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Scientific Advisory Board

Carlos Cordon-Cardo, MD, PhD

Carlos Cordon-Cardo, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Pathology
Professor and Member, Department of Urology
Associate Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University
1130 St. Nicholas Ave. Room 309
New York, NY 10032
212-851-4554 (Office), 212-851-4550 (Fax)
cordon-c@columbia.edu

John Chabot, MD, FACS

John Chabot, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
New York, New York

Rashmi Chugh, MD

Rashmi Chugh, MD
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Health System
Specialty in Hematology & Oncology, Sarcoma Oncology
Clinical Interests: Sarcoma, Desmoid Tumors
Research interests: Clinical trials of investigational agents or novel combinations in sarcoma patients.

James Church, MD

Department of Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio
Director of the David G. Jagelman Inherited Colon Cancer Registries and Head of the Section of Endoscopy at Cleveland Clinic since 1989.
Co-Investigator of the Collaborative Colorectal Cancer Family Registry, funded by a research grant from the National Cancer Institute.

George D. Demetri, MD

George D. Demetri, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Director, Ludwig Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/ Harvard Cancer Center
Associate Director, Clinical Research at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA


Suzanne George, MD

Suzanne George
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
sgeorge2@partners.org

Dr. Mrinal Gounder

Dr. Mrinal Gounder
Assistant Professor MSKCC
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Ave
New York, NY 10065

Haim Gutman, MD

Haim Gutman, MD
Head, Surgical Oncology Service
Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
Ass Prof. of Surgery
Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

Francis John Hornicek, MD, Ph.D

Francis John Hornicek, MD, Ph.D
Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service
Director, Center for Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Mary Louise Keohan, MD

Mary Louise Keohan, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York


Robert G. Maki, MD, Ph.D

Robert G. Maki, MD, Ph.D
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
bobmakimd@gmail.com 


Margaret von Mehren, MD

Margaret von Mehren, MD
Professor of Medical Oncology and Director of Sarcoma Oncology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GIST Research Laboratory

Peter Pisters, MD, FACS

Peter Pisters, MD, FACS
Professor, Surgical Oncology
Chief, Sarcoma Service
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD

Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD
Head of the Division of Surgery

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Stephen X. Skapek, MD

Stephen X. Skapek, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Director of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Children’s Medical Center, in Dallas, TX
Dr. Skapek has led laboratory research projects focused on cancer and developmental biology, and has directed clinical research trials of chemotherapy for children with desmoid tumor, through the Children’s Oncology Group.

Vernon Keith Sondak, MD

Vernon Keith Sondak, MD
Division Chief, Cutaneous Oncology
Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida College of Medicine
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Herman Suit, MD, DPHIL

Herman Suit, MD, DPHIL
Radiation Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Andrew J. Wagner, MD, PhD

Herman Suit, MD, DPHIL
Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
andrew_wagner@dfci.harvard.edu

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