Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Vice President of Medical Affairs, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA. Malin Roy Dollinger's lifelong dedication to the field of oncology and patient education has included a patient care and research position at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Cancer Research in New York and a post as Director of Medical Oncology at Harbor General Hospital/UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He has written over 60 articles and contributed to a number of books about cancer and is a member of the editorial advisory board of The Medical Letter (New York) and Annals of Internal Medicine.
In addition to his extensive patient care activities, he teaches at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, has lectured extensively to medical professionals and the public and has helped to educate the public about cancer in radio and TV appearances. He is especially interested in improving communication with cancer patients and their families and in the emotional issues associated with the disease.
Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA Associate Chief of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center Founder of the Medical Oncology Service, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center Associate, Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, Medical Director, Better Health Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
Ernest H. Rosenbaum's career has included a fellowship at the Blood Research Laboratory of Tufts University School of Medicine (New England Center Hospital) and MIT. He teaches at the University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center, and was the co-founder of the Northern California Academy of Clinical Oncology. His passionate interest in clinical research and good communication with patients and colleagues resulted in over 50 articles on cancer and hematology in various medical journals. He has participated in many national radio and television programs and frequently lectures to medical and public groups. He has co-authored Nutrition for the Cancer Patient and has written numerous books, including Living With Cancer, A Home Care Training Program for Cancer Patients, Decisions for Life, You Can Live 10 Years Longer With Better Health, and A Comprehensive Guide for the Cancer Patients and their Families. For the latter work, he received Honorable Mention from the American Medical Writers Association for Excellence in Medical Publications.
Greg Cable, BA
A writer since 1970, Greg Cable has worked in publishing, television, film and education. He has co-authored several books, including Catch: A Major League Life, Player Productions and Everyone's Guide to Outpatient Surgery. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario.
Richard Hasselback, MD, CM
Recently retired from medical oncology at the Princess Margaret Hospital; affiliated with Women's College and St. Michael's Hospitals, all in Toronto, ON. He has had a long association with the Canadian Cancer Society and was the chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of the Ontario division. He is a founding member and past chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and he frequently speaks on cancer to lay audiences through personal, radio and television interviews. Dr. Hasselback has recently retired from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Arthur Ablin, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Emeritus, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Ida Ackerman, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
David Alberts, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology; Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Programs and Clinical Pharmacology Programs, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Robert Allen, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Ulo Ambus, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
James Armitage, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Nebraska School of Medicine; Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Kenneth A. Arndt, MD
Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chief of Dermatology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Andrew Arnold, MB, BS
Head, Medical Oncology, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Hamilton, ON; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Josefa Azcueta, RN, MS, OCN
Director, Oncology Nursing, Cancer Care Associates, Torrance, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, and Gardena, CA
Michael A. Baker, MD
Physician-in-Chief, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, ON; Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Harold Benjamin, PhD
Founder and Executive Director, Wellness Community, Santa Monica, CA; Author of From Victim to Victor
Christopher Benz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cancer Research Institute and Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Daniel Bergsagel, CM, MD, DPhil
Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Andrea Bezjak, MD
Lecturer, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Patricia Blakely
Program Consultant, Look Good...Feel Better, Canadian Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association Foundation, Mississauga, ON
Vivien Bramwell, MB, BS, PhD
Head, Medical Oncology, London Regional Cancer Centre and Ontario Research Treatment Foundation, Victoria Hospital Corporation, London, ON; Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Mary Buller, MA
Research Specialist, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ
David G. Bullard, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Psychology (Psychiatry), University of California, San Francisco, CA
David Byrd, MD
Assistant Professor and Acting Chief, Surgical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Consulting Professor, Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Raphael Catane, MD
Professor and Head, Division of Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Formerly Director, Clinical Cancer Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Wallingford, CT
Charles Catton, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Orlo H. Clark, MD
Professor and Vice-Chair of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; President, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons; Chief of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Roy M. Clark, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Joseph Conners, MD, ABIM
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Patricia Cornett, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine; Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Bernard Cummings, MB, ChB
Chief, Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON; Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Alastair J. Cunningham, PhD, PhD, CPsych
Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON; Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Christine M. Derzko, MD
Director of the Women's Health Care Centre, St. Michael's Hospital; Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Unit, St. Michael's Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD
Director, Yale Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Formerly Physician-in-Chief, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Director, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Lenore Dollinger, PhD, RN
Certified Health Consultant, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
W. Lawrence Drew, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Director of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Bernard Dubrow, MS
Retired Scientist and Technical Manager, Redondo Beach, CA
Frederick Eilber, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Associate, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth A. Eisenhauer, MD
Director, Investigational New Drug Program, NCIC, Clinical Trials Group, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
William Evans, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Chief Executive Officer, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON
Ronald Feld, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
James Fick, MD
Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Sheldon Fine, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Jerry Z. Finklestein, MD, CM
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Medical Director, Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center, Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, CA
Margaret I. Fitch, RN, PhD
Oncology Nurse Researcher, Comprehensive Cancer Program, Toronto-Bayview Regional Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Gary D. Friedman, MD
Clinical Instructor of Plastic Surgery, St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Michael A. Friedman, MD
Associate Director, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Timothy S. Gee, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY; Attending Physician and Acting Chief, Leukemia Service, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY; Clinical Member, Sloan- Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY
Alan H. Gerulath, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; Director, Colposcopy and Vulva Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON
Alan B. Glassberg, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine; Chief, General Oncology, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center; Associate, Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA
William H. Goodson, III, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Mark Greenberg, MB, ChB
Co-Director, Divison of Haematology/Oncology and Director, Paediatric Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON; Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
John D. Hainsworth, MD
Associate Medical Director, Sarah Cannon (Minnie Pearl) Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Deborah Hamolsky, RN, MS, OCN
Case Manager, Home Care, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Russell Hardy, MD
Hematology/Oncology Group, Santa Rosa, CA
James Helsper, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; President, Society of Head and Neck Surgeons
I. Craig Henderson, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Chief, Clinical Oncology Programs, University of California, San Francisco Clinical Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
Sandra Horning, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Susan Molloy Hubbard, RN, BS
Co-creator of PDQ; Director, International Cancer Information Center; Associate Director, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Michael A. S. Jewett, MD
Head, Division of Urology, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, ON; Professor and Chairman, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Thomas J. Keane, MB, BCH, BAo
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Michael H. King, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Eliot S. Krames, MD
Medical Director, San Francisco Center for Comprehensive Pain Management, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Barbaranne Kroll, BSC Phram
Supervisor of Drug Information, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON
Larry K. Kvols, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis, MO; Formerly Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School
Robert Kyle, MD
Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Medical School; Chairman, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Normand J. Laperriere, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Pamela Lemkin, RN, BSN, OCN
President, Board of Directors; Administrator of Doctor's Home Technologies for Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Stephen Lemkin, MD
Medical Director, Doctor's Home Technologies for Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Member, Cancer Care Associates, Torrance, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, and Gardena, CA
Betty Lemon, RP, DT
Clinical Dietitian, Nutrition Department, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON
Wilfred Levin, MB, ChB, MMed
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Alexandra Levine, MD
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Department of Hematology, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Francine Manuel, RPT
Physical Therapist, Manuel, Richardson & Hauser, San Francisco, CA
Norman E. Marcon, MD
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Lawrence W. Margolis, MD
Clinical Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; Chief of Radiation Therapy, Zellerbach Saroni Tumor Institute, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
David McCready, MD
Director of Henrietta Banting Breast Centre, Women's College Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Michael W. McDermott, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Jacinta Meharchand, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Hans Messner, MD, PhD, BMT
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Stanley Meyler, MD
Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco; Associate Chief of Radiation Therapy, Zellerbach Saroni Tumor Institute, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Mark Minden, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Lawrence Mintz, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Co-Director of Infectious Disease; Epidemiologist, University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Malcolm S. Mitchell, MD
Professor of Medicine; Director, Center for Melanoma Research and Biological Therapy and Director of Melanoma Treatment and Biological Therapy, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA/University of California, San Diego and the UCSD Cancer Center; Formerly, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Malcolm Moore, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Franco Muggia, MD
Director, Division of Medical Oncology and Clinical Investigations, Kenneth Norris Jr.-USC Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California; Formerly Director for Cancer Therapy Evaluation, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute
Sean J. Mulvihill, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of General Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Eleanor Nielsen, RN, BScN, MHSc
Director, Public Education and Patient Services, Canadian Cancer Society
Susan Nessim
Founder, Cancervive, Los Angeles, CA; Co-author of Cancervive
Guy Newell, MD
Mesa Petroleum Co. Professor of Cancer Prevention, University of Texas, Houston, TX; Chairman, Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Formerly Interim Director, National Cancer Institute
David G. Payne, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Patricia Payne, RN
Manager, Cancer Information Service, Hamilton, ON
Carlos Pellegrini, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Herbert Perkins, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; Senior Medical Scientist, Formerly Director, Irwin Memorial Blood Centers, San Francisco, CA
Barbara F. Piper, RN, OCN, DNSc
Oncology Nurse Specialist, University of Califomia, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Margaret Poscher, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Disease; Director, Clinical HIV Services, University of Califomia, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Medical Center
Kathleen I. Pritchard, ABIM
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Ian Quirt, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Divisional Director, Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Michael A. Robinette, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Barry P. Rosen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Cheryl Rosen, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Isadora R. Rosenbaum, MA
Medical Assistant, San Francisco Hematology Oncology Medical Group, San Francisco, CA
Carol Sawka, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
John L. Semple, MD,MSc
Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Assistant Professor, Division of Biomedical Communications, Department of Surgery and Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Diane Shader Smith
Director of Communications, Cancervive; Free-lance Multimedia Writer and Author
Frances A. Shepherd, MD
Director, Medical Oncology, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, ON; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Edward Sickles, MD
Professor of Radiology and Chief, Breast Imaging Section, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Ivan Silverberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiation Therapy, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Jill Slater-Freedberg, MD
Chief of Dermatology, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center; Instructor in Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine
Penny Sneed, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Hartley S. Stern, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief, Ottawa Civic Hospital; Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Jeffrey Stern, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Reproductive Services; Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Services, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Jean M. Stoklosa, RN, MS
Formerly Clinical Specialist, Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco, CA; Lecturer, Department of Nursing, San Francisco State University, CA
Jeremy Sturgeon, MB, BS DIBIM
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Donald Sutherland, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Bryce R. Taylor, MD
Head, Division of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Leslee J. Thompson, RN, MScN
Director of Nursing, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB
Richard Tsang, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Mary L.S. Vachon, RN, PhD
Consultant in Psychosocial Oncology and Coordinator of Palliative Care, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, North York, ON
Alan Venook, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, and Chief of Gastrointestinal Oncology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Padraig Warde, MB, MCh, BAo
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; Head, Genito-Urinary Site Group, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON
David G. Warr, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Karen Witkowski RN, BAAN, ET
Clinical Educator/Entrostomal Therapy Nurse, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
Karen Williamson, MSW
Head, Department of Social Work, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON
Charles B. Wilson, MD
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery; Professor of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Alan Yagoda, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology; Associate Director for Clinical Research, Columbia University Cancer Center, New York, NY
Norman Zinner, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery/Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Private practice, Doctor's Urology Group, Torrance, CA; Formerly Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, Los Angeles, CA; Formerly, Boorhaave Professor, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
