I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation :: The Voice Of Young Adults

MEDICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

i[2]y's medical advisory council features many prominent leaders in cancer research, prevention and survivorship, oncology, integrative medicine and wellness, patient education, pediatric cancer and neuropsychology, public policy and human spirituality.

Bernie Siegel, MD, Chairman
Founder and Executive Director
Exceptional Cancer Patients

Deepak Chopra, MD, Honorary Co-Chair
Founder, Director of Educational Programs
The Chopra Center

Andrew Weil, MD, Honorary Co-Chair
Clinical Professor of Medicine; Public Health
Director, Program in Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Founder, The Weil Foundation

Jeffrey C. Allen, MD • [bio]
Director, Pediatric & Adult Neuro-Oncology Programs
NYU Medical Center

Archie Bleyer, MD • [bio]
Founder
Children's Oncology Group
Mosbacher Chair Emeritus and Professor of Pediatrics
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Director Emeritus
MD Anderson Community Clinical Oncology Program

Howard Fine, MD • [bio]
Branch Chief, Neuro-Oncology
National Cancer Institute

Ernest R. Katz, PhD • [bio]
Director, Behavioral Sciences Section
Co-director, Hematology Oncology Psychosocial & Education
Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Gregory H. Reaman, MD • [bio]
Group Chair, Children's Oncology Group
Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine
Member, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Children's National Medical Center

Charles A. Sklar, MD • [bio]
Director, Long Term Follow-up Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Jay A. Tischfield PhD, FACMG • [bio]
Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Prof of Genetics & Chair
Department of Genetics/Human Genetics Institute
Rutgers University

Christopher D. Turner, MD, FAAP • [bio]
Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Outcomes Research
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Bradley Zebrack PhD, MSW, MPH • [bio]
Assistant Professor
USC School of Social Work

Feeling isolated? The channels below will connect you with hundreds of age-appropriate resources and open the door to socially network with countless thousands of young adult survivors and caregivers.

young adult support

general cancer support

scholarships & financial aid

excursions & retreats

forums & chat rooms

social networking

young adult blogosphere

coping literature

books, mags, films and media

advocacy tools

cancer creative

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