The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI): Steering Committee, 2007, 2008

Executive Committee

Gabriel N. Hortobágyi, MD, FACP, Chairman, BHGI Steering Committee
Professor of Medicine, Nellie B. Connally Chair in Breast Cancer
Chairman, Dept. of Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Benjamin O. Anderson, MD, BHGI Chair and Director,
Full Member, Epidemiology Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Director, Breast Health Care Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Joe Harford, PhD, Director, Office of International Affairs,
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institute of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Bethesda, Maryland

Diana Rowden, Vice President, Health Sciences
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

Alberto Barceló, MD, MSc, Regional Advisor of Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC

Stephen B. Blount, MD, MPH, Director, Coordinating Office for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia

Eduardo Cazap, MD, immediate past-Chair, International Committee, American Society for Clinical Oncology, President, SLACOM-Latin American-Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology

Alberto Costa, MD, Director, European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Randi Goeckeler, Director of Patient Advocacy, Oncology-Worldwide Medicines Group, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

Krystyna Gurstelle, Director, Professional/Public Relations, Worldwide Marketing Oncology, Pfizer, Inc, NYC, NY

Wendy S. Harris, Global Marketing - Women's Health Care Manager, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI

Julio Ibarra, Jr., MD, President, American Society of Breast Disease, San Diego, CA

Raimund Jakesz, MD, President, Breast Surgery International, Vienna, Austria

Claire Neal, Partnerships Manager, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin, TX

Joseph D. Purvis, MD, Executive Director, Clinical Research, Oncology AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE

Sandra Rasche, European Sales and Marketing Director of Breast Care, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc, Germany

Paula Rieger, RN, MSN, FAAN, Chief Executive Officer, Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, PA

Eeva Salminen, MD, Head of the Applied Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy Section, Human Health Division, Int'l Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the UN, Vienna, Austria

Stephen F. Sener, MD, Vice-Chairman, Dept. of Surgery, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine , Past President 2004-2005, American Cancer Society, Evanston, IL

Cecilia Sepulveda, MD, Cancer Control Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Roudabeh Valian, International Public Policy Manager, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland

Members at Large

Edward Azavedo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Mammography Section, Dept of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Global Summit Panel Co-chair, Health Care Systems, 2007, Stockholm, Sweden

Robert W. Carlson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Stanford Medical Informatics, Stanford University, Global Summit Panel Co- chair, Treatment, 2005, 2007, Stanford, CA

Alexandru Eniu, MD, Medical Oncologist, Cancer Institute "I. Chiricuta", Department of Breast Tumors, (oncology) Republicii, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Global Summit Panel Co-chair, Treatment, 2005, 2007, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Shala Masood, MD, Editor, The Breast Journal, Past President, International Society of Breast Pathology, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Florida/Jacksonville, Global Summit Panel Co-chair, Diagnosis, 2005, Jacksonville, FL

Roman Shyyan, MD, MSc, Surgeon-Oncologist, Lviv Regional Cancer Center, Scientific Editor & Medical Writer, Ukraine, Global Summit Panel Co-chair, Diagnosis, 2005 and 2007, Lviv, Ukraine

Robert A. Smith, PhD, Director of Screening American Cancer Society, Global Summit Panel Co-chair, Early Detection, 2005, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia

Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Professor of Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Global Summit Panel Co-chair, Health Care Systems 2005, Panel Co-chair, Early Detection, 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia