POA Working Groups

The Precision Oncology Alliance Working Groups identify leadership opportunities, author publications, and develop protocols.

Working Groups

With support from our POA staff, members meet regularly and focus on research strategies, publication activities and develop protocols within the disease state of interest. These meetings give all members the opportunity to lead discussions and collaborate on best practices and guidelines for clinical trials as well as review the overall implications for patients. Currently, there are 18 disease groups within the POA and registration for all meetings can be found here.

POA Disease Group Leads

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Breast

Stephanie Graff, MD, FACP
Director, Breast Oncology
Brown University

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CHIP
David Swoboda, MD
Malignant Hematologist Tampa General Hospital
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Community

Ankur Parikh, DO
Associate Director, Precision Medicine
Jefferson Health

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Community

Brad Somer, MD
President
West Cancer Center

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Central Nervous System

Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
West Virginia University

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Cutaneous

Soo Park, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego

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Gastrointestinal

Sanjay Goel, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Rutgers University

Global Oncology
Gilberto Lopes, MD
Associate Director, Global Oncology
University of Miami
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Genitourinary

Daniel Geynisman, MD
Associate Professor
Fox Chase Cancer Center

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Gynecologic

Premal Thaker, MD, MS
Professor of OB-GYN
Washington University

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Head and Neck

Jennifer Johnson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Jefferson Health

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Leukemia
Jay Yang, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Karmanos Cancer Institute
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Lymphoma

Andrew Evens, DO, MSc
Director, Lymphoma Program
Rutgers Cancer Institute

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Neuroendocrine

Heloisa Soares, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Huntsman Cancer Institute

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Pathogen

Emil Lou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota

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Pathology

David Braxton, MD
Chief of Molecular Pathology
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Valerie Brown, MD, PhD
Pediatrics/AYA
Valerie Brown, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Penn State University
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Radiation Oncology

Salma Jabbour, MD
Professor
RWJUH/Rutgers Cancer Institute

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Sarcoma

Gina D’Amato, MD
Associate Professor
University of Miami

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Thoracic

Balazs Halmos, MD
Professor of Medicine
Montefiore

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Translational

Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota

POA Pathology Group Leads

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Chair

Sonika Dahiya, MD
Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Washington University

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Breast

Yihong Wang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Path. & Lab. Medicine
Brown University

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Central Nervous System

Giselle Y. Lopez, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Duke University

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Cutaneous

Thuy Phung, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology
University of South Alabama

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Gastrointestinal

Evgeny Yakirevich, MD   
Professor, Path. & Lab. Medicine
Brown University

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Genitourinary

Sam Wei, MD, PhD     
Associate Professor, Pathology
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Gynecologic

Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD
Professor
Karmanos Cancer Institute

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Hematopathology

Olga Weinberg, MD
Associate Professor, Pathlogy
UT Southwestern

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Head & Neck

Rebecca Chernock, MD     
Associate Professor, Path & Immun.
Washington University

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Neuroendocrine

Kajsa Affolter, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Huntsman Cancer Institute

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Sarcoma

Andrew E. Rosenberg, MD 
Professor, Vice Chair, Director, Pathology
University of Miami

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Thoracic

Sanja Dacic, MD, Phd 
Professor, Pathology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Translational

David Braxton, MD
Molecular Genetic Pathologist
Hoag

POA Members

A collaborative group leading cancer centers around the world.

POA Publications

Contributing to the body of oncology research.

POA Newsletter

The latest news and events throughout the POA.

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