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Clinical Advisors

Professional volunteer clinical advisors review the information we provide, working with our medical and mission education staff.

Blood Cancer United is committed to providing the most accurate and up-to-date blood cancer information. Professional volunteer clinical advisors review the information we provide, working with our medical, research and patient access staff. The following nationally recognized thought leaders in hematology/oncology make up our list of volunteer clinical advisors:

Melissa Alsina, M.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

F. Daniel Armstrong, Ph.D.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine & Holtz Children's Hospital

John C. Byrd, M.D.
The Ohio State University

Jorge E. Cortes, M.D.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Elihu Estey, M.D.
University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Jonathan W. Friedberg, M.D., M.M.Sc.
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

Judith E. Karp, M.D.
The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Armand Keating, M.D.
Princess Margaret Hospital

Wendy Landier, Ph.D., R.N., C.R.N.P.
Children's of Alabama UAB at Birmingham

John P. Leonard, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College

Jane Liesveld, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center

Ruben A. Mesa, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Stephen D. Nimer, M.D.
UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Susan M. O'Brien, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, UC Irvine

Kevin Oeffinger, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Robert Orlowski, M.D., Ph.D.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Guadalupe Palos, Dr.P.H., L.M.S.W., R.N.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

David L. Porter, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Gail J. Roboz, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Neil P. Shah, M.D., Ph.D.
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Julie M. Vose, M.D., M.B.A.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

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