The Principal Investigator (PI) Committee of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group is one of two committees that govern the Group under the leadership of the Group Co-Chairs (the other is the Executive Committee). The PI Committee sets Group policy, approves new members, approves principal investigators at member institutions, participates in annual reviews of member institutions, and approves changes to the ECOG-ACRIN constitution when necessary. It also elects Group Co-Chairs, as needed, through its Nominating Committee.

Voting Privileges

Each academic-based member institution (see Main Members) has a single vote on the PI Committee, cast by the principal investigator. An NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) can have a single vote if it meets merit-based criteria through ECOG-ACRIN’s institutional evaluation process. Voting terms are unlimited; individuals serve as long as the member institution designates them to do so, and provided that the institution remains in good standing (see Membership section). The entire Affiliate Member classification has a single vote, cast by an investigator chosen by the Affiliate Members. This individual’s term is unlimited.

Principal Investigator (PI) Committee – Roster of Voting Members

Group Co-Chairs

	PI Committee Co-Chair   Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center Biography		PI Committee Co-Chair   Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center Biography

Group Statisticians

	Robert J. Gray, PhD Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center*   Biography Email		Constantine A. Gatsonis, PhD Brown University   Biography Email

Representative for Affiliate Members

	Matthias Weiss, MD, PhD ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center, an affiliate of the Wisconsin NCORP Biography Email

Aurora NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1979   Thomas J. Saphner, MD Biography Email

Baptist Memorial Health Care/Mid South Minority Underserved NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2013   Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD Biography Email

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1997   Glenn J. Bubley, MD Biography Email

Cancer Research Consortium of Western Michigan NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1996   Kathleen J. Yost, MD Biography Email

Cancer Trials Ireland

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2009   Sean R. (Ray) McDermott, MD Biography Email

Carle Cancer Center NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1976   Kendrith M. Rowland, MD Biography Email

Case Western Reserve University/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1971   Paolo Caimi, MD Biography Email

Cornell University

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Ari M. Melnick, MD Biography Email

Dartmouth College/Dartmouth-Hitchcock  Norris Cotton Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   PI in Transition

Delaware/Christiana Care NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1998   Gregory A. Masters, MD Biography Email

Duke University/Duke Cancer Institute*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Daniel P. Barboriak, MD Biography Email

Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986   Charles A. Staley III, MD Biography Email

Fox Chase Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1971   Lori J. Goldstein, MD, FASCO Biography Email

Georgia Cares Minority Underserved NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2004   Sharad A. Ghamande, MD Biography Email

Georgia NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1993   Howard A. Zaren, MD, FACS Biography Email

Gulf South Minority Underserved NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986   Augusto C. Ochoa, MD Biography Email

Heartland Cancer Research NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1998   Bryan A. Faller, MD Biography Email

Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986   Kathy D. Miller, MD Biography Email

Johns Hopkins University/The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1970   Julie R. Brahmer, MD Biography Email

Lankenau Medical Center

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1973   Paul B. Gilman, MD Biography Email

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Lecia V. Sequist, MD Biography Email

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972   Thomas M. Habermann, MD Biography Email

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Christopher E. Comstock, MD Biography Email

Metro Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2003   David M. King, MD Biography Email

Montefiore Minority Underserved NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972   Joseph A. Sparano, MD Biography Email

Mount Sinai Hospital/The Tisch Cancer Institute

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   PI in Transition

New York University/NYU Cancer Institute

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2007   Deirdre J. Cohen, MD Biography Email

Northwestern University/Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1973   Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO Biography Email

Oncosalud S.A.C./Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2009   Carlos S. Vallejos, MD Email

Penn State Health Cancer Institute

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2002   David F. Claxton, MD Biography Email

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1996   Joseph Aisner, MD Biography Email

Stanford University/Stanford Cancer Institute

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1990   Heather A. Wakelee, MD Biography Email

Stroger Hospital of Cook County Minority Underserved NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2002   Thomas E. Lad, MD Biography Email

The University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2013   Jinha Park, MD, PhD Biography Email

The University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   PI in Transition

The University of Texas Southwestern/Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2010   David E. Gerber, MD Biography Email

Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP Biography Email

University of Alabama/UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2001   PI in Transition

University of California, Los Angeles

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2013   Zev A. Wainberg, MD Biography Email

University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2005   Chukwuemeka V. Ikpeazu, Sr., MD, PhD, MBA, FACP Biography Email

University of Michigan/UM Comprehensive Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Ruth C. Carlos, MD, FACR Biography Email

University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972   Jennifer R. Eads, MD Biography Email

University of Pittsburgh/UP Cancer Institute*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1973   John M. Kirkwood, MD Biography Email

University of Virginia/UVA Cancer Center

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   David H. Schiff, MD Biography Email

University of Wisconsin/UW Carbone Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1976   Anne M. Traynor, MD Biography Email

Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986   Jordan D. Berlin, MD Biography Email

VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) Massey Cancer Center Minority Underserved NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2014   Harry D. Bear, MD, PhD Biography Email

Wake Forest University/Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Caroline Chiles, MD Biography Email

Washington University at St. Louis/Siteman Cancer Center*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Barry A. Siegel, MD Biography Email

Wayne State University/Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute*

	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012   Anthony F. Shields MD, PhD Biography Email

Wisconsin NCORP

	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1990   Kurt R. Oettel, MD Biography Email

*Lead Academic Participating Site (LAPS) in the National Clinical Trials Network of the National Cancer Institute, cancer.gov

To learn more about the NCI Community Oncology Research Program, visit ncorp.cancer.gov.

Contact

Direct inquiries about this committee to:

Jean MacDonald, MPH
Deputy Executive Director
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Phone: 857.504.2900
Email

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