Co-Editor in Chief

Professor, Internal Medicine

Chief of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Associate Director of Clinical Research

Fred and Pamela Buffet Cancer Center

Omaha, NE

Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, is the Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris professor and the chief of the Division of Oncology/Hematology in the Department of Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Vose graduated from Medical School at UNMC, completed her internal medicine residency as well as a Chief Resident year, followed by a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at UNMC, and has been on faculty since 1990. Vose is an internationally known leading expert in the treatment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She is actively involved in many novel clinical trials for lymphoma including targeted agents, monoclonal antibodies, and cellular therapy. Vose has been recognized for her NHL research on a national and international level through research awards and invited lectureships worldwide.

Associate Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Iyengar is part of the breast oncology team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), specializing in exercise oncology. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed his residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center and his fellowship at MSKCC. Iyengar has been granted with many prestigious awards including the Career Development Award from Conquer Cancer at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation and Breast Cancer Research Foundation Investigator.

Thoracic Malignancies Chair

Chief, Division of Thoracic Medical Oncology

Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology

Co-Director, Immune Monitoring Facility

Gloria and Edmund M. Dunn Chair in Thoracic Oncology

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA

Hossein Borghaei, MS, DO, is the chief of Thoracic Medical Oncology, professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, and the Gloria and Edmund M. Dunn Chair in Thoracic malignancies. Borghaei earned his degree at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a residency at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. Since completing his fellowship training at Fox Chase, he has been involved in a number of clinical trials aimed at developing new, antibody-based therapies and immunotherapies for patients with lung cancer.

Member, Community Oncology Editorial Board

Professor of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Faculty of the Department of Medical Oncology

Morrison Cancer Center

Omaha, NE

Mehmet S. Copur, MD, FACP, is a nationally known medical oncologist in Grand Island, Nebraska and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System-Forte Mead and CHI Health St. Francis. He received his medical degree from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey and has been in practice for more than 35 years. Copur is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology and serves on numerous committees.

Gastrointestinal Cancer Chair

Leader, Gastrointestinal Program

Medical Director, Cancer Clinical Research Office

Vice Chair and Section Chief for Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Phoenix, AZ

Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, is a professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, medical director of the Cancer Clinical Research Office, vice chair and section chief for Medical Oncology for the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Bekaii-Saab earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and completed a residency in internal medicine at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and has practiced for over 20 years. His research interests in gastrointestinal cancers are focused on the incorporation of agents that target the multiple facets of cancer, including genetic and epigenetic drives as well as the feeding microenvironment and the immune milieu. The primary goal of his work is helping patients to identify those techniques best suited for their individual situation.

Genitourinary Cancer Chair

Deputy Director, Cedars-Sinai Cancer

Steven Spielberg Family Chair in Hematology-Oncology

Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Professor, Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Robert A. Figlin, MD, is a professor of medicine and biomedical sciences, director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, deputy director of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, and deputy director of Integrated Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Figlin received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. His major oncologic focus is in thoracic and genitourinary tumors. A nationally recognized leader in genitourinary and thoracic oncology, Figlin’s research focuses on renal cell carcinoma and thoracic malignancies.

Breast Cancer Chair

Senior Vice President and Director

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

Professor

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

Hurvitz started her pursuit of medicine in 1990 when she enrolled at the University of California, Irvine, and went on to earn dual degrees in biology and psychology. Hurvitz is a medical oncologist, clinical research leader, and senior vice president of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutch and head of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Washington Department of Medicine. Hurvitz specializes in the treatment of women with breast cancer. She is involved in constructing and implementing several national clinical trials testing new therapies while studying gene expression patterns in a variety of breast cancer populations to develop novel therapies.

Multiple Myeloma Cancer Chair

Chief, Myeloma Program

Leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine

University of Miami

Miami, FL

Hematologic oncologist, Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, was recently appointed the inaugural leader of a new research program, Experimental Therapeutics, at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine. Landgren completed his medical degree and doctorate at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is board certified in hematology and internal medicine. As part of his ongoing research program, Landgren is studying molecular mechanisms underlying the trajectory from precursor to full-blown multiple myeloma with the goal to develop treatment strategies aiming to delay, prevent, and ultimately define a cure for multiple myeloma.

Member, Genitourinary Cancers Editorial Board

James H. Semans, MD, Distinguished Professor of Urologic Surgery

Professor of Surgery

Professor in Anesthesiology

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Judd W. Moul, MD, is a retired colonel and a noted researcher and clinician in prostate cancer and is a urologic oncologist. He served as the division chief of Duke Division of Urology from 2004 to 2011 and was named the James H. Semans MD Professor of surgery in 2009 becoming Duke's first named endowed chair for urology. Moul has served as the Editor for Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Disease, a Nature Medicine journal, for more than a decade and is a popular speaker and lecturer having been visiting professor and keynote speaker throughout the US and the World.

Head and Neck Cancer Chair

Medical Oncology

Head and Neck Oncology Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Eric J. Sherman, MD, is a medical oncologist in New York, New York and is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Sherman received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and has been in practice for more than 20 years while dedicated to improving the lives of patients with head and neck cancer. Sherman’s primary clinical and research focus is on thyroid cancers and squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. He also has a vast interest in diagnosing and treating the less common cancers of the head and neck, such as sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomas and salivary gland tumors.