The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania is a world leader in cancer research, patient care, and education. Our leadership team brings together years of experience and expertise with the goal of eliminating cancer.
Leadership and Administration
- Director; Vice President and Vice Dean for Cancer Programs
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil
- Deputy Director
Katherine L. Nathanson, MD
- Deputy Director of Clinical Services
David W. Dougherty, MD, MBA, FASCO
- Chief of Staff
Joseph R. Carver, MD
- Chief Administrative Officer, Cancer Service Line
David B. Miller, MBA
- Chief Nursing Officer, Cancer Service Line
Lindsey Zinck, MSN, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, PhD
- Chief Operating Officer
Robert F. Wynne
- Executive Director of Legal Affairs & Immunotherapy Collaborations
Mehrin ("Mir") Masud-Elias, JD, MBE
- Associate Director for Research Administration
Cecilia Scavelli
- Associate Director for Basic Research
Lewis A. Chodosh, MD, PhD
- Associate Director for Translational Research
Ravi K. Amaravadi, MD
- Associate Director for Clinical Research
Daniel A. Pryma, MD
- Associate Director for Population Science
Robert A. Schnoll, PhD
- Associate Director for Pediatric Research
Stephen P. Hunger, MD
- Associate Director for Shared Resources
M. Celeste Simon, PhD
- Associate Director for Diversity and Outreach
Carmen E. Guerra, MD
- Associate Director for Education and Training
David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD
- Associate Director for Clinical Informatics
Peter E. Gabriel, MD
- Associate Director for Special Projects
Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, MACP, FASCO
- Associate Director for Global Oncology
Erle S. Robertson, PhD
Research Program Leaders
- Immunobiology Program
- Warren S. Pear, MD, PhD
- E. John Wherry, PhD
- Tumor Biology Program
- Shelley L. Berger, PhD
- Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD
- Breast Cancer Program
- Angela M. DeMichele, MD, MSCE
- Roger A. Greenberg, MD, PhD
- Cancer Therapeutics Program
- Naomi B. Haas, MD
- Kim A. Reiss, MD
- Hematologic Malignancies Program
- Nancy A. Speck, PhD
- Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD
- Pediatric Oncology Program
- Stephan A. Grupp, MD, PhD
- Kai Tan, PhD
- Radiobiology and Imaging Program
- Theresa M. Busch, PhD
- Terence P. Gade, MD, PhD
- Cancer Control Program
- Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
- Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
- Tobacco and Environmental Carcinogenesis Program
- Trevor M. Penning, PhD
- Andrew A. Strasser, PhD
Shared Resource/Core Facility Directors
- ACC BioRepository
Anupma Nayak, MBBS, MD
- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core
Qi Long, PhD
- Comparative Pathology Core
Enrico Radaelli, DVM, PhD, DECVP
- Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility
Jonni S. Moore, PhD
- Genetically Altered Mouse Core
Douglas J. Epstein, PhD
- Genomic Analysis Core
Tapan Ganguly, PhD
- Human Immunology Core
Eline T. Luning-Prak, MD, PhD
- Metabolomics Core
Daniel P. Kelly, MD
- Small Animal Imaging Facility
Edward J. (Jim) Delikatny, PhD
- Stem Cell and Xenograft Core
Martin P. Carroll, MD
Clinical Trials Scientific Review and Monitoring Committee
- Sunita D. Nasta, MD, FACP (Co-Chair)
- John P. Plastaras, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
Data Safety and Monitoring Committee
- Stephen J. Schuster, MD (Chair)
Abramson Cancer Center Director's Leadership Council
The Abramson Cancer Center Director's Leadership Council (ACCDLC) advises and supports the Abramson Cancer Center in programmatic direction, community interactions, long-range finance and development strategies, outreach, and public relations.