Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center External
Scientific Advisory Committee

Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD
President
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Vernal Branch
Patient Advocate
Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation
Richmond, VA

Murray F. Brennan, MD
Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Webster K. Cavenee, PhD
Director
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Ellen R. Gritz, PhD
Professor and Chair
Olla S. Stribling Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Kathy J. Helzlsouer, MD, MHS
Director, Prevention and Research Center
Weinberg Center for Women’s Health and Medicine
Mercy Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

William J. Kaelin, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Richard J. O’Reilly, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Emmanuel Petricoin, PhD
Professor of Life Sciences
George Mason University
Manassas, VA

Jeffrey Trent, PhD
President and Chief Scientific Officer
Translational Genomics
Phoenix, AZ

Ralph R. Weichselbaum, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Director, Chicago Tumor Institute
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL