STEERING COMMITTEE

The Steering Committee is comprised of representatives of ACRIN headquarters, the Biostatistics Data Management Center, the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Imaging Program, and ACRIN scientific leadership.  The committee is responsible for electing leadership, establishing and resolving policy issues, authorizing financial and other support for clinical trials, and addressing institutional performance issues.  The principal continuing oversight of the Network is the monthly Steering Committee conference call.

Members

Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD
Network Chair
Denise Aberle, MD
Network Deputy Chair
Barry Siegel, MD
Network Deputy Chair
Charles Apgar, MBA
Senior Director, Diagnostic Imaging Trials
William Black, MD
Chair, Outcomes and Economics Committee
Jeffrey D. Blume, PhD
Deputy Director, Biostatistics and Data Management Center
Caroline Chiles, MD
Chair, Thoracic Committee
Fergus Coakley, MD
Chair, Abdominal Committee
Christopher Comstock, MD
Vice Chair, Institutional Participants Committee
John Eng, MD
Webmaster
Laurie Fajardo, MD
Vice Chair, Media and Publications
Nancy Fredericks, MBA
Director, ACRIN Administration
Barbara Galen, MSN, CRNP (Ex-Officio)
Program Director, National Cancer Institute
Constantine Gatsonis, PhD
Group Statistician
Pamela Harvey, M Mgt
Director, ACRIN Data Management
Bruce J. Hillman, MD
Chair, Industry Relations Committee
C. Carl Jaffe, MD (Ex-Officio)
Branch Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, National Cancer Institute

Steven King, MS, CHE
Assistant Executive Director, ACR Philadelphia Office
Harold Kundel, MD (Ex-Officio)
Chair, Advisory Panel
Barbara LeStage, MHP
Chair, Patient Advocacy Committee
David Mankoff, MD
Chair, Experimental Imaging Sciences Committee 
Quentin McMullen, AB
Administrative Manager, Biostatistics and Data Management Center
Maria Oh
Director, ACRIN Protocol Development & Regulatory Compliance
Elizabeth A. Patterson, MD
Chair, Special Populations Committee
Etta Pisano, MD
Chair, Breast Committee
Daniel Rubin, MD, MS
Chair, Informatics Committee
Lalitha K. Shankar, MD, PhD (Ex-Officio)
Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute
Anthony F. Shields, MD, PhD
Chair, Oncologic Committee
Wendy J. Smith, RA
Chair, Research Associates Committee
Gregory Sorensen, MD
Chair, Head, Neck, Neuro Committee
James L. Tatum, MD (Ex-Officio)
Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute