Commission on Cancer

The Commission on Cancer (CoC) is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care.

Established by the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) in 1922, the multidisciplinary CoC establishes standards to ensure quality, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive cancer care delivery in health care settings; conducts surveys in health care settings to assess compliance with those standards; collects standardized data from CoC-accredited health care settings to measure cancer care quality; uses data to monitor treatment patterns and outcomes and enhance cancer control and clinical surveillance activities, and develops effective educational interventions to improve cancer prevention, early detection, cancer care delivery, and outcomes in health care settings.

CoC membership is composed of 110 individuals who either are surgeons representing the American College of Surgeons or representatives from the 58 national professional organizations or member organizations affiliated with the CoC. These individuals direct the activities of the Commission through committee work. These activities are coordinated through the Executive, Accreditation, Cancer Liaison, Education, Member Organization Steering, and Quality Integration Committees, and related subcommittees and workgroups of the CoC.

Chair

Timothy William Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS

Member

Quyen D. Chu, MD, FACS

Member

Laurie Jill Kirstein, MD, FACS

Member

Bruce Mark Brenner, MD, FACS

Member

Linda Farkas, MD, FACS

Member

Matthew F. Kalady, MD FACS

Member

Paula Termuhlen, MD FACS

Liaison

Dana Lynn Altenburger, MD

Liaison

Larissa Kathleen Farley Temple, MD, FACS

Liaison

Robert Scott Krouse, MD FACS

Member

Ko Un Clara Park, MD, FACS

Liaison

Kristie Bobolis, MD

Liaison

James M. Hamilton, MD

Member

Joshua M.V. Mammen, MD, PhD, FACS

Liaison

Susan Maltser, DO, FAAPMR

Liaison

Robert D. Rosenberg, MD

Liaison

Alda Lui Tam, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FSIR

Member

Anthony Joseph Froix, MD, MBA, FACS

Member

Kelsey E. Larson, MD, FACS

Member

Michael Joseph Cavnar, MD FACS FSSO

Member

Gerald Paul Wright Jr., MD FACS

Liaison

Emma Barber, MD

Liaison

Vicki Bishop Benard, PhD

Liaison

John Joseph Doski, MD FACS

Liaison

Hillary Howrey, PhD

Member

Stephen J Dreyer, MD FACS

Member

Ingrid Marie Lizarraga, MBBS, FACS

Member

Eun-Sil (Shelley) Hwang, MD, FACS

Liaison

Sharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN

Liaison

Matthew H. G. Katz, MD, FACS

Liaison

Kathryn H. Schmitz PhD, FACSM, FTOS, FAK

Member

Amanda Kathleen Arrington, MD, MHM, FACS, FSSO

Member

Richard David Glick, MD, FACS

Member

Quan P. Ly, MD, FACS

Member

Jennifer McAllaster, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Member

Rudy Paul Lackner, MD, FACS

Member

Aaron Harry Chevinsky, MD, FACS

Member

Samer Azzam Kanaan, MD, FACS

Member

Maria Teresa Castaldi, MD, FACS

Member

Michael C. Gynn, MD FACS

Member

Sangeetha Prabhakaran, MBBS FACS

Member

Daniel J. Boffa, MD, FACS

Member

David Arthur Mullins, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS

Member

Katharine Yao, MD, FACS

Member

Carlo Mario Contreras, MD, FACS

Member

Christopher Fundakowski, MD, FACS

Member

Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS

Member

Jane Mendez, MD, FACS

Member

David Duston Odell, MD, FACS

Member

Emmanuel M Gabriel, MD FACS

Member

James McLoughlin, MD, FACS

Liaison

Tracey Pu, MD

Member

Aaron David Bleznak, MD, MBA, FACS, FSSO

Member

Mary Kathleen Christian, MD FACS

Liaison - Board of Governors

Carmen Cecilia Solorzano, MD FACS

Liaison

Mark Liu

Liaison

Kandace P. McGuire, MD FACS

Liaison

Sandra Kurtin PhD, ANP-C, AOCN

Member

Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD, FACS

Member

Anthony Dong Eun Yang, MD, MS, FACS

Liaison

Laura Makaroff, DO

Liaison

Susan Hedlund, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW

Liaison

Chad R. Ritch, MBA, MD, FACS

Liaison

Sally Werner, RN, BSN, MHA

Liaison

David C. Leopold, MD, DABFM, DABOIM

Liaison

Maria J. Baker, PhD FACMG MS LGC

Liaison

Erica Fischer-Cartlidge, DNP, CNS, AOCNS, EBP (CH)

Liaison

Randall A Oyer, MD

Liaison

Sara Pai, MD FACS

Liaison

Ned Zachary Carp, MD FACS

Miss Debra Wilson, MSN, RN, OCN

Liaison

Stephen Lai, MD, FACS

Liaison

Jay Kenneth Harness, MD, FACS

Angela Costantini, CTR

Katherine Elizabeth Poruk, MD

Liaison

John H. Marks, MD, FACS

Liaison

Rahul A. Sheth, MD

Liaison

John T. Hamm, MD, FASCO

Liaison

Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD

Liaison

Regina M. Hampton, MD, FACS

Liaison

Kristen R. Scarpato, MD, FACS

Liaison

Evan Michael Graboyes, MD, MPH, FACS

Liaison

Randi Rycroft, MSPH, CTR

Liaison

Andrea Iannucci, Pharm.D., BCOP

At Large Member

Leila J. Mady, MD, PhD, MPH

At Large Member

Angela A. Appiah, PhD, DND, MPH, COA, RN, FAACM

Liaison

Reese Woodson Randle, MD, FACS

Liaison

Beth Obertino-Norwood, PA (ASCP)cm

Tolga Ozmen, MD

Kendra E Johnson, CTR, MPH

Liaison

Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP

Liaison

Lindsey Bandini, MPH

Liaison

Robert K. Brookland, MD, FACR, FACRO

Liaison

Phillip J. Koo, MD

At Large Member

Sharad Goyal , MD, MS

Liaison

David S. Foley, MD FACS

Liaison

Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP

Liaison

Arnold M. Baskies, MD FACS

Liaison

Cheryl Sheridan, RHIT, CTR

Liaison

Linda Williams Martin, MD, FACS

Mohammad Al Efishat, MD, FSSO

At Large Member

Clinton Morgan, MD, PhD

Liaison

Joseph Hardman, MD, MBA

Liaison

Karen Elizabeth Hoffman, MD, MHSc, MPH

Liaison

Samuel Jui-Wen Lin, MD, MBA, FACS

Liaison

Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, MACP, FASCO

Liaison

Emily Z. Touloukian, DO

Liaison

Myrick C. Shinall Jr., MD, PhD, FACS

Member

Taryne Imai, MD, FACS

Liaison

Chris Wilson, PT, DPT, DScPT

Liaison

Renee Stubbins, PhD, RD, LD, CSO

Member

Susan H. Lee, MD, FACS, FACOG

Member

Meeghan Ann Lautner, MD,MSc,FACS

Liaison

Michael T. Halpern, MD, PhD, MPH

Liaison

Elin Ruth Sigurdson, MD FACS

Liaison

Kathleen Cronin, PhD, MPH

Advisor to Committee

James W. Fleshman Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS

Liaison

Chad Teven, MD, FACS