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Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee Task Force Rosters

The Bladder, Prostate, and Renal task forces of the NCI Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee were established to provide a forum for in-depth discussion of clinical trial concepts, provide advisory input on trial design, and make recommendations for clinical trial planning meetings.

Bladder Task Force

Co-chairs

Andrea B. Apolo, M.D. 
National Cancer Institute 
Bethesda, MD

Brian C. Baumann, M.D. 
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Peter Black, M.D.
University of British Columbia 
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Members

Dean F. Bajorin, M.D., FACP, FASCO
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Leslie Ballas, M.D.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Kenneth W. Brothers, J.D.
Patient Advocate 
Great Falls, VA

Stephanie Cooper-Greenberg
Patient Advocate 
Reisterstown, MD

Fabio L. Cury, M.D.
McGill University
Montréal, QC, Canada

Thomas W. Flaig, M.D.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

Jonathan A. Gelfond, M.D., Ph.D. 
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Jessie R. Gills, M.D.
Louisiana State University Healthcare Network
Metairie, LA

Noah M. Hahn, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center  
Baltimore, MD

Donna Hansel, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center  
Houston, TX

Gopakumar V. Iyer, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY 

Ali R. Khaki, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Girish Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Joshua J. Meeks, M.D., Ph.D.
Northwestern University 
Chicago, IL

Matthew I. Milowsky, M.D., FASCO
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Chapel Hill, NC

Himanshu Nagar, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Elizabeth R. Plimack, M.D., M.S.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia PA

Melissa A. Reimers, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine 
St. Louis, MO 

Arlene O. Siefker-Radtke, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Guru P. Sonpavde, M.D.
AdventHealth Cancer Institute  
Orlando, FL

Srikala Sridhar, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Mark N. Stein, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center  
New York, NY

Michael E. Woods, M.D.
Loyola University Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center 
Maywood, IL

NCI CCCT Program Director

Abdul Tawab Amiri, Ph.D.
atawab@mail.nih.gov

 

Prostate Task Force

Co-chairs

Ronald C. Chen, M.D., M.P.H., FASCO, FASTRO
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS

Todd M. Morgan, M.D.
University of Michigan Health 
Ann Arbor, MI

Evan Y. Yu, M.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 
Seattle, WA

 

Members

Ana Aparicio, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Alejandro Berlin, M.D., M.S.
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 
Toronto, ON, Canada 

Alan H. Bryce, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ

Marty Chakoian
ZERO Prostate Cancer 
Alexandria, VA

Yu-Hui Chen, M.S., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Heather H. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 
Seattle, WA

Tanya B. Dorff, M.D. 
City of Hope
Duarte, CA

Mark Garzotto, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Christopher C. Goulet, M.D.
Billings Clinic Cancer Center 
Billings, MT

William A. Hall, M.D. 
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Neda Hashemi, M.D.
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Albuquerque, NM

Thomas A. Hope, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Glenn Liu, M.D.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center 
Madison, WI

Christopher J. Logothetis, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Jun Luo, Ph.D. 
Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD

Catherine H. Marshall, M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Rana R. McKay, M.D.
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Helen H. Moon, M.D.
Southern California Permanente Medical Group 
Riverside, CA

Michael Ong, M.D., FRCPC
University of Ottawa 
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Ganesh S. Palapattu, M.D.
University of Michigan Health 
Ann Arbor, MI

Frédéric Pouliot, M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC
CHU de Québec-Université Laval 
Québec, QC, Canada

Srinivas Raman, M.D., M.A.Sc., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Scott T. Tagawa, M.D., M.S., FACP
Weill Cornell Medicine 
New York, NY

Neha Vapiwala, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

James E. Williams, Jr., M.S., COL (Retired)
Pennsylvania Prostate Cancer Coalition 
Camp Hill, PA

NCI CCCT Program Director

Abdul Tawab Amiri, Ph.D.
atawab@mail.nih.gov

 

Renal Task Force

Co-chairs

Rodney J. Ellis, M.D.
GenesisCare
Ft. Myers, FL

Brian M. Shuch, M.D.
University of California Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA

Tian Zhang, M.D., M.H.S.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

 

Members

Leonard J. Appleman, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Naveen Basappa, M.D.
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Dominick P. Bossé, M.D., M.S.C., M.P.H., FRCPC
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Gennady Bratslavsky, M.D.
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 
Syracuse, NY

James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center  
Dallas, TX

Brian A. Costello, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Darren R. Feldman, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Yasser M. A. Ged, M.B.B.S.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Hans Hammers, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Raquibul Hannan, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Mariam Jafri, M.B.Ch.B.(Hons), B.Med.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Queen's University Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario
Kingston, ON, Canada

Eric Jonasch, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Payal Kapur, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Bryan L. G. Lewis, J.D.
KidneyCAN
Philadelphia, PA

Bradley A. McGregor, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Rana R. McKay, M.D.
University of California, San Diego 
La Jolla, CA

Sujata M. Patil, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H. 
Cleveland Clinic 
Cleveland, OH

Ivan Pedrosa, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Phillip M. Pierorazio, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Susan Poteat
Patient Advocate
Dayton, OH

Sabina Signoretti, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Boston, MA

Eric A. Singer, M.D., M.A., M.S., FACS, FASCO
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Columbus, OH

Ulka N. Vaishampayan, M.B.B.S.
University of Michigan
Detroit, MI

Peter J. van Veldhuizen, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Manish A. Vira, M.D.
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, NY

NCI CCCT Program Director

Abdul Tawab Amiri, Ph.D.
atawab@mail.nih.gov

 

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