Our Team

Get to know the Cancer Survivorship Institute leadership team and the many experts who contribute to our work.

Leadership

Sofia Garcia, PhD

• Director, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Professor

David Cella, PhD

• Professor
• Associate Director for Cancer Prevention, Control and Survivorship

Sheetal Kircher, MD MSc

• Medical Associate Director, Cancer Survivorship Institute; Director, Specialty Survivorship Clinics
• Associate Professor

Timothy Pearman, PhD

• Director, Supportive Oncology Program, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Professor

Christine Rini, PhD

• Program Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Research Program
• Director, Research Translation, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Professor

David Victorson, PhD

• Director, Integrative Oncology, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Professor

Siobhan Phillips, PhD, MPH

• Director, Physical Activity Promotion, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Professor

Ann Marie Flores, PT, PhD, MS, MA, CLT

• Director, Cancer Rehabilitation, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Associate Professor

Betina Yanez, PhD

• Program Co-Lead, Cancer Control and Survivorship Research Program
• Director, Patient Engagement, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Associate Professor

Brian Hitsman, PhD

• Director, Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Cancer Survivorship Institute
• Associate Professor

Cancer Survivorship Institute Clinical Care Team

Melissa Duffy, MSPAS, PA-C

• Physician Assistant, Cancer Survivorship Institute

Karen Kinahan, DNP, APN, FNP-BC

• STAR Program, Lurie Cancer Center
• Central Survivorship APP

Margo Klein, RN

• Registered Nurse, Cancer Survivorship Institute

Jordan Mottet, PA-C

• Associate Professor

Cancer Survivorship Institute Members

Elizabeth Addington, PhD

• Assistant Professor

Nausheen Akhter, MD, FACC, FASE

• Director, Northwestern Medicine Cardio-Oncology Program
• Associate Professor

A. Vania Apkarian, PhD

• Professor

Emma Barber, MD

• Assistant Professor

Christopher Balmaceda, LCSW

• Social Worker

Lauren Beach, JD, PhD

• Assistant Professor

Rinad Beidas, PhD

• Chair, Department of Medical Social Science
• Professor

Mandi Buss, MA, LCSW

• Social Worker

Rebecca Caires, MBA

• Vice President of Operations, Oncology, Northwestern Medicine

Jennifer Calabria, MS

• Director, Outreach, Northwestern Medicine

Jennifer Carrera, LCSW

• Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Navigator

Catherine Cassingham, LSW, MSW

• Social Worker

Jennifer Choi, MD

• Associate Professor

Aarati Didwania, MD

• Professor

Marie Fuentes-Harris, LCSW, CHP-SW

• Social Worker

Lynn Galuska Elsen, RN, BDN

• Nurse Navigator

Jaime García-Añoveros, PhD

• Professor

Richard Gershon, PhD

• Professor

Laila Gharzai, MD

• Assistant Professor

Alice Gilman, LCSW

• Social Worker

Mita S Goel, MD, MPH, FACP

• Professor, Medicine and Medical Education

Taylor Hisek, MS, RD, LDN

• Registered Dietitian

Karen Kaiser, PhD

• Associate Professor

Robin Katz, MSW, LCSW

• Social Worker, Blood Cancers

Seema Khan, MD

• Professor

David Klumpp, PhD

• Professor

Srinadh Komanduri, MD

• Professor

Alex Kwait, LCSW

• Social Worker

Jin-Shei Lai, PhD

• Professor

Bruce Lambert, PhD

• Professor

Kallan Land, CTTS

• Program Coordinator, Tobacco Cessation Program

Vanessa Lennie, RD

• Registered Dietitian

Marquita Lewis, PhD

• Assistant Professor

Jocelyn Lutkus, RD, CSO, LDN

• Social Worker

Monica Laronda, PhD

• Assistant Professor

Jocelyn Lutkus, RD, CSO, LDN

• Dietitian

Hannah Manella, MS, RD, CSO, LDN, ACSM-CEP, CET

• Registered Dietitian and Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD

• Professor

Angela McCrum, MHSA

• Director, Living Well Cancer Resources

Jayesh Mehta, MD

• Professor

Mary Mulcahy, MD

• Professor

Judith Paice, PhD, RN

• Research Professor

Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD

• Professor

Teresa Pollack, MS, CPHQ

• Director, Quality Operations, Northwestern Medicine

Alexandra Psihogios, PhD

• Assistant Professor

Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, PhD

• Professor

Jennifer Reichek, MD

• Associate Professor

June K Robinson, MD

• Professor Emeritus

Jennifer Rosko, PT, CLT-LANA

• Physical Therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist

Nan Rothrock, PhD

• Professor

Stacy Sanford, PhD

• Director of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
• Associate Professor

Samman Shahpar, MD

• Assistant Professor

Lauren Silverman, RD, LDN

• Registered Dietitian

Melissa Simon, MD, MPH

• Director, Center for Health Equity Transformation
• Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Lurie Cancer Center
• Professor

Kristin Smith, BS

• Fertility Preservation Navigator

Eytan Szmuilowicz, MD

• Associate Professor

Callie Walsh-Bailey, PhD

• Assistant Professor

Lei Wang, PhD

• Adjunct Associate Professor

Jeffrey Wayne, MD

• Professor

Charlotta Weaver, MD

• Associate Professor

Michael Wolf, PhD

• Professor

Aleksandar Zafirovski, MBA

• Associate Director Administration

Nancy Zawicki, RDN, LDN, MS

• Registered Dietitian

Mary Zupke, RDN, LDN, MS, FAND

• Registered Dietitian