Who We Are – PAC³ Board of Directors

Chair
Robert F. Durkin
President
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

Vice Chair
Paul F. Engstrom, MD
Sr. Vice President for Extramural Research Programs
Fox Chase Cancer Center

President
Vacant

Secretary
Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Villanova University

Treasurer
Charles E. Kupchella, PhD
President Emeritus
University of North Dakota

Catherine M. Belt, RN, MSN, AOCN, CAN
Chapter Advisor, Oncology Nursing Society
Clinical Nurse, Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania

Dana H. Bovbjerg, PhD
Director, Biobehavioral Medicine Program
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Virginia C. Calega, MD, MBA
Vice President, Medical Management and Policy
Highmark, Inc.

Dennis M. Flynn, BBA
President
PA Biotechnology Association

Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD
Director of the Community and Minority Cancer Control Program
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania

Erik Knudsen, MD, PhD
Deputy Director for Basic Science
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University

Ronald E. Myers, PhD
Professor and Director, Division of Population Science
Kimmel Cancer Center
Thomas Jefferson University

Diane Phillips
Director, Government Relations
American Cancer Society, PA Division

Thanjavur S. Ravikumar, MD, FACS
Chief Quality Officer and Oncology Service Line Director
Center for Surgical Oncology
Geisinger Health System

James B. Ray, PharmD
Scientific Affairs Liaison
Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Witold B. Rybka, MD
Professor of Pathology & Medicine
Penn State Cancer Institute

Louise C. Showe, PhD
Professor, Immunology Program
Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program
The Wistar Institute

Col. (Ret) James E. Williams, Jr.
Chair, Board of Directors
Pennsylvania Prostate Cancer Coalition

Board Advisors (non-voting)

Leslie A. Best
Representative of the Secretary
Pennsylvania Department of Health

Aaron Bleznak, MD, FACS
State Chair, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
Lehigh Valley Hospital