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Stakeholder Meeting Overview: September 7, 2023

The first National Cancer Plan Stakeholder Meeting took place virtually on September 7, 2023. This meeting consisted of presentations from invited stakeholders, each followed by a discussion with Panel members. Presentations and discussion from the meeting, as well as public comments, will inform the Panel’s report to the President, which will highlight opportunities to optimize implementation of the National Cancer Plan. Check out our blog post, National Cancer Plan Stakeholder Meeting: Cancer Community Comes Together to Share Ideas for Progress for a brief summary of common themes and priority areas that emerged from this meeting. Please refer to the list below for meeting details.

Agenda

Time Agenda Item 
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
Dr. Elizabeth M. Jaffee, President’s Cancer Panel
8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
Dr. Danya T. Garner and Ms. Brenda M. Nevidjon
9:15 – 9:45 a.m American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO)
Dr. Anita Kinney and Ms. Nicole Brandt
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Dr. Anne Snowdon
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Drs. Clifford A. Hudis and Lynn M. Schuchter
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Dr. Jeff M. Michalski
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. American Cancer Society
Dr. Karen E. Knudsen
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. National Medical Association (NMA)
Drs. Yolanda Lawson and Edith P. Mitchell
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC)
Dr. Olalekan Ajayi
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
Dr. Elena V. Rios
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Drs. Philip D. Greenberg and Margaret Foti
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
Drs. Robert W. Carlson and Wui-Jin Koh
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. CEO Roundtable on Cancer
Drs. William C. Louv and David M. Reese
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Discussion with Panel and Public Comments
4:15pm Adjourn

Participants

Name Title & Affiliations
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD
President’s Cancer Panel Chair
Deputy Director
Codirector, Skip Viragh Pancreatic Cancer Center
Associate Director, Bloomberg Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Mitchel S. Berger, MD
President’s Cancer Panel Member
Director, Brain Tumor Center, Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Carol L. Brown, MD
President’s Cancer Panel Member
Senior Vice President
Chief Health Equity Officer
Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity
Vice Chair Health Equity, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York City, New York
Maureen Johnson, PhD
Executive Secretary

Special Assistant, Office of the Director
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Olalekan Ajayi, PharmD, MBA President, Association of Community Cancer Centers
Chief Operating Officer, Highlands Oncology Group
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Nicole Brandt Executive Director
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Chicago, Illinois
Robert W. Carlson, MD Chief Executive Officer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (HC) Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Danya Garner, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, OCN, CCRN-K President, Oncology Nursing Society
Associate Director, Continuing Professional Education
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Philip D. Greenberg, MD

President, American Association for Cancer Research
Professor & Head, Program in Immunology Clinical Research Division,
Endowed Chair, Jonna Jaffee Foundation
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine & Immunotherapy
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Clifford A. Hudis, MD, FASCO, FACP

Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice Chair, Conquer Cancer Foundation,
Chair, CancerLinQ
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Alexandria, Virginia

Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FABMR President, American Society of Preventive Oncology
Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity, School of Public Health
Associate Director for Population Science and Community Outreach
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society, Inc.
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wui-Jin Koh, MD Senior Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Yolanda Lawson, MD, FACOG President, National Medical Association
Attending, Baylor University Medical Center
Baylor Scott and White Health
Houston, Texas
William C. Louv, PhD

Chief Executive Officer
CEO Roundtable on Cancer
Durham, North Carolina

Jeff M. Michalski, MD, MBA, FASTRO
 

President, American Society for Radiation Oncology
Carlos Perez Distinguished Professor
Vice-Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FRCP
 
Past President, National Medical Association
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology
Program Leader, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Associate Director, Diversity Programs
Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brenda M. Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN
 

Chief Executive Officer
Oncology Nursing Society
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

David M. Reese, MD
 

Chair, Board of Directors, CEO Roundtable on Cancer
Executive Vice President, Research & Development, Agmen
Thousand Oaks, California

Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
President, National Hispanic Health Foundation
Washington, District of Columbia
Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, FASCO President, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Chief, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center
Director, Tara Miller Melanoma Center,
Professor, Hematology-Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anne Snowdon, PhD Chief Scientific Research Officer,
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Academic Chair, World Health Innovation Network,
Scientific Director & CEO, Supply Chain Advancement in Health Network
Odette School of Business, University of Windsor
Ontario, Canada

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