2007 AACI Report

Working together to find a cure

Association of American Cancer Institutes

2007 Board of Directors and Officers

Officers

President

H. Shelton Earp III, MDLineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of North Carolina

Immediate Past President

Harold L. Moses, MDVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Vice President

Edward J. Benz, Jr., MDDana-Farber Cancer Institute

Treasurer

Randall C. MainFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Executive Director

Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPHAssociation of American Cancer Institutes

Board of Directors

Martin D. Abeloff, MD*

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Michael A. Caligiuri, MDThe Ohio State UniversityComprehensive Cancer Center –James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute

Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhDUNMC Eppley Cancer CenterUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center

Judith C. Gasson, PhDJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Stanton L. Gerson, MDCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity HospitalsIreland Cancer Center

Mark A. Israel, MDNorris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Medical SchoolDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

John Mendelsohn, MDUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

George J. Weiner, MDHolden Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of Iowa

New Board Members(term beginning October 2007)

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACSThe Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Centerof Barnes-Jewish Hospitalat Washington University School of Medicine

Craig B. Thompson, MDAbramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Donald L. Trump, MD, FACPRoswell Park Cancer Institute

Cheryl L. Willman, MDUniversity of New Mexico Cancer Center

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2 Message from the PresidentMessage from the Executive Director

4 Strength in Numbers: Making the Most of the Cancer Centers’ Influence

6 Capitol Hill Day: A Century of Progress against Cancer

7 Working Together to Accelerate Progress against Cancer

8 2007 AACI Annual Meeting

10 Facilitating Collaboration and Communication

11 Sustaining Members

12 New Members and Leadership

14 2007 Committees

16 AACI Membership

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AACI Mission

The Association of American Cancer Institutes is dedicatedto promoting the common interests of the nation’s leadingacademic and free-standing cancer centers that are focusedon the eradication of cancer through a comprehensive andmultidisciplinary program of cancer research, treatment,patient care, prevention, education, and community outreach.

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Working together to find a cure

Quality and Clinical Orientation

Message from the President

I have long believed that the strength ofAACI’s cancer centers lies in their quality andclinical academic orientation. AACI now repre-sents 90 of the nation’s premier cancer centers—long-established leaders in the field, as wellas emerging centers that are building cancercare and research infrastructures across theUnited States. These 90 centers representthousands of clinicians, researchers, andadministrators; virtually all of our country’soncology training programs; and billions of thenation’s cancer research dollars. But numbersalone do not adequately state the impact ofthe nation’s cancer centers on our patientsand our communities. The individuals andteams that make up the cancer centers bring about advances in cancer care daily—advances that bring innovative treatments,new methods of early detection and preven-tion, and first-class care for survivors. This isthe strength of the nation’s cancer centers.

Throughout my term as AACI president, thestaff and the board have supported initiativesand strategies to bring AACI’s member cancercenters together, enhancing our collectivevoice. In the past two years, AACI has usedits influence—which is itself a product of thecombined strength of America’s cancer cen-ters—to educate lawmakers and the public onissues that directly and indirectly affect thecancer community. AACI has also cementedand formalized partnerships throughout thecancer community to better advocate onbehalf of the cancer centers. In 2007, forinstance, AACI welcomed four partner organi-zations as sustaining members—theAmerican Association for Cancer Research(AACR); American Cancer Society; C-Change;and CureSearch (representing the Children’sOncology Group and the National ChildhoodCancer Foundation).

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AACI Makes Progress Toward Strategic Goals

Message from the Executive Director

The 2007 AACI Report highlights the majoractivities undertaken by AACI during the pastyear; activities that were guided by our threestrategic goals: 1) promotion of widespreadrecognition of the cancer center network as aleading advocate for patients and the public,2) facilitation of interaction among cancer cen-ters, and 3) facilitation of collaboration andcommunication with local communities andother cancer organizations.

To address our goal of promoting the cancercenters, our primary strategy is to advocateon behalf of the nation’s cancer centers andeducate policymakers about the centers’ vitalroles in combating cancer and in developingnew cancer therapies.

For example, in early May, we went to Capitol Hill with AACR and Friends of CancerResearch, armed with messages about making cancer research a national priority.

We met with members of Congress to under-score the excellence of America’s cancerresearch enterprise and to voice our concernabout the erosion of the federal investment incancer research. This year, we also partneredwith the American Cancer Society (ACS) todevelop individual cancer center fact sheetsto illustrate how AACI cancer centers benefittheir local and regional communities.

In keeping with our goal of facilitating interac-tions among our cancer centers, this yearAACI hosted its largest-ever annual meetingto provide informative programming for ourmembers, and also to promote exchangeamong the centers. This year, for instance,marked AACI’s first program for emergingcenters, during which leaders at the nation’sNCI-designated centers reported on theirexperiences for their counterparts at emerg-ing centers.

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In these times of lean budgets for scientificresearch, AACI and its partners continued toadvocate for enhanced funding for theNational Institutes of Health and other bio-medical research programs. AACI also statedits objection to a proposed Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policythat would have significantly hampered theconduct of clinical trials at the nation’s cancercenters. AACI’s input, along with that of otherprominent organizations, contributed to CMS’decision to leave intact existing policies thathave enhanced the conduct of clinical trials inthe U.S. The report that follows describesthese and other AACI 2007 initiatives.

It was an honor to have been elected andserve as AACI president with terrific supportfrom a superlative AACI “home office.” Muchwas accomplished over the past two years.At the AACI annual meeting in October, I waspleased to welcome Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr.

as AACI’s next president. Dr. Benz, Presidentand CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,is an exceptional scientist and center director,whose guidance will help steer AACI toincreasing national prominence in the cancercommunity. I congratulate Ed on his electionand offer my hopes that AACI will continueon its path to contribute to a future withoutcancer.

H. Shelton Earp III, MDPresident, Association of American Cancer InstitutesUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel Hill, North Carolina

AACI’s work to promote the excellence of thenation’s cancer centers does not stop withpolicy makers, and we have begun work on amessaging plan to increase public awarenessof the centers. Certainly one way to get themessage out is through the media, and wehave used the opinion and editorial pages ofmajor newspapers to educate readers aboutthe major contributions the centers are makingto ease the burden of cancer in communities.

In addition to our advocacy and media outreach,we are continuing to coordinate activities of the informatics and imaging working groupsand are launching new initiatives to facilitategreater interaction among cancer centers. The following report includes more informationabout AACI’s progress toward these goals.

In closing, I would like to convey my sincereappreciation to the AACI Board of Directorsand our committee members for their manycontributions to AACI during the past year. I must also acknowledge our outgoing president,Shelley Earp, whose stewardship has beenkey to positioning AACI as a leader in the cancer community. In addition, I welcome ourincoming president, Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr. ofthe Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with whomI look forward to furthering progress towardachieving our goals.

Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPHExecutive Director, Association of American Cancer Institutes

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Kimmel Cancer Center

On April 23, 2007, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive CancerCenter at Johns Hopkins University hosted DelawareCongressman Michael Castle for a tour of the center’s clinicaland research facilities. As part of its effort to cultivate congres-sional cancer champions, AACI had contacted CongressmanCastle to visit a cancer center close to his home state ofDelaware and arranged for his involvement in the tour.

The late Dr. Martin D. Abeloff, Kimmel’s then-director and anAACI board member, provided the congressman with an overviewof the center and highlighted the unique transdisciplinarynature of the nation’s cancer centers as a whole. Dr. Abeloffexplained that the common mission of the cancer centers isfocused on moving scientific discoveries from the lab to clinical application.

AACI Executive Director Barbara Duffy Stewart also participatedin the visit and joined Dr. Abeloff and Congressman Castle forthe tour of the center’s clinical and research facilities, whichincluded meetings with researchers and senior leadership tolearn about the benefits of their cutting-edge breakthroughs.

Strength in Numbers:

Making the Most of the Cancer Centers’ Influence

One of AACI’s greatest strengths is its abilityto harness the collective influence of theunique network of cancer centers to leadnational public policy efforts. Throughout 2007AACI engaged its members and partners inactivities designed to give voice to the cancercenters on national issues including fundingfor biomedical research, clinical trials, andensuring that cancer policy is a part of nationaldebates among presidential candidates.

Advocacy on Behalf of

Biomedical Funding

In recognition of the vital role federal fundingplays in shaping the research infrastructuresof the nation’s cancer centers, AACI continuesto advocate for robust funding of biomedicalresearch in the U.S. Progress against cancer is being made—for two consecutive years, for instance, cancer mortality rates havedeclined—but just as progress is being realized,funding for the National Institutes of Health(NIH) continues to decline. Continued successrequires ongoing support for the NIH. Thereturn on the investment in biomedical

research lies in the lives of millions ofAmericans that are at stake; the value ofthese lives far outweighs any monetaryinvestment.

Over the past year, AACI has frequently communicated with Congress urging supportfor medical research funding that keeps pace,at the very least, with inflation. AACI submittedwritten testimony to both the House andSenate Appropriations Committees,Subcommittees on Labor, Health and HumanServices, Education and Related Agencies(LHHS) regarding the budget process for fiscalyear 2008 cancer-related funding. AACI alsosent several calls-to-action to our membersencouraging them to insist that the lawmakersin their state and district support federal funding for cancer research. AACI, along withthe American Cancer Society Cancer ActionNetwork (ACS CAN), submitted a letter, signedby 55 of our center directors, to the SenateAppropriations Committee documenting theneed for enhanced federal funding of research.

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Election ’08:

Cancer as a National Issue

America’s next president will, through his orher policy priorities, set the course for thenation’s cancer research enterprise. It is vitalthat the cancer community ensure that cancerpolicy is among each candidate’s nationalagenda. Toward this end, AACI contributedquestions for the LIVESTRONG PresidentialCancer Forum organized by the LanceArmstrong Foundation (LAF) in August; wealso encouraged our member centers to sub-mit their own questions for consideration bythe candidates.

Additionally, AACI has joined with theAmerican Association for Cancer Research,American Society of Clinical Oncology(ASCO), Cancer Research & PreventionFoundation, FasterCures, Friends of CancerResearch, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, LAF, National Patient Advocate Foundation,National Prostate Cancer Coalition,Research!America, and The Leukemia andLymphoma Society to form the PresidentialCampaigns Cancer Coalition. The coalition willcontinue to discuss how the cancer communitycan help direct focus onto cancer issues inthe 2008 presidential campaign.

Advocacy for Clinical Trials

The Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS) this year reopened considerationof its Clinical Trial Policy National CoverageDetermination. AACI was especially concernedabout CMS’s proposal to eliminate automaticcoverage for “deemed” clinical trials, whichare trials funded by the federal government orconducted under FDA review. With input fromAACI, ASCO took the lead in drafting aresponse to the proposed policy changes,which was signed by 46 cancer center directorsand submitted to CMS in August. Also, AACI,ASCO, and the Association of AmericanMedical Colleges joined in writing a letter toSenators Cardin and Brownback in support oftheir amendment to the LHHS bill to providepermanent coverage for CMS “deemed” clinical trials. The collective advocacy effortsresulted in CMS’s ultimate decision to leaveintact its clinical trials coverage policy.

Ongoing Advocacy

Throughout 2007, AACI also tracked currentCongressional issues on the Public Issuessection of the AACI website. In addition, AACIprovided copies of news stories of individualcancer centers featured in the monthly AACIUpdate to respective Congressional offices.

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AACI Government

Relations Forum

AACI’s Government Relations Forum works to achieve a variety of goals, including: supporting the expansion of collaborationsamong government relations leaders at thecenters to monitor public policy actions thataffect cancer centers; and leveraging the collective influence of the AACI membershipon policy affecting cancer patients and thecancer research enterprise. In order to focuson these goals, AACI convened inWashington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2007, for theinaugural meeting of the forum. Thirty individuals representing 26 cancer centers participated in this event.

Capitol Hill Day:

A Century of Progress against Cancer

More than 70 cancer researchers, oncologists,and cancer center directors, representing50 institutions and 23 states, came togetherMay 9 for an annual Capitol Hill Day to educatemembers of Congress on the importance of cancer research in the United States. The day’s events were hosted by AACI, theAACR, and Friends of Cancer Research.

Opening remarks to the audience of leadersfrom the nation’s premier cancer centers and research and advocacy organizationswere made by Dr. Earp, AACI President, and Dr. Geoffrey Wahl, AACR Past-president.Dr. Sudip Parikh, science advisor for theSenate Committee on AppropriationsSubcommittee on Labor, Health and HumanServices, Education and Related Agencies,and a member of Senator Specter’s (R-PA)staff, provided a keynote discussion of thefederal budget process.

Attendees participated in 140 meetings withmembers of Congress and their staff to discussthe importance of making cancer research anational priority. Those who attended meetingswith congressional offices emphasized thatfunding increases during the period of thedoubling of the NIH budget helped speed thepace of cancer research from 1998 through

2003, but the once-accelerated rate ofresearch is now being slowed by the effectsof both a flat budget and of biomedical inflation.

Said Barbara Duffy Stewart, AACI ExecutiveDirector, “Congress needs to hear these messages from leaders who see first-handevery day the effect of the decisions made on Capitol Hill. We need to help Congressunderstand that there are stories of success—but that these stories will become less andless common if funding for cancer researchcontinues to be lost.”

Added Ms. Stewart, “Our task was to educateCongress on the importance of funding cancerresearch. While the work can be called a suc-cess, this is an ongoing effort that requires ourmembers’ continued communication with theirrepresentatives throughout the year. Congress’support and understanding is essential for con-tinued progress toward a cure.”

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Working Together:

Accelerating Progress against Cancer

As the primary networking organization for thenation’s cancer centers, AACI understands theimportance of its role in facilitating meaningfulinteraction among the cancer centers. Throughactivities such as the AACI Update, the AACIAnnual Meeting, and other initiatives, theAssociation stimulates inter-center discussionon issues of importance to the centers.

The AACI Update, AACI’s newsletter, providesa monthly snapshot of the ongoing work ofthe cancer centers, as well as in-depth analy-sis of news and policy issues. The Update isread by AACI’s membership and by our mem-bers’ senators and representatives inCongress—to whom relevant stories are senteach month.

AACI is the communications coordinating centerfor the IRAT Network—the Imaging ResponseAssessment Teams established by NCI’sCancer Imaging and Cancer Centers programs.The network’s second annual meeting, heldthis February in Arizona, brought together theNCI-funded IRAT teams and sponsors, leadersof imaging programs at 14 additional AACIcancer centers, and industry leaders. The project leaders of the IRAT teams voted toestablish corresponding membership— amechanism through which the network canformally share its ideas and methods withacademic cancer centers. AACI will serve asthe coordinating center for the IRATS throughJune 2008.

Supporting centers’ informatics capabilities toenable investigators to share tools, standards,data, applications, and technology is a long-standing and important AACI initiative. In 2007,AACI hosted a panel of cancer informaticsexperts at the AACI Annual Meeting to discussthe development of clinical research systems.Attendees gained insight into the common andunique tools and characteristics of home-grownand vendor-supported systems, as well as thepotential to maximize connectivity across cancer centers.

Implementation of recommendations ofAccelerating Successes Against Cancer:Recommendations from the NCI-designatedCancer Center Directors remains a priority to AACI and its members. Throughout 2007,AACI continued working with NCI and the report’s authors to prioritize areas forimplementation. AACI leaders and CancerCenters Directors’ Working Group chairs identified recommendations related to preventionand survivorship as having the potential forgreatest impact. These experts also agreedthat centers are well positioned to coordinatelong-term survivorship plans; expand involvementin state cancer control plans; disseminate bestpractices into the community; and informpayor-related decision making. The group noted that cancer centers could be sites fordemonstration projects in all of these areas,and that a meeting with appropriate federalagencies to discuss ways in which projectscould be launched is desirable. AACI willorganize such a meeting in early 2008.

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2007 AACI Annual Meeting

October 28–30, 2007 — Washington, D.C.

AACI convened its member cancer centersand collaborators from the national cancerresearch community in Washington, D.C. forthe AACI Annual Meeting, October 28–30, 2007.The trans-disciplinary conference examinedissues that both challenge and contribute tothe cancer centers’ combined efforts to improvethe health of patients and families in everycommunity across the United States. For thefifth consecutive year, the Cancer CenterAdministrators Forum hosted its fall meeting in conjunction with the AACI Annual Meeting.

Nearly 300 cancer professionals attendedthe meeting, including basic and clinicalscientists, industry executives, governmentofficials, and leaders of cancer researchand advocacy organizations. For the firsttime, the meeting offered continuingmedical education (CME) credit forattendees. CME was jointly sponsoredby AACI, Vanderbilt-Ingram CancerCenter, and Vanderbilt University Schoolof Medicine.

AACI Executive Director Barbara DuffyStewart acknowledged the many contribu-tions of Dr. H. Shelton Earp as he completedhis term as president and Dr. Harold Mosesas he completed his term as immediate-pastpresident. Their combined 10 years of servicehelped position the cancer centers and direc-tors as an influential and powerful group andalso helped cement AACI as nationally recog-nized organization.

At the meeting, Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr. wasinstalled as AACI president and Dr. MichaelCaligiuri as vice-president/president-elect.

Meeting Highlights

AACI continued its tradition of providing achallenging, relevant program for the cancercenter directors, researchers, and administratorsthat attend the AACI Annual Meeting.

Scientific sessions on cancer stem-cell researchand drug development featured presentationsby nationally recognized investigators. Thesession on drug development examinedapproaches for validating targets and screeningcompounds for new targets that facilitate thedrug discovery process. Additionally, a panelof cancer informatics experts discussed thedevelopment of clinical research systems attheir institutions.

Dr. Kevin Murphy, George J. StiglerDistinguished Professor of Economics at theUniversity of Chicago Graduate School ofBusiness, discussed his research that examinesthe cost and benefits of medical research andthe value of health.

Moderated by PBS health correspondentSusan Dentzer, “The Role of Congress inShaping Cancer Policy” panel session allowedfor staff members from U.S. Congressionaloffices to discuss how they manage importantand complicated issues facing federal legislators.

Emerging Centers Programming

In a first for the AACI Annual Meeting, a special session for emerging cancer centersacross the United States was held. Providingan agenda to help emerging cancer centersmore quickly develop their programming, thesession focused on optimizing resources andsustaining growth and development and provided a forum for communicating strategiesthat more-established centers have found tobe effective in building their cancer programs.

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Meeting Supporters

The Association gratefully acknowledgedorganizations that provided support forAACI educational activities, initiatives,and programs as well as CME grants in2007. AACI recognized major supportfrom Amgen Oncology at the PresentingLevel and PercipEnz Technologies, Inc., atthe Platinum Level. AACI acknowledgedsupport at the Silver Level fromGlaxoSmithKline; OSI Pharmaceuticals,Inc.; and sanofi-aventis US, Inc., and atthe Bronze Level from eHealth GlobalTechnologies; Eli Lilly and Company;Exelexis, Inc.; GE Heatlhcare; MerckResearch Laboratories; OnyxPharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Velos, Inc.

AACI 2007 Public Service Awards

AACI was honored to present its 2007 AACI Public ServiceAwards to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ofNevada and Representatives Michael Castle, Delaware, andEdward Markey, Massachusetts. AACI recognized these indi-viduals for their significant commitment to cancer researchadvancements and steadfast efforts to alleviate the burdenof cancer for all Americans.

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Presenting Level

Platinum Level

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Facilitating Collaboration and Communication

AACI promotes collaboration and communica-tion among the nation’s cancer centers andwith policymakers and other national cancer-related professional societies and advocacygroups. AACI is also committed to keepingissues that affect the nation’s cancer centersin the public eye via the news media.

In 2007, AACI went on the record with itsviews on key issues in the LA Times, NewYork Times, and Washington Post. These let-ters represented the nation’s cancer centerson the issues of funding for cancer researchand clinical trials. Additionally, AACI’s incomingpresident, Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr., authored aguest commentary in the NCI Cancer Bulletindescribing AACI’s plan to address the importantissue of the cancer workforce.

This year, AACI began working with theNational Comprehensive Cancer Network(NCCN) and the Public Affairs and MarketingNetwork to explore a comprehensive nationwidemessaging campaign for cancer centers. AACI is leading discussions to determine the elements of such a national campaign,

considering the scope of the issues surroundingcancer and its burden on the communitiesserved by AACI cancer centers.

AACI has continued working and partneringwith organizations such as AACR, ACS,ASCO, and Friends of Cancer Research topromote the cancer centers’ positions onimportant issues. Additionally, AACI is repre-sented on the steering committee for OneVoice Against Cancer (OVAC) and works withOVAC to receive the latest updates on federallegislation regarding appropriations for cancerresearch. Through partnerships like these, andits ongoing media efforts, AACI ensures thatthe centers’ interests are represented on thenational stage.

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This year, AACI’s Board of Directors establisheda sustaining membership opportunity for cancer-related organizations with missionscomplementary to AACI’s. Sustaining membershipin AACI is open to cancer organizations thatare: not-for-profit and represent and supportthe educational and professional developmentof clinical oncology health professionals andoncology researchers; dedicated to clinicaland/or basic research with a strong focus oncancer; and dedicated to public educationrelated to cancer.

American Association for

Cancer Research (AACR)

AACR is the oldest and largest scientificorganization in the world focused on everyaspect of high-quality, innovative cancerresearch.

American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer; saving lives;and diminishing suffering from cancer throughresearch, education, advocacy, and service.

C-Change

C-Change is comprised of the nation’s keycancer leaders from government, business,and nonprofit sectors.

CureSearch

CureSearch unites the world’s largest childhood cancer research organization, theChildren’s Oncology Group, and the NationalChildhood Cancer Foundation to achieve onegoal of curing childhood cancer.

Sustaining Members

Missions are Complementary to AACI’s

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New Members and Leadership

New AACI Member Institutions

In 2007, AACI welcomed three new member centers:

Loma Linda University Cancer Center

The Loma Linda University Cancer Center (LLUCI) in Loma Linda, California,directed by Mark Reeves, MD, PhD, is an academic cancer program that provides a broad spectrum of cancer patient services, research, and educationin adult and pediatric inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and radiationoncology. LLUCI was established in 1991 as an affiliate of the Loma LindaUniversity Adventist Health Sciences Center.

Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center

The Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center (MCGCC) is a newly establishedmatrix cancer center within the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). MCGCCcombines the cancer research activities on the MCG campus with the clinicalprograms of the MCG faculty that are conducted in association with MCGHealth Inc., the teaching hospital of the MCG. Kapil Bhalla, MD, directs thecenter, located in Augusta.

University of Texas Medical Branch

Comprehensive Cancer Center

The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Comprehensive CancerCenter in Galveston is directed by B. Mark Evers, MD. The UTMBComprehensive Cancer Center is an academic cancer program established in 2005, and consists of the Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, theEducational Cancer Center, and the Clinical Cancer Center.

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Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr.

Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri

New AACI Leadership

In 2007, AACI welcomed incoming President Dr. Edward J.Benz, Jr., President and CEO of the Dana-Farber CancerInstitute. Additionally, AACI members elected Dr. Michael A.Caligiuri, Director of The Ohio State University ComprehensiveCancer Center - James Cancer Hospital & Solove ResearchInstitute as AACI President-elect.

Remembering Marty Abeloff

Dr. Martin D. Abeloff, the chief oncologist anddirector of the Sidney Kimmel ComprehensiveCancer Center at Johns Hopkins Universityfor the past 15 years, and a member ofAACI’s Board of Directors, died in September2007 of leukemia. Dr. Abeloff, 65, was aninternational authority on the treatment ofbreast cancer.

“AACI has been fortunate to have Marty as amember of its Board of Directors for the pasttwo years. His wisdom has been integral todeveloping AACI’s strategic vision for our continued growth and development,” said Dr. H. Shelton Earp III, AACI President. “Hisloss will be felt throughout the cancer commu-nity for years to come.”

New AACI Board Members

In 2007, AACI elected four new members to its Board of Directors:

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS

Dr. Eberlein is the director of the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashingtonUniversity Medical Center in St. Louis. He is also Bixby Professor of Surgery and professor ofpathology and Immunology at Washington University of Medicine, chairman of the Department ofSurgery, and the surgeon-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Dr. Eberlein is active in the AmericanCollege of Surgeons and has been chairman of the Committee on Research and Education as wellas vice chairman of the Surgical Forum Committee.

Craig B. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is the director of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and associate vice president for cancer services of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.He currently serves as chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute, as a member of the Lasker Prize jury, and as associate editor of Cell, Immunity, PNAS, and Cancer Cell. In the past, Dr. Thompson has served as chairman of NCI’s Board of ScientificCounselors and a member of NIH’s Experimental Immunology Study Section.

Donald L. Trump, MD, FACP

Dr. Donald L. Trump is the president and chief executive officer of Roswell Park Cancer Institute(RPCI). As RPCI president and CEO and cancer center support grant principal investigator, Dr. Trumphas direct authority over day-to-day operations, philanthropic and operating budgets, capital improve-ments, research priorities, and clinical and scientific strategic planning for the Institute. Dr. Trumpcontinues his work as a researcher and clinician, leading the Institute’s active clinical research invitamin D-based cancer prevention and treatment and caring for patients with prostate cancer andother urologic cancers.

Cheryl L. Willman, MD

Dr. Willman is the director and CEO of the University of New Mexico (UNM). In her research, Dr. Willman focuses on finding the causes of and the cures for leukemia. She is the director ofLeukemia Research Programs and Correlative Science Laboratories for NCI’s Children’s OncologyGroup and Southwest Oncology Group. She has published more than 160 scientific articles in prestigious journals. Dr. Willman leads a consortium of investigators from UNM, Sandia NationalLaboratories, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who are applying advances from the human genome project to improve leukemia diagnosis and discover new and more effectivedrugs and therapies.

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2007 Committees

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting Program Committeedevelops the agenda for the yearly meeting ofthe Association’s membership.

Chair: Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhDUNMC Eppley Cancer CenterUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center

Chair: Stanton L. Gerson, MDCase Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve UniversityIreland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland

Edward Benz, Jr., MDDana-Farber Cancer InstituteHarvard Medical School

Bruce Campbell, MD, FACSMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center

Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhDUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Robert J. DuWors, MPAJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

H. Shelton Earp III, MDUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ronald B. Herberman, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteUPMC Cancer Centers

Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPHAssociation of American Cancer Institutes

By-Laws

The By-laws Committee receives suggestedchanges to the Association’s by-laws from the membership and recommends changes it deems necessary and desirable.

Chair: George J. Weiner, MDHolden Comprehensive Cancer CenterUniversity of Iowa

Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhDUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Gordon D. Ginder, MDMassey Cancer CenterVirginia Commonwealth UniversityMedical College of Virginia Campus

Randall C. MainFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Communications

The Communications Committee recommendsstrategies that contribute to the overall publicawareness plan aimed at educating the public,policymakers, and patients and their familiesabout the unique characteristics of the nation’scancer centers.

Clare CollinsUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteUPMC Cancer Centers

Karen Carter MalletFox Chase Cancer Center

Nancy StringerRebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer CenterUniversity of California at San Diego

Arlinda WarrenThe Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center of Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine

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Finance and Investment

The Finance and Investment Committee oversees the development and implementationof all policies related to AACI’s finances andexpenditures. It reviews investment performanceand advises on AACI’s asset portfolio. In addition, this committee makes fiscal recommendations to the AACI Board ofDirectors and arranges for the audit of theAssociation’s financial records.

Chair: Randall C. MainFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Robert J. DuWors, MPA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Nicolas C. PorterH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Instituteat the University of South Florida

Michael Vander Hoek, MHSALombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University

George J. Weiner, MDHolden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa

Nominating

The Nominating Committee meets each yearand is charged with identifying individualsamong the member institutions who are best qualified to serve on the AACI Board of Directors.

Chair: Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MDUniversity of Colorado Cancer CenterUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Harold L. Moses, MDVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

James K.V. Willson, MDSimmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Government Relations Forum

Steering Committee

The AACI Government Relations ForumSteering Committee monitors public policythat has an impact on cancer centers.

Chair: Jennifer K. CarlsonThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute

Lisa A. DamianiRoswell Park Cancer Institute

Ross A. Frommer, JDHerbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbia University

Heidi L. Gartland, MHACase Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve UniversityIreland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland

Jim KaufmanSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University

Kathryn KuhnMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center

Anne LevineDana-Farber Cancer InstituteHarvard Medical School

Elizabeth B. O’Brien, JDThe Wistar Institute

Kristen L. Pugh, MPACity of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute

Claire Turney University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Paul A. Vick, MADuke Comprehensive Cancer CenterDuke University Medical Center

Christine M. Wilson, MAFox Chase Cancer Center

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AACI Membership

ALABAMA

UAB Comprehensive

Cancer Center

University of Alabama

at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

ARIZONA

Arizona Cancer Center

The University of Arizona

College of Medicine

Tucson, Arizona

ARKANSAS

Winthrop P. Rockefeller

Cancer Institute

University of Arkansas

for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

CALIFORNIA

The Burnham Institute

La Jolla, California

City of Hope National

Medical Center

and Beckman

Research Institute

Duarte, California

Jonsson Comprehensive

Cancer Center

UCLA

Los Angeles, California

Loma Linda University

Cancer Center

Loma Linda, California

Rebecca and John Moores

UCSD Cancer Center

La Jolla, California

Stanford University

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Stanford, California

UC Davis Cancer Center

Sacramento, California

UCI Chao Family

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Orange, California

UCSF Helen Diller

Family Comprehensive

Cancer Center

and Cancer Research

Institute

San Francisco, California

USC/Norris

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California

COLORADO

University of Colorado

Cancer Center

Aurora, Colorado

CONNECTICUT

The Carole & Ray Neag

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

University of Connecticut

Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut

Yale Cancer Center

New Haven, Connecticut

DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA

The George Washington

University Cancer Institute

Washington, D.C.

Howard University

Cancer Center

Washington, D.C.

Lombardi Cancer Center

at Georgetown University

Washington, D.C.

United States Military

Cancer Institute

Uniformed Services

University of the

Health Sciences

Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA

H. Lee Moffitt

Cancer Center

& Research Institute

Tampa, Florida

University of Florida

Shands Cancer Center

Gainesville, Florida

University of Miami

Sylvester Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Miami, Florida

GEORGIA

Medical College of Georgia

Cancer Center

Augusta, Georgia

Winship Cancer Institute

of Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

HAWAII

Cancer Research Center

of Hawaii

University of Hawaii

at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

ILLINOIS

Cardinal Bernardin

Cancer Center of Loyola

University Chicago

Maywood, Illinois

The Robert H. Lurie

Comprehensive Cancer

Center of Northwestern

University

Chicago, Illinois

SimmonsCooper Cancer

Institute at Southern

Illinois University

Springfield, Illinois

University of Chicago

Cancer Research Center

Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois at

Chicago Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois

INDIANA

Indiana University

Simon Cancer Center

Indianapolis, Indiana

IOWA

Holden Comprehensive

Cancer Center

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

KANSAS

Kansas Masonic Cancer

Research Institute

Kansas City, Kansas

KENTUCKY

James Graham Brown

Cancer Center

University of Louisville

Health Care

Louisville, Kentucky

Lucille P. Markey

Cancer Center

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

LOUISIANA

Louisiana Cancer Research

Consortium of New Orleans

Stanley S. Scott

Cancer Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane Cancer Center

Tulane University

Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

MARYLAND

Sidney Kimmel

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

at Johns Hopkins

University

Baltimore, Maryland

University of Maryland

Greenebaum

Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston University

Cancer Research Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Dana-Farber

Cancer Institute

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Tufts-NEMC Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts

MICHIGAN

Barbara Ann Karmanos

Cancer Institute

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

University of Michigan

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan

The Van Andel

Research Institute

Grand Rapids, Michigan

MINNESOTA

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Rochester, Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota

MISSOURI

The Siteman

Cancer Center of

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

at Washington University

School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

NEBRASKA

UNMC Eppley

Cancer Center

Omaha, Nebraska

NEVADA

Nevada Cancer Institute

Las Vegas, Nevada

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Norris Cotton

Cancer Center

Dartmouth-Hitchcock

Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire

NEW JERSEY

The Cancer Institute

of New Jersey

Robert Wood Johnson

Medical School

New Brunswick, New Jersey

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NEW MEXICO

University of New Mexico

Cancer Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico

NEW YORK

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Albert Einstein College

of Medicine

Bronx, New York

Herbert Irving

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Columbia University

New York, New York

James P. Wilmot Cancer

Center University of

Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, New York

NYU Cancer Institute

New York, New York

Roswell Park

Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York

Stony Brook University

Cancer Center

Stony Brook, New York

NORTH CAROLINA

Comprehensive

Cancer Center of

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina

Duke Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Durham, North Carolina

UNC Lineberger

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

OHIO

The Barrett Cancer Center

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Case Comprehensive

Cancer Center

University Hospitals

Ireland Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Clinic Taussig

Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio

The Ohio State University

Comprehensive

Cancer Center –

James Cancer Hospital &

Solove Research Institute

Columbus, Ohio

OREGON

OHSU Cancer Institute

Oregon Health and

Science University

Portland, Oregon

PENNSYLVANIA

Abramson Cancer Center

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kimmel Cancer Center

at Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn State

Cancer Institute

Hershey, Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

Cancer Institute

UPMC Cancer Centers

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Wistar Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico Cancer Center

University of Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

SOUTH CAROLINA

Medical University

of South Carolina

Hollings Cancer Center

Charleston, South Carolina

TENNESSEE

St. Jude Children’s

Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee

Vanderbilt-Ingram

Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee

TEXAS

The Dan L. Duncan

Cancer Center

at Baylor College

of Medicine

Houston, Texas

San Antonio Cancer

Institute

Partnership of

UTHSCSA/CTRC

San Antonio, Texas

Simmons Comprehensive

Cancer Center

The University of Texas

Southwestern Medical

Center at Dallas

Dallas, Texas

The University of

Texas Medical Branch

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Galveston, Texas

University of Texas

M.D. Anderson

Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

UTAH

Huntsman Cancer Institute

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

VERMONT

Vermont Cancer Center

at the University

of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

VIRGINIA

Massey Cancer Center

Virginia Commonwealth

University

Richmond, Virginia

University of Virginia

Cancer Center

Charlottesville, Virginia

WASHINGTON

Fred Hutchinson Cancer

Research Center

Seattle, Washington

WEST VIRGINIA

Mary Babb Randolph

Cancer Center

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

WISCONSIN

Medical College of

Wisconsin Cancer Center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin

Paul P. Carbone

Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin

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SUSTAINING MEMBERS

American Association

for Cancer Research

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

American Cancer Society

Atlanta, Georgia

C-Change

Washington, D.C.

National Childhood Cancer

Foundation “CureSearch”

Arcadia, California

Association of American Cancer Institutes

200 Lothrop StreetIroquois Building, Suite 308Pittsburgh, PA 15213412-647-6111www.aaci-cancer.org

Photos on pages 6, 8, and 11, and select photos on page 9, by Mike Gatty