The Cancer Committee is the designated multidisciplinary body for the administrative oversight, development, and review of cancer care services at Stony Brook University Medical Center. The Committee communicates directly with the Medical Center’s medical board, and its activities and recommendations directly impact programs. Members include physician representatives from the medical, surgical, diagnostic, and clinical areas along with representatives from supporting services involved with the care of patients with cancer. Its composition must include board-certified physicians from surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic radiology, and pathology, along with a cancer liaison physician, clinical research manager, pain control/palliative care specialist, and representatives from Medical Center administration, nursing, social services, cancer registry, and quality assurance. In 2010, a permanent member representing the American Cancer Society joined, and representation from the medical oncology community physician continued. Committees and work groups meet on Cancer Leadership, Cancer Quality Service, Tumor Board and Cancer Conferences, and Community Outreach and External Relations.

The Committee is charged with providing leadership to plan, initiate, stimulate, and assess the institution’s cancer-related activities, in accordance with the Commission on Cancer requirements for cancer program accreditation. Under the leadership of the Cancer Committee, Stony Brook’s Breast Care Center program was awarded national accreditation. During the same period, the Medical Center’s overall cancer care program received continued accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Teaching Hospital Approved Cancer Program, with full commendation on all standards, as well as the organization’s Outstanding Achievement Award.

Physician Members

Theodore G. Gabig, MD, Hematology/Oncology, Committee Chair
Howard L. Adler, MD, Urologic Surgery
Roberto Bergamaschi, MD, Colorectal Surgery
William Greene, MD, Clinical Affairs
Lynn Hallarman, MD, Survivorship and Supportive Care
Andrzej Kudelka, MD, Medical Oncology
Seth O. Mankes, MD, Diagnostic Radiology
Brian O’Hea, MD, Breast Surgery
Christopher Page, MD, Anesthesia/Pain Management
Colette Pameijer, MD, Surgery, ACOS Liaison
Robert I. Parker, MD, Pediatric Oncology
Michael Schuster, MD, Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Transplant
Meenakshi Singh, MD, Pathology
Michael Theodorakis, MD, Community Medicine Oncologist
Tamara Weiss, MD, Radiation Oncology

Non-Physician Members

Teresa Beutel, Healthcare Teleservices
Christine Northam-Schuhmacher, Quality Management
Rose C. Cardin, RN, Cancer Services Administration
Jennifer Fitzgibbon, RD, Oncology Nutrition
Jeannie Gaspard, RN, OCN, Ambulatory Cancer Center Administration
Patricia Hentschel, RN, OCN, Clinical Trials
Vencine Kelly, CTR, Cancer Registry and Committee Coordinator
Susan McCarthy, LMSW, Social Work
Kathleen Noone, RN, Radiation Oncology and Oncology Unit Administration
Yvonne Spreckels, Community Relations
Lori Tischler, RN, Cancer Helpline
Cathy Tuppo, PT, Physical Rehabilitation
Stephen Unger, Chaplaincy
Scot Weber, RPh, Pharmacy
Lee Anne Xippolitos, RN, PhD, Chief Nursing Officer