Steering Committee
The Steering Committee’s Responsibilities are to provide leadership and vision for the American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable (ACS NLCRT) to help advance the Roundtable mission, guide planning and implementation of the NLCRT projects, and approve new members of the ACS NLCRT.
Leadership
Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, MS, FACR, FSABI
Dr. Ella A. Kazerooni is a Professor of Radiology & Internal Medicine, Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs & Director of Cardiothoracic Radiology at the University of Michigan Medicine.
Steering Committee Chair
Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
Dr. Douglas E. Wood is The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at University of Washington.
Steering Committee Vice Chair
Robert A. Smith, PhD, FSBI
Dr. Robert A. Smith is the Vice President, Cancer Screening and the Director of Cancer Screening Center at the National Office of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
ACS Chair
Steering Committee Member
Members
Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH
Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Steering Committee Member
Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN
Steering Committee Member Stigma and Nihilism Task Group Chair
Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute Center for Discovery & Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health
Jennifer Croswell, MD, MPH, MA
Steering Committee Member
National Cancer Institute
Michael Gieske, MD
Steering Committee Member
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH
Steering Committee Member
Cleveland Clinic
Drew Moghanaki, MD, MPH
Steering Committee Member
UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
Raymond Osarogiagbon, MBBS
Steering Committee Member
Baptist Memorial Health
Jim Pantelas
Jim Pantelas is a 20-year lung cancer survivor and a long-standing patient and research advocate with significant involvement in the veteran population.
Steering Committee Member
Lecia V. Sequist, MD, MPH
Dr. Sequist is the Landry Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Cancer Early Detection and Diagnostics Program at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute.
Steering Committee Member
Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS, Master FCCP
Steering Committee Member
Task Group Chair
Medical University of South Carolina
Jamie L. Studts, PhD
Steering Committee Member Stigma and Nihilism Task Group Vice Chair
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Joelle Thirsk Fathi, DNP, RN, ARNP, CTTS, FAAN
Steering Committee Member
Tobacco Treatment Across the Care Continuum Task Group Chair
GO2 for Lung Cancer
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How We Work
Learn more about how the ACS NLCRT functions.
Member Organizations
The NLCRT is a collaborative, multidisciplinary coalition with more than 160 member organizations across the nation and more than 200 national and international volunteer experts and patient and caregiver advocate representatives.