Our Purpose

The purpose of ISC-RAM is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of professionals and individuals who are committed to the field of cancer risk assessment and management, including but not limited to surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, geneticists, primary care providers, nurses, physician assistants, epidemiologists, clinical researchers, genetic counselors, social workers, psycho-oncologists, and patient advocates.

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Presidents

Banu Arun, MD

Professor Medical Oncology

Co-Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics and Clinical Cancer Prevention

The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Freya Schnabel, MD

Professor of Surgery

Director of Breast Surgery

NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

Executive Director

Jennifer Chun Kim, MPH

Research and Grants Program Director

Department of Surgery

NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY


Education Commitee

Judy Garber, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Director, Center for Cancer Genetics & Prevention

Harvard Medical School

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Claudine Isaacs, MD

Professor of Medicine and Oncology

Medical Director of the Cancer Assessment and Risk Evaluation Program

Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Marie Wood, MD

Professor of Medicine and Oncology

Director of Familial Cancer Program

Department of Medical Oncology

University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

Shahla Masood, MD

Professor and Chair

Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Medical Director, UF Breast Health Center

Chief, Pathology and Lab Medicine

UF College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL

Seigo Nakamura, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Division of Breast Surgical Oncology

Department of Surgery

Showa University School of Medicine

Medical Director of The Breast Center

Showa University Hospital Tokyo, Japan

 

Founding Members

Tanir Allweis, MD

Professor and Director

Breast Health Center

Department of Breast Surgery

Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

 

Leslie Bernstein, PhD

Professor and Director

Division of Cancer Etiology

Department of Population Sciences

Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

 

Susan Boolbol, MD

Chief of Breast Service

Department of Surgical Oncology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY

 

Jack Cuzick, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology

Director of Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine

Head of Centre for Cancer Prevention

Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK

 

Susan Domchek, MD

Professor of Oncology

Executive Director, Basser Research Center

Director, MacDonald Women’s Cancer Risk Evaluation Center

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

Kevin Hughes, MD

Co-Director, Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center

Medical Director, Bermuda Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment Clinic

Harvard Medical School

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Takashi Ishikawa, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair

Department of Breast Surgery

Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

 

Maxine Jochelson, MD

Director of Radiology

Breast and Imaging Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY

 

Seema Khan, MD

Bluhm Family Professor of Cancer Research

Co-leader of Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center

Director of Bluhm Family Program for Breast Cancer Early Detection and Prevention

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

 

Jennifer Litton, MD

Associate Professor Medical Oncology

Division of Cancer Medicine

Director of Breast Medical Oncology Education Program

The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

 

Paul Kelly Marcom, MD

Clinical Director

Breast Medical Oncology

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

 

Alice Police, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

UC Irvine School of Medicine

UC Irvine Health Pacific Breast Care Center, Costa Mesa, CA

Julia Smith, MD, PhD

Clinical Director, Cancer Screening Program, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center

Director, NYU and Bellevue Lynne Cohen Foundation & Caring Together Project for Woman with Increased Risk for Cancer

NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

 

Robert Smith, PhD

Cancer Epidemiologist

Senior Director Cancer Control at the National Office American Cancer Society

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

 

Marc Thill, MD, PhD

Head of the Department of Gynecological and Obstetrics

Head of the Breast Cancer Center

Agaplesion Markus Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

 

Stanley Waintraub, MD

Co-Chief Division of Breast Oncology

Chief of Hematology

John Theurer Cancer Center

Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ

 

Victor Vogel, MD

Director, Breast Medical Oncology and Research

Magee Women’s Breast Program

Geisinger Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA