2007 Global Summit: Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

SAC Purpose

• To develop and validate the Global Summit on International Breast Health Care, held October 1-4, 2007, in Budapest, Hungary. The Global Summit provided a platform for public health sciences research to analyze Guidelines recommendation.
  • Develop Global Summit program content : focused, narrow topics to cultivate discussion on key topics: Guideline modification, Implementation Strategies
  • Help determine what to do with data collection
• To help develop questions to be discussed at the Global Summit
• To help identify qualified potential participants to be invited
• Provide final approval of panelists to be selected by Global Summit four Panel Co-Chairs.
• To serve as advisory panel to the Publication Committee for manuscript preparation.

1. Albert, Ute-Susann, M.D., M.I.A.C., Philipps-University Marburg, Dept. of Gynecology, gyn. Endocrinology and Oncology, Marburg, Germany
2. Anderson, Benjamin O., M.D. – Chair and Director, BHGI, Joint Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences, Clinical Medical Director, Breast Care and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
3. Awuah, Baffour, B.Sc., M.B.Ch.B., F.C.RadONC(SA), Specialist Radiation Oncologist and Head, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kumasi, Ghana
4. Badwe, Rajendra A., M.D., M.B.B.S., Professor & Head, Dept of Surgical Oncology, Chief, Breast unit, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Chief of Clinical Research Secretariat, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
5. Bengoa, Rafael, M.D., Health Care Systems Consultant, Spain
6. Caleffi, Maira, M.D., Ph.D., Coordinator, Breast Center, Hospital Moinhos de Vento Em Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
7. Chopra, Rakesh, M.D., Senior Consultant, Indra Rastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
8. Duffy, Stephen W., B.Sc., M.Sc., Cstat, Professor of Cancer Screening, Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London
9. Fitch, Margaret, RN, Ph.D., President, Int'l Society for Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC), Toronto, ON
10. Gelband, Hellen, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Washington, DC
11. Hortobágyi, Gabriel, M.D., F.A.C.P, Professor of Medicine, Nellie B. Connally Chair in Breast Cancer, Chairman, Breast Medical Oncology, Div. of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
12. Raimund Jakesz, M.D., President, Breast Surgery International (BSI), Professor/M.D., Head, General Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
13. Kuar, Ranjit, President, Reach To Recovery International, c/o Breast Cancer Welfare Association, Malaysia
14. Kurkure, Dr. Arun, Honorable Secretary and Managing Trustee, Indian Cancer Society, National Headquarters/ Lady Ratan Tata Medical and Research Centre, Mumbai, INDIA, UICC Board of Directors
15. Masetti, Riccardo, M.D., Director of the Breast Surgical Unit, Associate Professor of Surgery, Professor of Surgical Oncology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
16. Masood, Shahla, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, The Breast Journal, Jacksonville, FL
17. Quashigah, Augustine, President, Breast Cancer Support Group, Kumasi, Ghana
18. Rowden, Diana, Director, International, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Dallas, TX
19. Sancho-Garnier, Hélčne, M.D., Professor of Public Health, Scientific Director of Epidaure, UICC Strategic Leader for Prevention and Early Diagnosis, UICC International Organization/Member of the French UICC, Epidaure, CRLC Vald'Aurelle, France
20. Sankaranarayanan "Sankar", Rengaswamy, M.B.B.S., M.D., Acting Head, Screening Group International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO-IARC), Lyon Cedex, France
21. Schwartsmann, Gilberto, M.D., S.A. Office, Anti-Cancer Drug Development, Academic Hospital (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL gschwart.ez@terra.com.br
22. Shyyan, Roman, M.D., M.Sc., Surgeon-Oncologist, Lviv Cancer Center, LVIV, UKRAINE
23. Vass, László M.D., Ph.D., F.I.A.C., President, World Society of Breast Health (WSBH), Chief pathologist of Pest County/Hungary, Head of the Department of Pathology Cytopathology, of the University Hospital F. FLÓR of Pest County, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
24. Yip, Cheng-Har, M.D., Professor/Head, Dept of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Invited GUESTS at July 9, 2006 SAC Meeting

28. Barcelo Alberto, M.D., Unit Chief, Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C.
29. Dinshaw, Dr.(Ms) K.A. DMRT (Lond), FRCR(Lond), Director, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai India
30. Halpern, Andrew, General Counsel and Vice President, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Dallas, Texas
31. MacGrath, Ian, President, International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, INCTR at Institut Pasteur, Brussels, Belgium