Fourteen distinguished ASCO members have been selected by the ASCO Nominating Committee as candidates for open leadership positions within the Society for the 2015 ASCO Election. Biographical information and interviews with each candidate, as well as instructions for casting a proxy ballot, will be made available to members at www.asco.org/election when proxy voting opens on Wednesday, October 29. The proxy voting will close on Wednesday, November 26.
Election results will be announced by mid-December 2014; elected candidates will assume office at the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting in June. ■
PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES (ONE SEAT)
Daniel F. Hayes, MD, FASCO
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Patrick J. Loehrer, Sr, MD, FASCO
Indiana University Simon Cancer Center
TREASURER CANDIDATES (ONE SEAT)
Stephen S. Grubbs, MD
Medical Oncology Hematology Consults, PA
Craig R. Nichols, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center,
Testicular Cancer Commons
BOARD OF DIRECTORS—
COMMUNITY ONCOLOGIST CANDIDATES (ONE SEAT)
Johannes C. Nunnink, MD, FASCO
Vermont Center for Cancer Medicine
Ray D. Page, DO, PhD, FACOI
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
BOARD OF DIRECTORS—
SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST CANDIDATES (ONE SEAT)
Michael A. Choti, MD, MBA, FACS
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Stephen B. Edge, MD, FACS, FASCO
Baptist Memorial Health Care, Baptist Cancer Center
BOARD OF DIRECTORS—
UNDESIGNATED SPECIALTY CANDIDATES (ONE SEAT)
Blase N. Polite, MD, MPP
University of Chicago, The Center for Clinical
Cancer Genetics and Global Health
Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
and Ludwig Cancer Research
NOMINATING COMMITTEE—
UNDESIGNATED SPECIALTY CANDIDATES (TWO SEATS)
Lisa A. Carey, MD
University of North Carolina, Breast Center
S. Percy Ivy, MD
National Cancer Institute,
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
Primo N. Lara, Jr., MD
University of California,
Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Emile E. Voest, MD, PhD
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
