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Anna Meadows, MD
A pediatric oncologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Meadows currently directs the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania's Survivorship Research Program and provides senior leadership to "Living Well After Cancer". She was founding director of the National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Survivorship and is a national expert on the after-effects of treatment for childhood cancer.

Barbara Campling, MD
Dr. Campling is a medical oncologist with an interest in the chemotherapy of lung cancer, in particular small cell lung cancer. Her research has focused on mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in lung cancer. She has a clinical and research interest in smoking and smoking cessation in lung cancer patients.

Beth Eaby, MSN, CRNP, OCN
Beth Eaby, MSN, CRNP, OCN is a board certified nurse practitioner and is also a nationally certified oncology nurse. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society and is currently President of her local ONS chapter. She specializes in the treatment of patients with lung cancer. Her areas of interest and research, in addition to lung cancer, include rash management of cancer treatments, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and supportive care of cancer.

Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN
Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN is a certified advanced practice oncology nurse. She has worked in the areas of bone marrow transplant, medical oncology, and clinical research. In her role with OncoLink, she managed The National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance's Clinical Trials Resource Center. This, along with her nursing experience, has helped her develop a strong knowledge of colon cancer screening, prevention, and treatment.

Christina S. Chu, MD
Christina S. Chu, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System where she specializes in the surgical management of gynecologic cancers and complex benign disease. Her research interests focus on clinical trials for the evaluation of novel chemotherapies and immunotherapies for gynecologic malignancies.

Kevin R. Fox, MD
Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Assistant Director, Clinical Affairs at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Fox specializes in the care and treatment of breast cancer patients.

Michael Vozniak, PharmD, BCOP
Michael Vozniak, PharmD, BCOP is a hematology/oncology clinical pharmacy specialist. He has several years of experience caring for and managing the drug therapy of patients undergoing stem cell transplant and patients receiving chemotherapy treatment. His practice interests include pain and symptom management and patient education.

Nancy Zieber, RN, MSN, CRNP
Nancy Zieber, RN, MSN, CRNP is an Oncology/Hematology Nurse Practitioner who has worked in medical oncology for over 30 years. As a nurse practitioner, she works in collaboration with a physician medical oncologist. She cares for people with various types of cancers and those with both benign and malignant hematological disorders. She evaluates, provides symptom management and follow-up care of these individuals. She works with multiple professionals to provide comprehensive care to the person with cancer and their loved ones.

Selina M. Luger, MD
Selina M. Luger, MD is Director of the Leukemia Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in the treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies including leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, Hodgkins disease, non-hodgkin's lymphomas and myeloma. Her research interests include the development of new therapies for the treatment of leukemia and other hematologic malignancies as well the use of stem cell transplantation in these diseases.

Stephen M. Hahn, MD
An Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hahn specializes in the use of radiation for the treatment of a variety of malignancies. His research interests include the clinical and basic research applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT), the use of agents against molecular/genetic targets in combination with radiation, and the investigation of hypoxia in cancer.