Scientific Advisory Board

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Scientific Advisory Board

The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) comprises 45 world-renowned lymphoma experts, who seek out the most innovative and promising lymphoma research projects for support.  Members of the Foundation’s SAB are leaders in blood cancer research, with outstanding experience and accomplishments in both lymphoma-specific research and clinical care. They guide the planning of LRF’s research program, selecting and monitoring grant recipients.


ANN S. LACASCE, MD, MMSC
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dr. LaCasce is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She is a clinical investigator in lymphoma and a clinical expert in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Her research interests include the development of clinical trials using novel agents.

Dr. LaCasce was awarded LRF’s Career Development Award (CDA) in 2005 and has served as a member of LRF’s SAB since 2012. She also serves on the ABIM Medical Oncology Board, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Lymphoma Guideline Panel, and the Alliance Lymphoma Committee.

ANDREW M. EVENS, DO, MSc, FACP
Chair-Elect
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
RWJBarnabas Health

RANJANA ADVANI, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine

ASH A. ALIZADEH, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine

STEPHEN ANSELL, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

KRISTIE A. BLUM, MD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

JENNIFER BROWN, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

JAMES R. CERHAN, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

ETHEL CESARMAN, MD, PhD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine

BRUCE D. CHESON, MD, FACP, FAAAS, FASCO
Past Chair, 2010-2012
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

SANDEEP DAVE, MD, MS
Duke University

KIERON M. DUNLEAVY, MD
Lombardi Cancer Center of Georgetown University

KOJO S.J. ELENITOBA-JOHNSON, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

CHRISTOPHER R. FLOWERS, MD, MS
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

JONATHAN W. FRIEDBERG, MD, MMSc
University of Rochester
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute

LEO I. GORDON, MD, FACP
Past Chair, 2015-2017
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

MICHAEL GREEN, PhD, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

THOMAS M. HABERMANN, MD
Past Chair, 2017-2019
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

STEVEN M. HORWITZ, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

ERIC D. HSI, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester

BRAD S. KAHL, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

KARA KELLY, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine

JOHN P. LEONARD, MD
Past Chair, 2012-2015
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine

IZIDORE S. LOSSOS, MD
University of Miami Health System
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

PETER MARTIN, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine

ARI MELNICK, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine

LINDSAY M. MORTON, PhD
National Cancer Institute


MARKUS MÜSCHEN, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine

LORETTA NASTOUPIL, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

TERESA PALOMERO, PhD
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University

LAURA PASQUALUCCI, MD
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University

BARBARA PRO, MD
Columbia University

LISA RIMSZA, MD
Mayo Clinic, Arizona


LISA ROTH, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine

KERRY SAVAGE, MD
British Columbia Cancer

DAVID SCOTT, MBChB, PhD
BC Cancer, Vancouver

LAURIE SEHN, MD, MPH
BC Cancer, Vancouver

MARGARET SHIPP, MD
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

SONALI M. SMITH, MD
Immediate Past Chair, 2021-2023
The University of Chicago

EDUARDO M. SOTOMAYOR, MD
Tampa General Hospital

CHRISTIAN STEIDL, MD
BC Cancer, Vancouver

JOHN M. TIMMERMAN, MD
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

SVEN de VOS, MD, PhD
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

HANS-GUIDO WENDEL, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

ANDREW D. ZELENETZ, MD, PhD
Immediate Past Chair, 2019-2021
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Members Emeritus

JOSEPH R. BERTINO, MD
In Memoriam
Founding Chair
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

MORTON COLEMAN, MD
Chair, Medical Affiliates Board NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine

BRIAN LINK, MD
University of Iowa

KANTI R. RAI, MD
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine

MICHAEL E. WILLIAMS, MD, ScM
University of Virginia Cancer Center

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