Scientific Leadership

The MRF’s Scientific Leadership is comprised of multidisciplinary experts in basic and translational research, dermatology, epidemiology, genomics, pathology, surgery and medical oncology. Membership includes representatives from the private and public sector.

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MRF Scientific Advisory MRF Breakthrough Consortium Steering CURE OM Scientific Steering Pediatric Scientific Steering Mucosal Scientific Steering Dermatology Advisory Council

MRF Scientific Advisory Committee

Co-Chairs

Michael B. Atkins, MD

Deputy Director, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Ashani T. Weeraratna, PhD

E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology, Co-Program Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, MD

Members

Andrew Aplin, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Charlotte E. Ariyan, MD, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Marcus Bosenberg, MD, PhD

Yale Cancer Center

New Haven, CT

Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Adil Daud, MD

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

San Francisco, CA

Laura K. Ferris, MD, PhD

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Teresa Landi, MD, PhD

National Cancer Institute

Bethesda, MD

Martin McMahon, PhD

Hunstman Cancer Institute & Dept. of Dermatology

Salt Lake City, UT

Marlana M. Orloff, MD

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Hunter Shain, PhD

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

San Francisco, CA

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Susan M. Swetter, MD

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Jessie Villaneuva, PhD

The Wistar Institute

Philadelphia, PA

MRF Breakthrough Consortium Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Richard D. Carvajal, MD

Northwell Health

New York City, NY

Tara C.Mitchell, MD

Penn Medicine

Pennsylvania, PA

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Boston, MA

Members

Elizabeth I. Buchbinder, MD

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Boston, MA

Zeynep Eroglu, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Geoffrey T. Gibney, MD

Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Washington, DC

Michael A. Postow, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York City, NY

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Keith T. Flaherty, MD

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Boston, MA

Michael B. Atkins, MD

Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Washington, DC

CURE OM Scientific Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

Keith T. Flaherty, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director of Developmental Therapeutics

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts

J. William Harbour, MD

Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Members

Laurence Desjardins, MD

Curie Institute

Paris, France

Elizabeth A. Grimm, PhD

University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

F. Stephen Hodi, Jr, MD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jacob Pe’er, MD

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

Jerusalem, Israel

James F. Pingpank, Jr, MD, FACS

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Takami Sato, MD, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Dirk Schadendorf, MD

University Hospital Essen

Essen, Germany

Sara M. Selig, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Stefan Seregard, MD, PhD

St. Eriks Eye Hospital

Stockholm, Sweden

Carol L. Shields, MD

Wills Eye Institute Professor of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Dirk Schadendorf, MD, Michael J. Weber, PhD

University of Virginia Cancer Center

Charlottesville, VA

David J. Wilson, MD

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

Pediatric Scientific Steering Committee

Members

Elena B. Hawryluk, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Cynthia Herzog, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Alberto Pappo, MD

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, TN

Vernon Sondak, MD

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

Brittani Seynnaeve, MD

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Mucosal Scientific Steering Committee

Members

Richard Carvajal, MD

Columbia University

New York City, NY

Alex Shoushtari, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York City, NY

Sapna Patel, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Marlana Orloff, MD

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Dermatology Advisory Council

Co-Chairs

Laura Ferris, MD, PhD

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Harper N. Price, MD, FAAD, FAAP

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ

Members

Allan C. Halpern, MD, MSc.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Ata Mosiri, MD, MPH

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Brent Moody, MD, FAAD, FACMS

Heritage Medical Associates

Nashville, TN

Crystal Aguh, MD

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

Douglas Grossman, MD, PhD

University of Utah – Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, UT

Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School / Mass General Hospital

Boston, MA

Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School / Mass General Hospital

Boston, MA

James Grichnik, MD, PhD

University of South Florida – Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

Jennifer Choi, MD

Northwestern

Chicago, IL

Kelly Nelson, MD, FAAD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Lilia Correa, MD, FAAD, FACMS

University of South Florida – Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

Mackenzi Wehner, MD, Mphil, FAAD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Orit Markowitz, MD

OptiSkin Medical

New York, NY

Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH

VA Boston Healthcare System / Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

Scott Walter, MD

Hill Center for Dermatology

Golden, CO

Susan Swetter, MD, FAAD

Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

Todd Schlesinger, MD, FAAD

Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston

Charleston, SC

Jessica Sheehan, MD

Derick Dermatology

Arlington Heights, IL

Muneeb Shah, DO

P.C. Dermatology

Wilmington, NC

Bruce Brod, MD, MHCI, FAAD

Penn Medicine

Radnor, PA

Jeremy Bordeaux, MD MPH

University Hospitals – Cleveland Medical Center

Cleveland, OH

Howa Yeung, MD, MSc

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Dustin Portela, DO

Treasure Valley Dermatology

Boise, ID

Catherine Carreterro, MD

LoHi Dermatology

Denver, CO

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