ASBD Committees, 2011-2012

Members who would like to serve on a committee should send an email to membership@asbd.org indicating their interest.

ASBD Advisor Editorial Board

ASBD Advisor Editorial Board plans and develops the content for the Society's quarterly newsletter.

Kathy Diehl, MD, Chair Jay Bosworth, MD Gayle A. DiLalla, MD Cynthia Dougherty, MD Karthik Ghosh, MD Toni Green, DO Shabnam Jaffer, MD

Claudia Z. Lee, MA Laurie Margolies, MD Abraham Mikalov, MD Yelena Novik, MD Sandhya Pruthi, MD Leila Thanasoulis, MD

Breast Specialty Training Committee

Breast Specialty Training Committee oversees ASBD participation in a collaborative effort involving the American Society of Breast Disease, the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the Society of Surgical Oncology, which has developed comprehensive guidelines for training breast fellows.

Richard Reitherman, MD, Chair Arnold Baskies, MD Judy Boughey, MD Hanadi Bu-Ali, MD Brian Englander, MD Gladys Giron, MD Mehra Golshan, MD Angela Keleher, MD Amanda Kong, MD

A. Marilyn Leach, MD Jean Lynn, MPH, RN, OCN Shahla Masood, MD Helen Pass, MD Rakhshanda L. Rahman, MD Lisa Sclafani, MD Kalliopi Siziopikou, MD, PhD Amanda J. Wheeler, MD Rachel Zent, MD

Communications Committee

Communications Committee plans and coordinates all communications to Society members. The Committee is responsible for the ASBD Advisor, ASBD on the web, Membership Directory and Official ASBD communications.

Kathy Diehl, MD, Chair Robert Babkowski, MD Costanza Cocilovo, MD Philip Haddad, MD Dennis Holmes, MD

Phillip Ley, MD Daniel Weingrad, MD Paul Weinstein, MD Julia White, MD Harvey Wolkov, MD

Consensus Committee

Consensus Committee reviews and considers consensus on excellence in breast health care and multidisciplinary breast disease management and develops practice guidelines, as appropriate, to support the work of the Society's membership. The Committee maintains oversight responsibility for the Society's comprehensive Clearinghouse on Breast Disease.

Sandhya Pruthi, MD, Chair Harry Bear, MD, PhD Amy Early, MD Armando Giuliano, MD David Hetzel, MD Julio Ibarra, MD Seema Khan, MD Krystyna Kiel, MD

A. Marilyn Leitch, MD Holly Mason, MD Linda Moy, MD Jennifer Knotts O'Neill, MD Beth Overmoyer, MD Edibaldo Silva, MD R. Timothy Webb, MD

Education Program Committee

Education Program Committee plans the educational and scientific programs of the Society. It oversees the work of the various committees of the Society appointed to development specific programming such as for the Annual Symposium.

Anees Chagpar, MD, Chair Cassann Blake, MD Aman Buzdar, MD Robert Carlson, MD Brian Czerniecki, MD Miguel Oller, MD Susan Pories, MD

Sandhya Pruthi, MD Barbara Rabinowitz, PhD Rakhshanda L. Rahman, MD Barbara Smith, MD Kimberly Van Zee, MD Diana Dickson-Witmer, MD

International Steering Committee

International Steering Committee for Oncoplastic Surgery is responsible for creating guidelines for training in Oncoplastic Surgery that can be adopted in different environments across the world, and at various stages of a surgeons' career. Plans are to publish recommended guidelines with concise recommendations and potential obstacles that might be encountered, etc.

Werner Audretsch, MD Mauricio Costa, MD Krishna Clough, MD Michael Cross, MD Eduardo Gonzalez, MD John Harman, MD

Gail Lebovic, MD Paolo Leal, MD Maurizio Nava, MD Barbara Rabinowitz, MD Lisa Sclafani, MD Cicero Urban, MD

Membership Committee

Membership Committee develops and implements plans to grow the Society membership and to ensure that member needs are met. The chairperson of the Membership Committee determines eligibility of candidates for membership based on criteria established by the Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.

Jean Lynn, MPH, RN, OCN, Chair Thomas Bakondy, MD Eric Brown, MD Hanadi Bu-Ali, MD Mauricio Costa, MD Raza Dilawari, MD Brian Englander, MD Kathryn Evers, MD

David Hetzel, MD Julio Ibarra, MD Barry Lembersky, MD Tehillah Menes, MD Ricki Pollycove, MD Elisa Rush Port, MD Bonnie Reichman, MD

SIS World Congress Program Committee

SIS World Congress Program Committee is responsible for creating, planning the program and submitting the American Society of Breast Disease proposal to host the 18th S.I.S. World Congress in 2014.

Mauricio Costa, MD, Chair Julio Ibarra, MD, Vice-Chair Lea Blackwell, MD Stephen A. Feig, MD Gail Lebovic, MD

Miguel Oller, MD Sandhya Pruthi, MD Premal Sanghavi, MD Atilla Soran, MD

Symposium Abstract Selection Committee

Symposium Abstract Selection Committee plans for, invites, and evaluates poster submissions for the Society's growing poster viewing program held in conjunction with the Annual Symposium and selects exceptional posters for oral presentation during Symposium plenary sessions.

Amy Early, MD, Chair Nirupama Anne, MD Judy C. Boughey, MD Anees Chagpar, MD Carlos A. Encarnacion, MD Brian S. Englander, MD Jaime Escallon, MD Agustin Garcia, MD Pilar Gazmuri, MD

Karthik Ghosh, MD Mehra Golshan, MD Laurie Margolies, MD Yelena Novik, MD P. Hank Schmidt, MD, PhD Kalliopi Siziopikou, MD, PhD Atilla Soran, MD Leila Thanasoulis, MD

Symposium Program Committee

Symposium Program Committee members reflect the broad diversity of the ASBD's membership as they make preparations for the Society's Annual Symposium, which brings together breast disease specialists from around the nation and world.

Robert Carlson, MD, Chair Dennis Holmes, MD, Vice-Chair Mauricio Costa, MD Stephen Edge, MD Stephen A. Feig, MD William Gradishar, MD Julie Gralow, MD Julio Ibarra, MD

Krystyna Kiel, MD Robert Kuske, MD Gail Lebovic, MD Jean Lynn, MPH, RN, OCN Shahla Masood, MD Sandhya Pruthi, MD Barbara F. Rabinowitz, PhD Richard Reitherman, MD