2024 UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Protocol Review Committee/Protocol Review and Monitoring System (PRC/PRMS) Members and Specialties

PRC/PRMS reviews are conducted by three committees. Committees A and B alternate review of therapeutic oncology trials so that one of the committees meets every two weeks to ensure rapid review of studies and facilitate prompt progression of cancer protocols from the PRC/PRMS to the responsible IRB. Committee C reviews behavioral, cancer epidemiology, cancer control, cancer prevention, and complementary medicine protocols on an ad hoc basis, as needed.

 

COMMITTEE A Specialty
Andrew Laman, MD (Chair) Medical Oncology (Community Physician)
Yana Najjar, MD (Vice-Chair) Hematology/Oncology
Yoshio Arai, MD Radiation Oncology
Marija Balic, MD Hematology/Oncology/Breast
Parul Barry, MD Radiation Oncology
Jennifer (Elyse) Krupp, MPH, CCRC Quality, education & compliance (CRS)
Urvashi Joshi, MD Fellow, Hematology/Oncology
Jason Luke, MD Immunotherapeutics/Hematology/Oncology
Megan Mantica, MD Neuro-Oncology
Steven Moretti, PharmD / L. Morelli Pharmacist
Geoffrey Nunns, MD Surgical Oncology
Adam Olson, MD Radiation Oncology
Radhakrishnan Ramchandren, MD Hematology/Oncology
Shannon Rush, MD Gynecologic Oncology
Alaa Sada, MD Fellow, Surgical Oncology
Kainat Saleem, MD Fellow, Hematology Oncology
Laura Stabile, PhD Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Hong Wang, PhD / M. Jelinek Statistician

 
 

COMMITTEE B Specialty
Leonard Appleman, MD, PhD (Chair) Hematology/Oncology
Udai Kammula, MD (Vice-Chair) Surgical Oncology
Anne Blake, RPh Pharmacist
Andrew Bukowinski, MD Phase I/COG, CHP
Melissa Burgess, MD Hematology/Oncology
Priyanka Chablani, MD Hematology/Oncology
Kristine Cooper, PhD / Shuaichao Wang Statistician
Diwakar Davar, MD Hematology/Oncology
Jingxiao Jin, MD Hematology/Oncology
Zahra Kelly, DO Fellow, Hematology/Oncology
Jodi Maranchie, MD Urology
Brieana Marino, MA Regulatory Manager (CRS)
Alessandro Paniccia, MD Surgical Oncology
Khavaramze Shaverdashvili, MD Hematology/Oncology
Liza Villaruz, MD Hematology/Oncology
Christopher Wilke, MD Radiation Oncology
Janie Zhang, MD Hematology/Oncology

 

 

COMMITTEE C Specialty
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH (Chair) Hematology/Oncology
Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair) Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention Control
Dana Bovbjerg, PhD Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program
Donna Posluszny, PhD Behavioral Medicine Clinical Service
Susan Sereika, PhD Biostatistician

 

Alternates (A/B) Specialty
Tullia Bruno, MD Immunology/Immunotherapy
Serah Choi, MD, PhD PRadiation Oncology
Julia Foldi, MD, PhD Hematology/Oncology
Jeffrey Goff Pharmacy
Benjamin Nacev, MD Hematology/Oncology
Robert Redner, MD Hematology/Oncology
Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD Oncology, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program (Pitt)