Sixteen distinguished ASCO members have been selected by the ASCO Nominating Committee as candidates for open leadership positions within the Society, including:
Biographical information and interviews with each candidate will be posted on this page in late October. Eligible ASCO members* can vote for their chosen leaders during the election period, which will run from November 1 to December 4, 2017.
Howard A. “Skip” Burris III, MD, FACP, FASCO
Sarah Cannon and Tennessee Oncology (TN)
Therese Marie Mulvey, MD, FASCO
Massachusetts General Hospital North Shore Cancer Center (MA)
Laurie E. Gaspar, MD, MBA, FASTRO, FACR
University of Colorado (CO)
David R. Spriggs, MD, FACP, FASCO
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)
Melissa Dillmon, MD
Harbin Clinic (GA)
Tracey Weisberg, MD
New England Cancer Specialists (ME)
Nagi S. El-Saghir, MD, FACP
American University of Beirut Medical Center (Lebanon)
Tony S. K. Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCP(C), FRCP (Edin.), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine), FASCO
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
A. William Blackstock, MD
Wake Forest University (NC)
Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD, FASTRO
Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (PA)
Lee M. Ellis, MD, FACS, FASCO
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)
Blase N. Polite, MD, MPP
University of Chicago (IL)
John V. Cox, DO, MBA, FACP, FASCO
Parkland Health System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (TX)
N. Lynn Henry, MD, PhD, FACP
University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute (UT)
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (TN)
Michael A. Thompson, MD, PhD
Aurora Health Care (WI)
Election results will be announced mid-December, and newly elected officers will begin their terms of service at the conclusion of the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Please contact ASCO Elections with any questions.
*Eligible members are those who are Full members or Emeritus members who were formerly Full members, and who are in “good standing” as of October 18, 2017.