Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation

Scientific Advisory Board

FCF strives to be in the forefront of research on fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Several leading physicians, scientists and researchers in this field have agreed to be on FCF's Scientific Advisory Board.  Each represents an institution or laboratory which is currently involved in research or treatment of fibrolamellar liver cancer.

Sanford M. Simon, PH.D.
Professor
Head, Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics
The Rockefeller University, New York

Ronald P. DeMatteo, M.D., FACS
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Head, Division of General Surgical Oncology
Chief, General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program
Leslie H. Blumgart Chair in Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Ron Levine, M.D.
Internist
Greenwich, Connecticut

 

Lola Reid, PH.D.
Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Ghassan Abou-Alfa, M.D.
Assistant Attending Physician
Department of Medicine and Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

 

Alan P. Venook, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Chairman, Cancer Center Data Safety Monitoring Committee
University of California, San Francisco, California

Michael Choti, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Jacob C. Handlesman Professor of Surgery
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Michael P. LaQuaglia, MD, FACS, FRCS
Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service
Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

 

Header photos:   (L to R) One of the custom-designed microscopes in the Cellular Biophysics Lab at Rockefeller University; FCF Scientific Advisory Board Chairman, Dr. Sandy Simon explains how antibodies can be targeted to malignant cells

 

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