Staff Information

Cancer Programs Staff

Who to Contact When You Have a Question

Staff

Phone Number
Area Code (312)

 
E-Mail
David P. Winchester, MD
Medical Director, Cancer Programs
202-5420 dwinchester@facs.org
Clifford Ko, MD
Medical Director, National Cancer Data Base
Director, Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care
202-5518 cko@facs.org
Connie Bura
Administrative Director, Cancer Programs
202-5290 cbura@facs.org
Hannah Avellone
Customer Relations Assistant, Cancer Programs
202-5287 havellone@facs.org
Jim Banasiak
Programmer Analyst, NCDB
202-5527 jbanasiak@facs.org
Cindy Burgin
Administrator, NAPBC
202-5185 cburgin@facs.org
Asa Carter
Manager, Approvals & Standards
202-5180 acarter@facs.org
Vicki Chiappetta
Technical Specialist, Approvals & Standards
202-5288 vchiappetta@facs.org
Anna Deleva
Communications/User Support Specialist, NCDB
202-5339 adeleva@facs.org
Clayton Eichenberger
Quality Improvement Information Analyst, NCDB
202-5401 ceichenberger@facs.org
Debbie Etheridge
Cancer Programs Specialist, Approvals & Standards
202-5291 detheridge@facs.org
Greer Gay
Manager, Research Unit, NCDB
202-5439 ggay@facs.org
Donna Gress
AJCC Technical Specialist
202-5410 dgress@facs.org
Nancy Heath
Administrative Director, NCDB
202-5426 nheath@facs.org
Kelly Hecht
Manager, Training and Promotion
202-5296 khecht@facs.org
Melissa Howard
Survey Assistant
202-5371 mhoward@facs.org
Carolyn Jones
Cancer Liaison Program Coordinator
202-5183 cjones@facs.org
Lisa Landvogt
Administrator, Approvals & Standards
202-5314 llandvogt@facs.org
Kathy Mallin
Quality Improvement Information Analyst, NCDB
202-5286 kmallin@facs.org
Bryan Palis
Quality Improvement Information Analyst, NCDB
202-5436 bpalis@facs.org
Florin Petrescu
Senior Cancer Data Analyst, NCDB
202-5523 fpetrescu@facs.org
Kate Phair
Cancer Liaison Program Administrator
202-5529 kphair@facs.org
Jerri Linn Phillips
Manager, Information Technology & Data Standards, NCDB
202-5514 jphillips@facs.org
Karen Pollitt
AJCC Administrator
202-5313 kpollitt@facs.org
Tracy Rausch
Meeting & Training Assistant
202-5442 trausch@facs.org
Sue Slater
Support Specialist, NCDB
202-5464 sslater@facs.org
Karen Stachon
Cancer Program Advisor, Approvals & Standards
202-5191 kstachon@facs.org
Andrew Stewart
Senior Manager, NCDB
202-5285 astewart@facs.org
Lynda Watt
Administrative Associate
202-5377 lwatt@facs.org
Carol Woody
Associate Administrator, Approvals & Standards
202-5181 cwoody@facs.org

 

Who To Contact When You Have a Question

Approvals

Annual Reports Debbie/Lisa/Vicki
Appeals Process Vicki
Approval status Carol/Melissa
Cancer conferences/Tumor boards Debbie/Lisa/Vicki
CAP Protocols Asa
Category definitions and changes Lisa
Certificate of Approval Melissa/Carol
Certificate of Approval Orders Melissa/Carol
Changing a reference date Lisa
Committee on Approvals and Subcommittees Carol/Asa
Completing the Survey Application Record (SAR) SAR@facs.org
Contingency questions Debbie
Facility ID Numbers (FIN) Carol
How to meet physician staging requirements Debbie/Lisa/Vicki
How to start a program Karen S.
Merging Facilities Carol/Asa
Network Program Information Vicki/Asa
Pediatric programs Asa
Performance Reports Asa/Debbie/Lisa/Vicki
Scheduling a consult Karen S.
Survey fees/questions Lisa
Survey extension requests Lisa
Surveyor issues Lisa
New program survey requests Karen S.

FIPS

FIPS@facs.org
Facility Information Profile System/FIPS Connie

AJCC

Orders for AJCC publications/products

Karen P./Hannah

Permission requests

Karen P./Hannah

Technical questions regarding staging

Donna

Educational and training resources

Karen P.

Collaborative Staging

Donna

AJCC Membership Information

Karen P.

Meeting Information

Karen P.

Site Specific Task Force Inquiries

Karen P.

AJCC Exhibits

Karen P.

Inquiry & Response System (I&R)

Approvals Standards Questions
AJCC Staging Questions
Collaborative Staging Questions
FORDS Technical Questions
NCDB Questions

Submit questions online at www.facs.org/cancer/
Select the I&R icon

Publications

CoC Cancer Program Standards manual downloading and printing only Kelly
FORDS manual downloading and printing only Kelly
Collaborative staging manual, downloading and printing Donna
All other Cancer publications Hannah

National Cancer Data Base

NCDB@facs.org

Call for Data

Jerri Linn/Anna

NCDB Benchmark Reports Sue
Edits Jerri Linn/Anna
NCDB Articles Sue
Requests for data Sue
Special Studies Sue
Business Associate Agreement (HIPAA) Asa
Disease Site Teams Greer
CP3Rs Sue
e-QuIPs Sue

General Cancer and the Commission on Cancer

CoC@facs.org

Additions to the e-mail and mailing lists

Hannah

Address changes

Hannah

Publication and product orders

Hannah

 

 

CoC Datalinks 

CoCDatalinks@facs.org

User ID and Password

Hannah/Melissa

Request an Additional User

Hannah

 

 

Commission on Cancer Membership

Lynda

Commission on Cancer Exhibits

Lynda

 

Meetings and meeting expenses

Tracy

Spring Meeting information

Tracy

Clinical Congress information

Tracy

Cancer Web site

Kelly

CoC Flash

Kelly

Cancer Liaison Program

Liaison Physician and State Chair Appointments/Reappointments

Carolyn

State Chair requests Kate
ACS Collaborative Activities Kate/Connie
State Chair Meeting Kate
Cancer Liaison breakfast meetings Tracy/Kate
Committee on Cancer Liaison and general program inquiries Carolyn/Kate

Education

CoC Online Education Center

Kelly

Workshop Registrations Tracy
Web Conferences Tracy

Revised February 29, 2008

 

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