Scientific Advisory Board
The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), comprised of 45 world-renowned lymphoma experts, seeks 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.
THOMAS M. HABERMANN, MD
Chair
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Dr. Habermann is Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester. He received his MD from Creighton University before completing his residency and fellowship at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He is a member of the University of Iowa/Mayo Clinic Lymphoma Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant and has previously served as chair of the Mayo Clinic Lymphoma Group. Dr. Habermann was elected Chair-Elect of the SAB in 2015, assuming the Chair in 2017.
A long-time member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Dr. Habermann is Chair of the Foundation’s annual Minnesota Lymphoma Workshop, a one-day patient education program which serves over 300 patients each year, and has served as faculty for a number of LRF’s other patient education programs. In 2016, he served as Co-Chair for the North American Educational Forum on Lymphoma. He is also a member of LRF’s Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium, and received a Mantle Cell Lymphoma Clinical Studies Correlative Research Grant from LRF in 2007. Dr. Habermann has been involved in many aspects of research in lymphoma with collaborations that include clinical trials, epidemiology, risk factors, new risk predictive models, and genomic studies.
ANDREW D. ZELENETZ, MD, PhD,
Chair-Elect
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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
NANCY BARTLETT, MD
Washington University Medical School
KRISTIE A. BLUM, MD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
CATHERINE BOLLARD, MD, MBChB
George Washington University
Children’s National Medical Center
ETHEL CESARMAN, MD, PhD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
BRUCE D. CHESON, MD, FACP, FAAAS
Past Chair, 2010-2012
Georgetown University Hospital
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
MORTON COLEMAN, MD
Chair, Medical Affiliates Board
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
SANDEEP DAVE, MD, MS
Duke University
KIERON M. DUNLEAVY, MD
George Washington University
GW Cancer Center
KOJO S.J. ELENITOBA-JOHNSON, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
ANDREW M. EVENS, DO, MSc
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
CHRISTOPHER R. FLOWERS, MD, MS
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
JONATHAN W. FRIEDBERG, MD, MMSc
University of Rochester
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute
LEO I. GORDON, MD, FACP
Immediate Past Chair, 2015-2017
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
STEVEN M. HORWITZ
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
ERIC D. HSI, MD
Cleveland Clinic
BRAD S. KAHL, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
KARA KELLY, MD
Oishei Children’s Hospital
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
ANN S. LACASCE, MD
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
JOHN P. LEONARD, MD
Past Chair, 2012-2015
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
BRIAN K. LINK, MD
University of Iowa
IZIDORE S. LOSSOS, MD
University of Miami Health System
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
ARI MELNICK, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
LINDSAY M. MORTON, PhD
National Cancer Institute
OWEN O’CONNOR, MD, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
LAURA PASQUALUCCI, MD
Columbia Univeristy
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
BARBARA PRO, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
KANTI R. RAI, MD, BS
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
KERRY SAVAGE, MD
British Columbia Cancer Agency
LAURIE SEHN, MD, MPH
British Columbia Cancer Agency
MARGARET SHIPP, MD
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
SONALI M. SMITH, MD
The University of Chicago
EDUARDO M. SOTOMAYOR, MD
George Washington University
GW Cancer Center
CHRISTIAN STEIDL, MD
British Columbia Cancer Agency
SVEN de VOS, MD, PhD
University of California Los Angeles
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
JOHN M. TIMMERMAN
University of California Los Angeles
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
DAVID WEINSTOCK, MD
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
HANS-GUIDO WENDEL, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
MICHAEL E. WILLIAMS, MD, ScM
University of Virginia Cancer Center
THOMAS WITZIG, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
ANAS YOUNES, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Members Emeritus
JOSEPH R. BERTINO, MD
Founding Chair
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
CHALRES COLTMAN, MD
San Antonio Cancer Institute
SAUL ROSENBERG, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine