2006-2007 ASTRO Board Members Announced

by Barbara Kram, Editor | November 07, 2006

It's a big week for ASTRO with its
board announced at their meeting

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce the 2006-2007 Board of Directors. They officially began their terms November 7, 2006, during ASTROs 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

K. Kian Ang, M.D., Ph.D., Chair
Deputy Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology; Professor of Radiation Oncology and Gilbert H. Fletcher Memorial Chair in Radiation Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

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Louis B. Harrison, M.D., President
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

Patricia J. Eifel, M.D., President-elect
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Leonard L. Gunderson, M.D., M.S., Secretary-Treasurer
Getz Family Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology;
Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs,
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D., Immediate Past Chair
Head, Division of Radiation Oncology
Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, Calif.

Anthony L. Zietman, M.D., Education Council Chair
Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Minesh E. Mehta, M.D., Education Council Vice-chair
Professor, Human Oncology
University of Wisconsin Hospital Medical School, Madison, Wis.

Albert L. Blumberg, M.D., Government Relations Council Chair
Vice-chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore

Maria D. Kelly, M.D., Government Relations Council Vice-chair
Professor Emeritus
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va.

Michael L. Steinberg, M.D., Health Policy Council Chair
Managing Partner
Santa Monica Cancer Treatment Center, Santa Monica, Calif.

Louis Potters, M.D., Health Policy Council Vice-chair
Associate Director, Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Director,
New York Prostate Institute
South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y.

Randall K. Ten Haken, Ph.D., Research Council Chair
Professor and Associate Director of Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Richard P. Hill, Ph.D., Research Council Vice-chair
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics and Department of Radiation Oncology
Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto