The Commission on Cancer, Cancer Liaison Program State Chair in your state is your point of contact for information about the COC. As a resource, State Chairs are available to:
- serve as faculty to present information on What's New at the Commission on Cancer;
- share information on how to become a Cancer Liaison Physician and speak about the role of the Cancer Liaison Physician;
- assist with the selection of an appropriate individual for appointment as a Cancer Liaison Physician;
- organize a meeting of state and local cancer control agencies to coordinate activities;
- provide assistance to programs who need help meeting certain standards for program accreditation;
- describe the benefits of Commission accreditation to interested institutions;
- provide tips on how to start a cancer program;
- assist with interpretation and use of National Cancer Data Base data for quality improvement;
- and more.......
To locate the State Chair in your area, choose the appropriate state abbreviation listed below. Please note that the following states have more than one State Chair based on the geographic distribution of Cancer Liaison Physicians within the state: CA, FL, IL NY, PA, and TX.
|AK | AL | AR | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | HI | ID | IL | IN | IA |
| KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV |
| NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | PR | RI | SC | SD | TN |
| TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | DC | WV | WI | WY |
Alaska
Kevin Stange, MD
Alaska Native Medical Center
4315 Diplomacy Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-729-2736
907-729-2746 (fax)
kstange@anmc.org
Alabama
Donna Lynn Dyess, MD, FACS
Building 1 Suite 100
3401 Medical Park Drive
Mobile, AL 36693
251-660-5776
251-660-5751 (fax)
ldyess@usouthal.edu
Arkansas
Albert Reed Thompson, MD, FACS
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Slot 748
4301 W Markham
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-603-1353
501-686-5884 (fax)
arthompson@uams.edu
Arizona
Richard J. Gray, MD, FACS
Mayo Clinic
13400 East Shea Boulevard
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
480-301-6159
480-301-8414 (fax)
gray.richard@mayo.edu
California (Zone N)
Lisa Bailey MD, FACS
Bay Area Breast Surgeons
Suite 120
2500 Milvia Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-655-4000
BaileyLisa@msn.com
California (Zone S)
James A. Recabaren MD, FACS
USC Keck School of Medicine
50 Bellefontaine Street
Suite #302
Pasadena, CA 91105-3132
626-449-6606
626-449-6888 (fax)
recabare@usc.edu
California (Zone X)
Ujwala D. Rajgopal, MD, FACS
Suite 300
320 Santa Fe Drive
Encitas, CA 92024
760-753-5667
760-753-7416 (fax)
URsurgeon@gmail.com
Colorado
Larry D. Dillon, MD, FACS
Suite 209
559 East Pikes Peak Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719-473-7400
719-473-7408 (fax)
ldillon@qwestoffice.net
Connecticut
Ramon E. Jimenez MD, FACS
85 Seymour Street
Suite 505
Hartford, CT 06106
860-524-4510
860-524-4500 (fax)
rjimene@harthosp.org
District of Columbia
Patrick G. Jackson, MD
4th Floor PHC
3800 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-444-4954
202-444-3057 (fax)
pgj5@gunet.georgetown.edu
Delaware
James Spellman, MD, FACS
Suite 205
18947 John J Williams Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
302-644-0964
302-644-0968 (fax)
spellman@dmv.com
Florida (Zone A)
Steven H. Hochwald, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery
Box 100286
Gainesville, FL 32610
352-265-0761
352-265-0109 (fax)
hochwsn@surgery.ufl.edu
Florida (Zone J)
Carmine M. Volpe MD, FACS
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
4800 Friendship Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224-1793
412-578-0282
412-578-1434 (fax)
cvolpe1@comcast.net
Florida (Zone M)
Juan Carlos Paramo MD, FACS
4306 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33140
305-674-2397
305-674-2863 (fax)
jparamo@msmc.com
Georgia
Ramesh V. Patwardhan MD, FACS
8 Wesley Crossing
Savannah, GA 31411-1724
912-658-2566
rameshsheryl@aol.com
Hawaii
Danny M. Takanishi Jr., MD, FACS
John A. Burns School of Medicine
1356 Lusitana Street
6th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-586-5494
808-586-3022 (fax)
dtakanis@hawaii.edu
Idaho
Vacant
Illinois (Zone C)
Contantine V. Godellas, MD, FACS
Professional Office Building, Suite 818
1725 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612-3822
312-942-6511
312-942-6520 (fax)
Constantine_V_Godellas@rush.edu
Illinois (Zone L)
Richard C. Anderson, MD, FACS
1001 N. Main Street
Suite 300
Peoria, IL 61606
309-624-9810
309-676-6545(fax)
RJA92@aol.com
Indiana
Robert Joseph Goulet Jr., MD, FACS
Indiana University Breast Care & Research Center
Route 431
535 North Barnhill Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-3616
317-278-3185
rgoulet@iupui.edu
Iowa
Neal Wilkinson, MD, MPH, FACS
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
4642 JCP
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1086
319-356-1727
319-356-8988 (fax)
neal-wilkinson@uiowa.edu
Kansas
James J. Hamilton Jr., MD, FACS
Tallgrass General & Vascular Surgery
Suite 220
6001 Southwest 6th Avenue South
Topeka, KS 66615-0000
785-232-0440
785-232-1562 (fax)
jhamiltonjr@cox.net
Kentucky
Daniel E. Kenady, Sr., MD, FACS
Chandler Medical Center
Department of General Surgery
Room C 214
800 Rose Street
Lexington, KY 40536-0293
859-323-6346
859-323-6840 (fax)
dekena0@email.uky.edu
Louisiana
Barry Landry, MD, FACS
Suite 207
604 N. Acadia Rd
Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-446-1763
985-446-9813 (fax)
barlandry@charter.net
Massachusetts
David B. McAneny MD, FACS
Suite D-501
88 East Newton Street
Boston, MA 02118
617-638-8446
617-638-8457 (fax)
david.mcaneny@bmc.org
Maryland
Frank S. Rotolo, MD, FACS
Finney, Trimble & Associates, PA
Suite 22
1205 York Road
Lutherville, MD 21093-6229
410-821-6260
410-296-7058 (fax)
frotolo@comcast.net
Maine
Lisa Rutstein, MD
Maine Surgical Care Group
Suite 400
887 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04102
207-774-6368
207-774-9388 (fax)
rutstl@mmc.org
Michigan
Marianne K. Melnik MD, FACS
Suite 150
1000 East Paris Southeast
Grand Rapids, MI 49546-8313
616-977-6243
616-977-0396 (fax)
mlange@academicsurgical.com
Minnesota
Timothy Sielaff, MD, PhD
Virginia Piper Cancer Institute
800 E. 28th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-863-4633
612-863-4689 (fax)
timothy.sielaff@allina.com
Missouri
Julie Margenthaler, MD, FACS
Siteman Cancer Center
Campus Box 8109
660 South Euclid
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-362-7534
314-747-4426 (fax)
margenthalerj@wudosis.wustl.edu
Mississippi
Edward Copeland, MD, FACS
Suite 500
501 Marshall Street
Jackson, MS 39202
edcopeland@msn.com
Montana
Dale Mortenson, MD, FACS
Great Falls Surgical Associates
400 13th Avenue
Suite #102
Great Falls, MT 59405
406-452-0877
406-452-0441 (fax)
drmorty@benefis.net
Nebraska
Stephen J. Dreyer, MD, FCS
2350 North Clarkson St
Fremont, NE 68025-2312
402-721-6333
402-721-6320 (fax)
sjdreyer@alltel.net
Nevada
Annabel Barber, MD, FACS
Univ of Nevada School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
2040 W Charleston, Ste 601
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702-671-2298
702-384-7506 (fax)
annabelbarber@hotmail.com
New Hampshire
Teresa Ponn, MD, FACS
Elliot Breast & Health Center
275 Mammoth Road
Manchester, NH 03103
603-668-3067
603-668-0164 (fax)
tponn@ellioths.org
New Jersey
Arnold M. Baskies, MD, FACS
Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County
Suite A
1000 Salem Road
Willingboro, NJ 08046-2852
609-877-1737
609-877-1589 (fax)
abaskies@comcast.net
New Mexico
Anne Marie Wallace, MD
Cancer Research and Treatment Center
MSC 10 5610
1 University of New Mexico/CRTC
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
502-925-4782
502-272-9499 (fax)
AWallace@salud.unm.edu
New York (Zone B)
Tomas M. Heimann, MD, FACS
Bronx VA Medical Center
Department of Surgery 112
130 West Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10468
718-584-9000
718-741-4621
thomas.heimann@va.gov
New York (Zone E)
Mitchell Chorost, MD, FACS
Maimonides Medical Center
948 48th Street
2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11219
718-283-7880
718-635-7140 (fax)
mchorost@maimonidesmed.org
New York (Zone M)
Howard Kaufman, MD, FACS
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
177 Fort Washington Avenue
MHB-7SK
New York, NY 10032
212-342-6042
212-342-0234 (fax)
hlk2003@columbia.edu
New York (Zone U)
Leslie J. Kohman, MD, FACS
Suite 8140
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-464-6321
315-464-6234 (fax)
kohmanL@upstate.edu
New York (Zone W)
John Kane III, MD, FACS
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
716-845-3284
716-845-2320 (fax)
John.Kane@RoswellPark.org
North Carolina
Terry Sarantou, MD, FACS
1025 Morehead Medical Drive
Suite 600
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-355-3809
704-355-7473
Terry.Sarantou@carolinashealthcare.org
North Dakota
Robert P. Sticca, MD, FACS
University of North Dakota SOM&HS
Program Director
501 North Columbia Road
Grand Forks, ND 58202
701-777-3067
701-777-2609 (fax)
rsticca@medicine.nodak.edu
Ohio
Daniel P. McKellar, MD, FACS
Suite 233
9000 North Main Street
Dayton, OH 45415
937-832-8401
dpm-gcsa@woh.rr.com
Ohio Co-Chair
Valeriy Moysaenko, MD, FACS
36851 Vales Mill Road
Albany, OH 45710
740-596-2052
937-440-4366 (fax)
vmoysaenko@hotmail.com
Oklahoma
Thomas Broughan, MD, FACS
University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
4502 E 41st Street
Tulsa, OK 74135
918-744-3650
918-744-3367 (fax)
thomas-broughan@ouhsc.edu
Oregon
Katherine Morris, MD
1040 NW 22nd Ave.
Suite 540
Portland, OR 97210
503-517-3367
drkm@nwsurgicaloncology.com
Pennsylvania (Zone C)
David Sheldon, MD, FACS
Geisinger Medical Center
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822
570-271-6362
570-271-5785 (fax)
david.sheldon@mac.com
Pennsylvania (Zone E)
Ned Z. Carp, MD, FACS
Lankenau Hospital
275 Medical Science Building
100 Lancaster Avenue
Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-642-1908
610-642-6808
carpn@mlhs.org
Pennsylvania (Zone W)
Thomas Gamblin, MD
Kaufman Medical Bldg.
Suite 300
3471 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3442
412-526-6407
412-692-2002 (fax)
gamblintc@upmc.edu
Puerto Rico
Ignacio Echenique, MD FACS
534 Tintillo Road
Tintillo Hills
Guaynabo, PR 00966
787-751-4197
787-764-1828 (fax)
echegaz@pol.net
Rhode Island
Theresa Ann Graves MD, FACS
Suite 470
2 Dudley Street
Providence, RI 02905
401-553-8304
401-868-2304 (fax)
TGraves@lifespan.org
South Carolina
Terry A. Day, MD, FACS
171 Ashley Avenue
Suite 1130 Box 250550
135 Rutledge Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425
843-876-0395
843-792-0546
durguna@musc.edu
South Dakota
Mary J. Milroy, MD, FACS
Yankton Medical Clinic
1104 West 8th Street
Yankton, SD 57078-0706
605-665-7841
605-665-0546 (fax)
mmilroy@yanktonmedicalclinic.com
Tennessee
Nipun B. Merchant, MD, FACS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
597 Preston Research Building
Nashville, TN 37232-6860
615-322-2391
615-343-4598 (fax)
nipun.merchant@vanderbilt.edu
Texas (Zone N)
Catherine Ann Ronaghan, MD, FACS
Suite 406
4102 24th Street
Lubbock, TX 79410-1806
806-725-6461
806-723-6334
beking@covhs.org
Texas (Zone S)
Emily K. Robinson MD, FACS
University of Texas Medical School
6431 Fannin Street
MSB. 162A
Houston, TX 77030
713-500-7237
713-704-4951 (fax)
Emily.K.Robinson@uth.tmc.edu
Utah
Courtney L. Scaife MD, FACS
Huntsman Cancer Institute
2000 Circle of Hope Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-585-6911
801-585-0159 (fax)
Courtney.Scaife@hsc.utah.edu
Virginia
Kristen Edmiston, MD, FACS
Suite 304
4001 Fair Ridge Drive
Fairfax, VA 22033
703-359-8640
kristen.edmiston@inova.org
Vermont
Simon Drew, MD, FACS
140 Hospital Drive
Bennington, VT 05201
802-442-3800
802-447-0635 (fax)
dres@phin.org
Washington
J. David Beatty, MD, FACS
Swedish Cancer Institute
Suite 400
1221 Madison Street
Seattle, WA 98104
802-847-9555
206-215-6401 (fax)
david.beatty@swedish.org
Wisconsin
Gregory A. Ekbom, MD, FACS
West Allis Memorial Hospital
Suite 480
10400 West North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
414-453-2121
414-453-2309 (fax)
gekbom@aol.com
West Virginia
Magesh Sundaram MD, FACS
West Virginia University Hospitals
Department of Surgery
1 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-7095
304-293-2556 (fax)
msundaram@hsc.wvu.edu
Wyoming
Vacant
Revised June 1, 2009
Cancer Liaison Program
