The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI): Steering Committee, 2010, 2011
Executive Committee
Eduardo Cazap, MD, BHGI Executive Committee Chairman, Founder President, SLACOM-Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology, Argentina; President, UICC-International Union Against Cancer, 2010-2012, Switzerland
Benjamin O. Anderson, MD, BHGI Chair and Director, Joint Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Professor of Surgery and Joint Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Director, Breast Health Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington
Joe Harford, PhD, BHGI Executive Committee member, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute, Maryland
Elizabeth Thompson, BHGI Executive Committee member, President, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Dallas, Texas
Steering Committee Purpose
The purpose of the Steering Committee is to establish the strategic direction, facilitate goal setting, and guide the development and focus of the BHGI. The purview of the steering committee includes both the biennial Global Summit Consensus Conferences and the BHGI projects operating separately from the guideline development process itself. These projects include collaborative relationship with other breast health organizations and governmental agencies and are designed to specifically address the improvement of breast health care in countries or regions of limited health care.
Steering Committee
Clement Adebamowo, MD, ScD, Chair, International Affairs Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Professor of Surgery, Director, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, Director, West African Center for Bioethics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Samia Al-Amoudi, MD, CEO, Sheikh Mohammed Hussien Al-Amoudi Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Global Advocate for Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Rajendra Badwe, MD, ENT, MBBS, Professor & Head, Department of Surgical Oncology, Chief, Breast Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital, Chief of Clinical Research Secretariat, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Fatima Cardoso, MD, European School of Oncology, Breast Cancer Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor Medical Oncology, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels
Robert W. Carlson, MD, Executive Committee, American Society of Breast Disease; Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology and Stanford Medical Informatics; Chair, California, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Breast Cancer Guidelines Committee; Global Summit Panel Co-Chair, 2002, 2005, 2007, Moderator, 2010
David Collingridge, MD, Deputy Editor, The Lancet Oncology, Elsevier Publishing, United Kingdom
Nagi El Saghir, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon; Global Summit 2010 Panel Co-Chair
Jay Harness, MD, President, Breast Surgery International, Past-President, American Society of Breast Surgeons
Wendy Harris, BSEE, MBA, Women's Health and Pediatrics Executive, Global Marketing, GE Healthcare Technologies
Hussein Khaled, MD, Associate Secretary General, Arab Medical Association Against Cancer, Dean, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt; Global Summit 2010 Panel Co-Chair
Cameron Hennessy Leach, Director Oncology Franchise, Africa, Latin America, Middle East & Central Asia, Sanofi Aventis, France
Nancy Lee, Director, Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Maryland
Silvana Luciani, MHSc, Advisor, cancer prevention and control, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) of the World Health Organization, Washington, D.C.
Paula Trahan Rieger, RN, MSN, CAE, FAAN, Chief Executive Officer, Oncology Nursing Society
Massoud Samiei, MD, Head, PACT Programme Office (PPO), Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) PACT Programme Office (PPO), Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria
Mona Saraiya, MD, MPH, Medical Officer and International Activities Lead, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Georgia
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Administrative Director, University Distinguished Service Associate Professor of Breast Cancer; Associate Professor, Depts. of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Avon Breast Center, Maryland
Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Chief, Division of General Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Professor of Surgery, Head of the Breast Unit, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Senior Vice President, College of Surgeons of Malaysia, Chairman, National Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Breast Cancer Malaysia; Global Summit 2010 Panel Co-Chair