Co-Chairs
The PRIMO meeting co-chairs, Drs. Hope S. Rugo and Julie Vose, as well as the PRIMO Steering and Educational Committees are working to assemble an elite faculty for the 2022 meeting.
Steering Committee
[NAME]
[Location]
Associate Professor
Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine Division
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Educational Committee
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Jorge J. García, PharmD, MS, MHA, MBA, FACHE
Miami, FL
- Assistant Vice President
- System Oncology Pharmacy Services
- Non-Oncology Infusion Center Pharmacy Services
- Corporate Pharmacy Clinical Enterprise
- Miami Cancer Institute
- Baptist Health South Florida
- Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance
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Terri Imada, APRN, NP-C
Honolulu, HI
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
- High Risk Clinics and Hereditary Cancer Clinic
- Queen’s Medical Center
Faculty
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Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH
Philadelphia, PA
- Leslye M. Heisler Associate Professor of Medicine
- Physican Lead, Airways Malignancies Clinical Research
- University of Pennsylvania
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Christa Braun-Inglis, MS, APRN-Rx, FNP-BC, AOCNP
Honolulu, HI
- Nurse Practitioner/Assistant Researcher
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center/Hawaii M.U NCORP
- Clinical Faculty, UH School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
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Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO
Providence, RI
- Professor of Medicine, Brown University
- Director, Pelvic Malignancies Program, Lifespan Cancer Institute | Director, Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital
- Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, The Cancer Center at Brown University
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Ramez N. Eskander, MD
San Diego, CA
- Associate Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
- Fellowship Director
- Associate Residency Program Director
- Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy
- Center for Precision Immunotherapy
- UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
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Jami Fukui, MD
Honolulu, HI
- Associate Professor/Researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
- Medical Oncologist at Hawaii Pacific Health-Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Member of the Hawaii Cancer Consortium
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Jorge J. García, PharmD, MS, MHA, MBA, FACHE
Miami, FL
- Assistant Vice President
- System Oncology Pharmacy Services
- Non-Oncology Infusion Center Pharmacy Services
- Corporate Pharmacy Clinical Enterprise
- Miami Cancer Institute
- Baptist Health South Florida
- Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance
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Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP
Santa Monica, CA
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology
- David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
- Medical Director, Clinical Research Unit, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Luis E. Raez, MD, FACP, FCCP
Miami, FL
- President Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO)
- Chief Scientific Officer & Medical Director
- Memorial Cancer Institute/Memorial Health Care System
- Clinical Professor of Medicine
- Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
- Florida International University
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Merrick I. Ross, MD
Houston, Texas
- Professor of Surgery
- Chief, Melanoma Section
- Charles M. McBride Distinguished Professor in Melanoma
- Department of Surgical Oncology
- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO
San Francisco, CA
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Edgardo S. Santos Castillero, MD, FACP
Aventura-Boca Raton, FL
- Florida Precision Oncology, A Division of Genesis Care
- Medical Director of Research Services
- Thoracic and Head/Neck Cancer Programs
- Clinical Affiliate Associate Professor
- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
- Florida Atlantic University
- Secretary, Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO)
- Vice-President, FLASCO Foundation
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Jennifer M. Scalici, MD, FACOG
Mobile, AL
- Professor and Chief of the Gynecologic Oncology Division
- University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute
- Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Basic and Translational Research Laboratory at MCI
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Tomasz M. Beer, MD
Portland, OR
- Distinguished Professor
- Division of Medical Oncology
- James Dudley Chair of Lung Cancer Research
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
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Paul A. Bunn, MD
Aurora, CO
- Distinguished Professor
- Division of Medical Oncology
- James Dudley Chair of Lung Cancer Research
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
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May Cho, MD
Orange, CA
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Division of Hematology/Oncology
- Department of Medicine
- UC Irvine Health
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Naval G. Daver, MD
Philadelphia, PA
- Director, Leukemia Research Alliance Program
- Associate Professor
- Department of Leukemia
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Angela DeMichele, MD, MSCE
Philadelphia, PA
- Jill & Alan Miller Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Excellence
- Professor of Medicine
- Co-Leader, Breast Cancer Program, Abramson Cancer Center
- Co-Director, 2-PREVENT Translational Center of Excellence
- Physician Lead, Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Terri Imada, APRN, NP-C
Honolulu, HI
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
- High Risk Clinics and Hereditary Cancer Clinic
- Queen’s Medical Center
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Sagar Lonial, MD, FACP
Atlanta, GA
- Professor and Chair
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Chief Medical Officer
- Winship Cancer Institute
- Emory University School of Medicine
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Ravi A. Madan, MD
Bethesda, MD
- Clinical Director
- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch Center for Cancer Research
- National Cancer Institute
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Michelle Elizabeth Melisko, MD
Atlanta, GA
- Professor and Chair
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Chief Medical Officer
- Winship Cancer Institute
- Emory University School of Medicine
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Shane Y. Morita, MD, MS, PhD, FACS
Honolulu, HI
- Medical Director of Surgical Oncology
- Vice Chief of Staff
- The Queen’s Medical Center
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Susan O’Brien, MD
Irvine, CA
- Associate Director for Clinical Science, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Medical Director, Sue and Ralph Stern Center for the Cancer Clinical Trials and Research
- Chao Family Endowed Chair for Cancer Clinical Science
- Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology
- University of California Irvine
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Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS
Tucson, AZ
- Chief, Section of GI Medical Oncology
- Leader, University of Arizona Cancer Center GI Clinical Research Team
- Director, Clinical Trials Office
- Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research – UA College of Medicine-Tucson
- Associate Professor, Cancer Biology-GIDP
- Medical Director, Arizona Clinical Trials Network (ACTN)
- Department of Medicine
- Division of Hematology/Oncology
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Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA
Omaha, NE
- Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professor
- Chief, Hematology/Oncology
- University of Nebraska Medical Center