD. The UTMBComprehensive Cancer Center is an academic cancer program established in 2005, and consists of the Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, theEducational Cancer Center, and the Clinical Cancer Center.
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Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr.
Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri
New AACI Leadership
In 2007, AACI welcomed incoming President Dr. Edward J.Benz, Jr., President and CEO of the Dana-Farber CancerInstitute. Additionally, AACI members elected Dr. Michael A.Caligiuri, Director of The Ohio State University ComprehensiveCancer Center - James Cancer Hospital & Solove ResearchInstitute as AACI President-elect.
Remembering Marty Abeloff
Dr. Martin D. Abeloff, the chief oncologist anddirector of the Sidney Kimmel ComprehensiveCancer Center at Johns Hopkins Universityfor the past 15 years, and a member ofAACI’s Board of Directors, died in September2007 of leukemia. Dr. Abeloff, 65, was aninternational authority on the treatment ofbreast cancer.
“AACI has been fortunate to have Marty as amember of its Board of Directors for the pasttwo years. His wisdom has been integral todeveloping AACI’s strategic vision for our continued growth and development,” said Dr. H. Shelton Earp III, AACI President. “Hisloss will be felt throughout the cancer commu-nity for years to come.”
New AACI Board Members
In 2007, AACI elected four new members to its Board of Directors:
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS
Dr. Eberlein is the director of the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashingtonUniversity Medical Center in St. Louis. He is also Bixby Professor of Surgery and professor ofpathology and Immunology at Washington University of Medicine, chairman of the Department ofSurgery, and the surgeon-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Dr. Eberlein is active in the AmericanCollege of Surgeons and has been chairman of the Committee on Research and Education as wellas vice chairman of the Surgical Forum Committee.
Craig B. Thompson, MD
Dr. Thompson is the director of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and associate vice president for cancer services of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.He currently serves as chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute, as a member of the Lasker Prize jury, and as associate editor of Cell, Immunity, PNAS, and Cancer Cell. In the past, Dr. Thompson has served as chairman of NCI’s Board of ScientificCounselors and a member of NIH’s Experimental Immunology Study Section.
Donald L. Trump, MD, FACP
Dr. Donald L. Trump is the president and chief executive officer of Roswell Park Cancer Institute(RPCI). As RPCI president and CEO and cancer center support grant principal investigator, Dr. Trumphas direct authority over day-to-day operations, philanthropic and operating budgets, capital improve-ments, research priorities, and clinical and scientific strategic planning for the Institute. Dr. Trumpcontinues his work as a researcher and clinician, leading the Institute’s active clinical research invitamin D-based cancer prevention and treatment and caring for patients with prostate cancer andother urologic cancers.
Cheryl L. Willman, MD
Dr. Willman is the director and CEO of the University of New Mexico (UNM). In her research, Dr. Willman focuses on finding the causes of and the cures for leukemia. She is the director ofLeukemia Research Programs and Correlative Science Laboratories for NCI’s Children’s OncologyGroup and Southwest Oncology Group. She has published more than 160 scientific articles in prestigious journals. Dr. Willman leads a consortium of investigators from UNM, Sandia NationalLaboratories, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who are applying advances from the human genome project to improve leukemia diagnosis and discover new and more effectivedrugs and therapies.
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2007 Committees
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting Program Committeedevelops the agenda for the yearly meeting ofthe Association’s membership.
Chair: Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhDUNMC Eppley Cancer CenterUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center
Chair: Stanton L. Gerson, MDCase Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve UniversityIreland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland
Edward Benz, Jr., MDDana-Farber Cancer InstituteHarvard Medical School
Bruce Campbell, MD, FACSMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhDUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Robert J. DuWors, MPAJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
H. Shelton Earp III, MDUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ronald B. Herberman, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteUPMC Cancer Centers
Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPHAssociation of American Cancer Institutes
By-Laws
The By-laws Committee receives suggestedchanges to the Association’s by-laws from the membership and recommends changes it deems necessary and desirable.
Chair: George J. Weiner, MDHolden Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of Iowa
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhDUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Gordon D. Ginder, MDMassey Cancer CenterVirginia Commonwealth UniversityMedical College of Virginia Campus
Randall C. MainFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Communications
The Communications Committee recommendsstrategies that contribute to the overall publicawareness plan aimed at educating the public,policymakers, and patients and their familiesabout the unique characteristics of the nation’scancer centers.
Clare CollinsUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteUPMC Cancer Centers
Karen Carter MalletFox Chase Cancer Center
Nancy StringerRebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer CenterUniversity of California at San Diego
Arlinda WarrenThe Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center of Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine
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Finance and Investment
The Finance and Investment Committee oversees the development and implementationof all policies related to AACI’s finances andexpenditures. It reviews investment performanceand advises on AACI’s asset portfolio. In addition, this committee makes fiscal recommendations to the AACI Board ofDirectors and arranges for the audit of theAssociation’s financial records.
Chair: Randall C. MainFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Robert J. DuWors, MPA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
Nicolas C. PorterH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Instituteat the University of South Florida
Michael Vander Hoek, MHSALombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University
George J. Weiner, MDHolden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa
Nominating
The Nominating Committee meets each yearand is charged with identifying individualsamong the member institutions who are best qualified to serve on the AACI Board of Directors.
Chair: Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MDUniversity of Colorado Cancer CenterUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Harold L. Moses, MDVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
James K.V. Willson, MDSimmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Government Relations Forum
Steering Committee
The AACI Government Relations ForumSteering Committee monitors public policythat has an impact on cancer centers.
Chair: Jennifer K. CarlsonThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute
Lisa A. DamianiRoswell Park Cancer Institute
Ross A. Frommer, JDHerbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbia University
Heidi L. Gartland, MHACase Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve UniversityIreland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland
Jim KaufmanSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Kathryn KuhnMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
Anne LevineDana-Farber Cancer InstituteHarvard Medical School
Elizabeth B. O’Brien, JDThe Wistar Institute
Kristen L. Pugh, MPACity of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute
Claire Turney University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Paul A. Vick, MADuke Comprehensive Cancer CenterDuke University Medical Center
Christine M. Wilson, MAFox Chase Cancer Center
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AACI Membership
ALABAMA
UAB Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University of Alabama
at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
ARIZONA
Arizona Cancer Center
The University of Arizona
College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona
ARKANSAS
Winthrop P. Rockefeller
Cancer Institute
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas
CALIFORNIA
The Burnham Institute
La Jolla, California
City of Hope National
Medical Center
and Beckman
Research Institute
Duarte, California
Jonsson Comprehensive
Cancer Center
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Loma Linda University
Cancer Center
Loma Linda, California
Rebecca and John Moores
UCSD Cancer Center
La Jolla, California
Stanford University
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Stanford, California
UC Davis Cancer Center
Sacramento, California
UCI Chao Family
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Orange, California
UCSF Helen Diller
Family Comprehensive
Cancer Center
and Cancer Research
Institute
San Francisco, California
USC/Norris
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California
COLORADO
University of Colorado
Cancer Center
Aurora, Colorado
CONNECTICUT
The Carole & Ray Neag
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University of Connecticut
Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut
Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
The George Washington
University Cancer Institute
Washington, D.C.
Howard University
Cancer Center
Washington, D.C.
Lombardi Cancer Center
at Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
United States Military
Cancer Institute
Uniformed Services
University of the
Health Sciences
Washington, D.C.
FLORIDA
H. Lee Moffitt
Cancer Center
& Research Institute
Tampa, Florida
University of Florida
Shands Cancer Center
Gainesville, Florida
University of Miami
Sylvester Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Miami, Florida
GEORGIA
Medical College of Georgia
Cancer Center
Augusta, Georgia
Winship Cancer Institute
of Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
HAWAII
Cancer Research Center
of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
ILLINOIS
Cardinal Bernardin
Cancer Center of Loyola
University Chicago
Maywood, Illinois
The Robert H. Lurie
Comprehensive Cancer
Center of Northwestern
University
Chicago, Illinois
SimmonsCooper Cancer
Institute at Southern
Illinois University
Springfield, Illinois
University of Chicago
Cancer Research Center
Chicago, Illinois
University of Illinois at
Chicago Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois
INDIANA
Indiana University
Simon Cancer Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
IOWA
Holden Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
KANSAS
Kansas Masonic Cancer
Research Institute
Kansas City, Kansas
KENTUCKY
James Graham Brown
Cancer Center
University of Louisville
Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
Lucille P. Markey
Cancer Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Cancer Research
Consortium of New Orleans
Stanley S. Scott
Cancer Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tulane Cancer Center
Tulane University
Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
MARYLAND
Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
at Johns Hopkins
University
Baltimore, Maryland
University of Maryland
Greenebaum
Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston University
Cancer Research Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Tufts-NEMC Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts
MICHIGAN
Barbara Ann Karmanos
Cancer Institute
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
University of Michigan
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Van Andel
Research Institute
Grand Rapids, Michigan
MINNESOTA
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Rochester, Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Cancer Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
MISSOURI
The Siteman
Cancer Center of
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
at Washington University
School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
NEBRASKA
UNMC Eppley
Cancer Center
Omaha, Nebraska
NEVADA
Nevada Cancer Institute
Las Vegas, Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Norris Cotton
Cancer Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire
NEW JERSEY
The Cancer Institute
of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey
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NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico
Cancer Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
NEW YORK
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Albert Einstein College
of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Herbert Irving
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Columbia University
New York, New York
James P. Wilmot Cancer
Center University of
Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York
NYU Cancer Institute
New York, New York
Roswell Park
Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York
Stony Brook University
Cancer Center
Stony Brook, New York
NORTH CAROLINA
Comprehensive
Cancer Center of
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina
Duke Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Durham, North Carolina
UNC Lineberger
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
OHIO
The Barrett Cancer Center
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Case Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University Hospitals
Ireland Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Taussig
Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio
The Ohio State University
Comprehensive
Cancer Center –
James Cancer Hospital &
Solove Research Institute
Columbus, Ohio
OREGON
OHSU Cancer Institute
Oregon Health and
Science University
Portland, Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kimmel Cancer Center
at Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn State
Cancer Institute
Hershey, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute
UPMC Cancer Centers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Wistar Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Cancer Center
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
SOUTH CAROLINA
Medical University
of South Carolina
Hollings Cancer Center
Charleston, South Carolina
TENNESSEE
St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Vanderbilt-Ingram
Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee
TEXAS
The Dan L. Duncan
Cancer Center
at Baylor College
of Medicine
Houston, Texas
San Antonio Cancer
Institute
Partnership of
UTHSCSA/CTRC
San Antonio, Texas
Simmons Comprehensive
Cancer Center
The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas
Dallas, Texas
The University of
Texas Medical Branch
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Galveston, Texas
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
UTAH
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
VERMONT
Vermont Cancer Center
at the University
of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
VIRGINIA
Massey Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Richmond, Virginia
University of Virginia
Cancer Center
Charlottesville, Virginia
WASHINGTON
Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center
Seattle, Washington
WEST VIRGINIA
Mary Babb Randolph
Cancer Center
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
WISCONSIN
Medical College of
Wisconsin Cancer Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Paul P. Carbone
Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Madison, Wisconsin
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SUSTAINING MEMBERS
American Association
for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, Georgia
C-Change
Washington, D.C.
National Childhood Cancer
Foundation “CureSearch”
Arcadia, California