ASCO Announces Candidates for 2016 Election

By ASCO
November 10, 2015

Seventeen distinguished ASCO members have been selected by the ASCO Nominating Committee as candidates for open leadership positions within the Society. They include the office of President-Elect, four seats on the Society’s Board of Directors, and three seats on the ASCO Nominating Committee.

President-Elect Candidates (One Seat)

• S. Gail Eckhardt, MD, FASCO
  University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Bruce E. Johnson, MD, FASCO
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Robin T. Zon, MD, FACP, FASCO
  Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC

Board of Directors—International Oncologist Candidates (One Seat)

• Nagi S. El Saghir, MD, FACP
  American University of Beirut Medical Center
• Jaap Verweij, MD, PhD
  Erasmus University Medical Center

Board of Directors—Pediatric Oncologist Candidates (One Seat)

• Peter C. Adamson, MD
  The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Brenda J. Weigel, MD, MSc
  Masonic Children’s Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical Center

Board of Directors—Undesignated Specialty Candidates (Two Seats)

• Arti Hurria, MD
  City of Hope
• Maha H. A. Hussain, MD, FACP, FASCO
  University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Michael   P.  Kosty, MD, FACP, FASCO
  Scripps Green Cancer Center
• Blase N. Polite, MD, MPP
  University of Chicago, Section of Hematology/Oncology

Nominating Committee—Designated Community Oncologist Candidates (One Seat)

• James N. Frame, MD, FACP
  Charleston Area Medical Center
• Ray D. Page, DO, PhD, FACOI
  The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

Nominating Committee—Undesignated Specialty Candidates (Two Seats)

• Michael B. Atkins, MD
  Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Carolyn D. Runowicz, MD, FASCO
  Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University
• Joseph A. Sparano, MD, FACP
  Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care
• Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, FACP
  Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System

 

This year, the election ballot will also include a proposed amendment to the ASCO Bylaws to change the qualifying age for Emeritus membership in the Society. Detailed information on the proposed amendment, as well as biographical information on each candidate, including video interviews with the President-Elect candidates, is available at ASCO.org/election.

Eligible ASCO members can vote for their chosen leaders and on the proposed Bylaws amendment until December 3, 2015 at ASCO.org/election. Election results will be announced mid-December, and the newly elected President-Elect, Directors, and Nominating Committee members will begin their terms of service at the conclusion of the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.  ■

 

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