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OU Surgical Oncology

 

 

 

FOUNDING COMMITTEE

 

*Russell G. Postier, MD, John A. Schilling Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, OUHSC

 

*Dan O’Hair, PhD, Professor, Department of Communications, OU

 

* Megan Lerner, HT (ASCP), Assistant Professor and Supervisor of Research, Department of Surgery,  OUHSC and VA Medical Center.

 

*Brenda Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University

 

* Jay Hanas, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, Director of the University of Oklahoma Proteomics / Mass Spectrometry Facility, OUHSC

 

*Michael Bronze, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, OUHSC.

 

* Daniel Brackett, Professor and Director of Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director of Core Laboratories, OU Cancer Center, OUHSC; Research Physiologist, VA Medical Center

 

 

 

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

 

* Roxie Albrecht, MD, Associate Professor, Director of Trauma and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Bahram Arjmandi, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University.

 

* Chris Aston, PhD, Section of Arthritis / Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

 

*Mike Baxter, Network Administrator, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Jeffry Bender, MD, Professor, Chief of Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Edward Brandt, Jr., MD, PhD, Regents Professor, College of Health Administration & Policy, Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Warren Churchill, CPA, Director of Business Administration, Department of Surgery, OUHSC

 

* Philip Comp MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Associate Chief of Staff, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Director of the General Clinical Research Center, OUHSC.

 

*Lawrence DeBault, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Co-Director of Core Laboratories, OU Cancer Center, OUHSC.

 

*Son Do, Computer Specialist, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

*Morris Foster, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology; Leader, Community Cancer Prevention and Control Program, OU Cancer Center, OU.

 

*Gilles Frydman, founder of  ACOR.org, an online cancer support group.

 

*Gary Gorbsky, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, OUHSC.

 

*Valerie Gudell, RN, Clinical Research Study Coordinator, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

*Yuriy Gusev, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Marie Hanigan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Associate Director for Basic Sciences and Leader Cell Cycle Control and Carcinogenesis Program, OU Cancer Center, OUHSC.

 

*Raffit Hassan, MD, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

 

* Janice Hermann, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension, Oklahoma State University.

 

* Eric Howard, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery OUHSC.

 

*Michael Ihnat, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, OUHSC

 

* Eldon Jupe, PhD,  Associate Member, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation;  Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Andre Kajdacsy-Balla, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology; Director of the NCI Cooperative Prostate Cancer Tissue Resource,  Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

 

*Paula Kim, Founding CEO & Chairman of the Board, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

 

* Theresa Lander,  Institutional Review Board / Regulatory Affairs Coordinator, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

*Mary Lane, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biostatistician,  Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Zoltan Laszik, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Director, Laser Capture Microdissection Facility, OUHSC.

 

* Megan Lerner, HT (ASCP), Assistant Professor and Supervisor of Research, Department of Surgery, OUHSC and VA Medical Center.

 

* Stan Lightfoot, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, OUHSC and VA Medical Center.

 

* Nina Mayr, MD,  Professor, Chief, Section of Radiation Therapy, Department of Radiological Sciences.

 

* Stephanie Mitchell, RN,  Clinical Research Study Coordinator, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

*John Mulvihill, MD, Professor,  Chief, Genetics Section, Department of Pediatrics, OUHSC

 

* Henry Neeman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science,  Director of the OU Supercomputing Center for Education and Research, OU.

 

*Dan O’Hair, PhD, Professor, Department of Communications, OU.

 

* Howard Ozer, MD, PhD, Eason Professor, Chief of the Section of Hematology - Oncology, Department of Medicine, Director of the OU Cancer Center, OUHSC.  

 

* Larry Pennington, MD, G. Rainey Williams Professor; Chief, Transplant Section; Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Thomas Pento, PhD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, OUHSC.

 

* Russell G. Postier, MD, John A. Schilling Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

 

* Brenda Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University.

       

*Ronald Squires, MD, Associate Professor, Medical Director – Pancreas Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, OUHSC.

           

*Ann Thor, MD, Lloyd Rader Professor, Chair of Pathology; Associate Director of Translational Research and Leader, Breast Cancer Program, OU Cancer Center, OUHSC. 

       

*William Tierney, MD, Assistant Professor, Section of Gastroenterology, Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound, Department of Medicine, OUHSC.

       

*XiaoHe Yang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, OUHSC.

 

 

 

INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN THE OU ~ SOUTHWEST PROGRAM FOR PANCREATIC CANCER

 

*    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

 

*    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

 

*    OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

 

*    OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

 

*    MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN AT MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN

 

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