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The National Patient Advocate Foundation is comprised of a network of research and community oncologists, attorneys, legislators, healthcare industry representatives, and advocates committed to the goal of offering support to cancer patients through legislative reform.
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Nancy Davenport-Ennis
Chief Executive Officer & President
Executive Board
Edward G. Connette, Esquire
Board President
Essex Richards, PA
Charlotte, NC
Christian Downs, MHA, JD
Board Vice President & Member, Finance Committee
Deputy Executive Director, Association of Community Cancer Centers
Rockville, MD
Leah Arnett
Board Secretary
Nursing Director, University Health Services
University of Texas at Austin
John L. Murphy
Chairman, Finance Committee
Saguenay Capital, LLC
Purchase, NY
Dr. Alan Balch
Vice President of the Preventive Health Partnership
American Cancer Society (ACS), American Diabetes Association (ADA), and American Heart Association (AHA)
Rene S. Cabral-Daniels, JD, MPH
Vice President of Grant Programs
Williamsburg Community Health Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
Dennis A. Gastineau
Director, Human Cell Therapy Laboratory, Divisions of Transfusion Medicine & Hematology Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Venus Gines
Founder, Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
Faculty, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center Vice President of Grant Programs
Baylor College of Medicine
Manvel, TX
The Honorable Phil Hamilton
Virginia House of Delegates
Ninety-Third District
Newport News, VA
Pearl Moore, RN, MN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Oncology Nursing Society
Pittsburgh, PA
Roy J. Ramthun
President
HSA Consulting Services
Silver Spring, MD
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI
President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer
HCA, Inc (Hospital Corporation of America)
Nashville, TN
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN
Lovell Jones, PhD.
Director, Center for Research on Minority Health (CRMH)
Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
RADM Deborah Parham Hopson, PhD, MSPH, RN
Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
Martha E. "Meg" Gaines, JD, LLM
Clinical Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
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Lori Williams, PhD, RN, MSN, OCN, AOCN Chair, Scientific Board MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
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Dr. David M. Brizel
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
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Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP
Director, Rocky Mountain Blood & Marrow Transplant Program
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Denver, CO
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F. Marc Stewart, MD
Medical Director, SCCA
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
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Richard L. Theriault, D.O., MBA
Professor of Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
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The Honorable Mary T. Christian
Former member of Virginia House of Delegates
Hampton, VA
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John H. Ennis
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President
Patient Advocate Foundation
Newport News, VA
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Paula Trahan-Rieger
Director of International Affairs
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Alexandria, VA
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Doris Simonson
Mother of Cheryl Grimmel
Monmouth, ME
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Leo E. Sands
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
US Oncology
Houston, TX
The Honorable Pat Dougherty Missouri State Senate (Retired) St. Louis, MO
Sheldon Weinhaus, Esquire Weinhaus & Potashnick Creve Coeur, MO
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Bruce Avery, MD Hematology-Oncology Knoxville Knoxville, TN
Richard D. Carter, Esquire Richard D. Carter, PLLC Alexandria, VA
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