ACRO has many committees and task forces to better serve its membership and the medical community. We encourage ACRO members to get involved with the organization through committee service. Ready to volunteer? Fill out this form at the bottom of the page. Please note: Regardless of the time your application is submitted, all committee appointments take place at the ACRO Annual Meeting by appointment of the Board of Chancellors. If you have any questions, please email us.

ACRO Committees:

• Science & Education Committee
• Ethics
• Finance & Development
• Government Relations & Economics
• Membership
• Standards
  
• Communications Committee
• New Practitioner
• Residents
• SEALs 

Science & Education Committee

The Education Committee is responsible for identifying gaps in education for members of the College and coordinating strategies for the delivery of timely and engaging educational content through various communication platforms managed by ACRO. The educational priorities of the College as identified by the Committee will be communicated to those Committees that have additional jurisdiction in content creation and delivery.

Chair: Dr. Jessica Schuster

Members: Dr. Eric Anderson, Dr. Richard Cassidy, Dr. Serguei Castaneda, Dr. Anupama Chundury, Dr. Sunil Dutta, Dr. Jason Efstathiou, Dr. Susannah Ellsworth, Dr. Nagy Elsayyad, Dr. Steven Feigenberg, Dr. Steven Finkelstein, Dr. Sheela Hanasoge, Dr. Comron Hassanzadeh, Dr. Mark Hurwitz, Dr. Salma Jabbour, Dr. Thomas Kim, Dr. Jenna Khan, Dr. Lawrence Kleinberg, Dr. Joseph Kwon, Dr. Brian Lally, Dr. David Marshall, Dr. Keyur Mehta, Dr. Jason Nosrati, Dr. Charlotte Rivers, Dr. Sagar Patel, Dr. Vatsal Patel, Dr. Jay Shiao, Dr. Chuck Simone, Dr. Raj Singh, Dr. William Small, Dr. Randa Tao, Dr. Michael Tomblyn, Dr. Ben Wilkinson

Scientific Program Subcommittee

The purpose of the Scientific Program Committee is to select the CME-eligible sessions at the annual Radiation Oncology Summit, ACRO’s annual meeting. The committee also decides on the meeting’s theme, selects the abstract presentations at the meeting, and recommends a speaker/honoree for the annual Luther Brady Lecture. 

Vice Chairs: Dr. Michael Bernstein, Dr. Steve Feigenberg, Dr. Emma Fields

Committee Members: Dr. Mona Arbab, Christine Bloom, Dr. Isabelle Choi, Dr. Anupama Chundury,  Dr. Idalid Franco, Tracy Gabor, Dr. Annie LaVigne, Dr. Anna Lee, Dr. Jennifer Lee, Dr. Sarah Milgrom, Dr. Pranshu Mohindra, Dr. Howard Morgan, Dr. Brandi Page, Dr. Sagar Patel, Dr. Niema Razavian, Dr. Jessica Schuster, Dr. Tarita Thomas

Ethics

The Ethics Committee is responsible for evaluating disclosures of relevant commercial relationships of key College leaders, faculty, and volunteers to determine if conflicts of interest (COI) exist and require resolution. The Committee is also charged with reviewing other ethical and professional issues as necessary. Members of the College are encouraged to utilize the Ethics Committee for professional and organizational questions they may have related to ethical considerations.

Chairs: Dr. Dominique Rash

Members: Dr. Cynthia Ballenger, Dr. Harriet Eldredge-Hindy, Dr. Steven Feigenberg, Dr. David Horowitz, Dr. Shearwood McClelland, III,  Dr. Arno Mundt, Dr. Gil Padula, Dr. Tony Quang,  Dr. Harvey Wolkov

Finance & Development

The Finance & Development Committee (FDC) shall assist the Executive Director and The Board of Chancellors to coordinate activities, operations, and performance of the College as well as the development of partnerships and programs that will elevate the strategic position of the College. The FOC will also assist other ACRO committees with development of budgets so that the appropriate finances and resources are made available to promote strategic growth. During the Annual Meeting, the FOC will be responsible for coordinating the overall schedule as well as all non-CME/Abstract/SAM activities. The FOC will work to investigate strategic initiatives that enhance the standing of The College as well as meeting the needs of ACRO members.

Chair: Dr. Jerry Jabo in

Members: Dr. Eric Anderson, Dr. Albert Attia, Dr. Rashmi Benda, Dr. Cecil Benitez, Christine Bloom, Dr. Simon Brown, Dr. Ashlyn Everett, Tracy Gabor, Dr. Nevine Hanna, Dr. Comron Hassanzadeh, Dr. Christopher Jahraus, Dr. Sergio Jaramillo, Dr. Jenna Kahn, Dr. Tim Kegelman, Dr. Lawrence Kleinberg, Dr. Brian Lally, Dr. Annie LaVigne, Dr. Jennifer Lee, Dr. Brandon Mancini, Dr. Gina Mansy, Dr. Shauna McVorran, Dr. William Noyes, Dr. Virginia Osborn, Dr. Vatsal Patel, Dr. Arpan Prabhu, Dr. Yulia Romalis, Dr. Jeff Ryckman, Dr. Parag Sanghavi, Dr. Alexis Schutz, Dr. Jessica Schuster, Dr. Tarita Thomas, Dr. Jake Wang, Dr. Nicholas Zaorsky

Government Relations & Economics Committee (GREC)

The GREC tracks Medicare, Medicaid, and Insurance initiatives that affect reimbursement, lobbies for position in legislative process, monitors changes in CPT codes, monitors state carrier policies, and establishes compliance programs to avoid fraud and abuse.

Co-Chairs: Dr. Laeton Pang & Dr. Bill Small

Members: Dr. Mani Akhtari, Dr. Anna Brown, Dr. Scott Chen, Dr. Salah Dajani, Dr. Ryan Funk, Dr. Alec Harris, Dr. Dwight Heron, Dr. Jed Howington, Dr. Mohamed Khan, Dr. Gordon Koltis, Dr. Chris Jahraus, Dr. Jay Locke, Dr. Heath Mackley, Dr. Bill Noyes, Dr. Tony Quang, Dr. Raj Singh, Dr. Mark Sittig, Dr. Evan Thomas, Dr. Tarita Thomas, Dr. Paul Wallner, Dr. Joseph Wilding, Dr. Harvey Wolkov, Dr. Amulya Yalamanchili

Advocacy Fellows: Drs. Rojine Ariani & Kishan Patel

Staff: Jason McKitrick of Liberty Partners

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee facilitates and ensures the continued enrollment of new and current members of ACRO, provides innovative ways to expedite the membership and meeting process, provides active advice and effort in ongoing recruitment programs, develops and reviews continuing ACRO programs designed to enhance the professional benefits of ACRO to its members, oversees ACRO web operations, reviews and develops membership criteria for the different ACRO membership categories as appropriate, and coordinates with other ACRO standing committees in areas of multiple committee participation.

Chairs: Dr. Grant McKenzie & Dr. Alexis Schutz

Members: Dr. Sucha Asbell, Dr. Randy Blackburn, Dr. Judy Chin, Dr. Anupama Chundury, Dr. Isabella Dreyfuss, Dr. Andrew Figura, Dr. Daniel Keleti, Dr. Thomas Kim, Dr. Amy Le, Dr. Edward Lee, Dr. Eric Lehrer, Dr. Abimbola Orisamolu, Dr. Sagar Patel, Dr. Doug Rahn, Dr. Amit Shah, Dr. Chuck Simone, Dr. Raj Singh, Dr. Mark Sittig, Dr. Camille Williams

Standards Committee

The Standards Committee assists ACRO members in preparation to meet local, state and national practice and regulatory standards as applicable to the specialty of radiation oncology. The Standards Committee reviews and responds to policies originating from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, provides Cancer-Care Guidelines.

The Chair of the Standards Committee is selected annually and serves at the discretion of the President. The Chair oversees the ACRO Accreditation Program.

The Director of the Practice Accreditation program reports directly to the Chair of the Standards Committee. The Director of the Practice Accreditation program is reappointed annually and serves at the discretion of the Executive Committee and the Chair of the Standards Committee.

Chair: Dr. Jaroslaw Hepel

Vice-Chair : Dr. Seth Kaufman

Members

ACRO Accreditation Directors: Dr. Claudio Sibata, Audrey Hyde

ACRO Accreditation Disease Site Team Leaders: Dr. O. Lee Burnett (Gynecological), Daniel Gorovets (Genitourinary), Dr. Mary Hebert (Lymphoma Sarcoma), Dr. Dwight Heron (Head and Neck), Dr. Seth Kaufman (Breast), Dr. Brandon Mancini (Radiopharmaceuricals), Dr. Navesh Sharma (Gastro-Intestinal), Dr. Shilpen Patel (Lung), Dr. Dheerendra Prasad (Neurological)

ACRO Accreditation Chart Reviewers: Dr. Shahed Badiyan, Dr. Jeffrey Brower, Dr. David Butler, Dr. Christopher Chen, Dr. Michael Chuong, Dr. Michael Dobelbower, Dr. John Einck, Dr. Harriet Eldredge-Hindy, Dr. Steven Feigenberg, Dr. Thomas Galloway, Dr. Geoffrey Geiger, Dr. Robert Goebel, Dr. Steven Gregoritch, Dr. Kathryn Huber, Dr. Rojymon Jacob, Dr. Aradhana Kaushal, Dr. Lawrence Kleinberg, Dr. Gordon Koltis, Dr. Gregory Kubicek, Dr. Daniel Landis, Dr. Tony Lee, Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Matthew Packard, Dr. Douglas Rahn, Dr. Michael Roach, Dr. Parag Sanghvi, Dr. Paul Schilling, Dr. Alvin Schlichtemeier, Dr. David Sherr, Dr. Andy Su, Dr. Leila Tchelebi, Dr. John Vargo, Dr. Stephanie Weiss, Dr. Alex Whitley, Dr. Christopher Willey, Dr. Ted Yaeger, Dr. Michael Yunes, Dr. Nicholas Zaorsky, Dr. Heather Zinkin

Communications Committee

The Communications Committee holds a vital purpose: to forge and execute a robust communications strategy that fortifies the organization's internal and external connectivity. This strategy aims to elevate communication endeavors, champion initiatives, and ensure a unified message across all channels.  

Chair: Dr. Hina Saeed

Committee Members: Dr. Anna Brown, Dr. Matthew Brown, Dr. Simon Brown, Dr. Idalid Franco, Dr. Eliane Garlock, Dr. Jenna Khan, Dr. Brian Lally, Dr. Brandon Mancini, Dr. Grant McKenzie, Dr. Shauna McVorran, Dr. John Peterson, Dr. Dominique Rash, Dr. Yasamin Sharifzadeh, Dr. Crystal Taswell Seldon, Dr. Nicholas Zaorsky

New Practitioner Committee

The ACRO New Practitioner Committee was created to formalize input from the most recent inductees of radiation oncology to the Membership Committee of the College.

ACRO Board of Chancellors Representative & Committee Chair: Dr. Comron Hassanzadeh

Members: Dr. Eric Anderson, Dr. Trinanjan Basu, Dr. Anna Brown, Dr. Simon Brown,  Dr. Leslie Chang, Dr. Ryan Cherng, Dr. Bhargava Chitti, Dr. Sherfali Gajjar, Dr. Phylicia Gawu, Dr. Ryan Hutten,  Dr. Uzoma Iheagwara,Dr. Sergio Jaramillo,  Dr. Jenna Kahn, Dr. Thomas Kim, Dr. James Knight, II,  Dr. Amy Le, Dr. Anna Lee, Dr. Sean Mahase, Dr. Adrianna Masters, Dr. Shearwood McClelland, III, Dr. Grant McKenzie, Dr. Mohammed Mohammed, Dr. Howard Morgan, Dr. Ria Mulherkar, Dr. Niema Razavian, Dr. Yulia Romalis, Dr. Jay Shiao, Dr. Raj Singh, Dr. Amanda Starak, Dr. Phoebus Sun Cao, Dr. Leila Tchelebi, Dr. Tarita Thomas, Dr. Rituraj Upadhyay, Dr. Joe Wilding

Resident Committee

The ACRO Resident Committee aims to provide access to international rotations and funding support through the Global Radiation Oncology Workforce (GROW) scholarship, as well as a partnership with Radiating Hope. The Committee also creates awareness of available educational resources, reviews course opportunities, and provides informational webinars from leaders in the field regarding issues pertinent to residents.

Career mentorship and assistance with the job search is also an important charge of the Committee. Residents are partnered with practicing radiation oncologists in academic and private practice at national meetings.

A resident-specific symposium takes place at the ACRO Annual Meeting which serves as a more intimate meeting specific to radiation oncology.

The Committee aims to provide a welcoming environment to encourage residents to share ideas and engage in activities outside their own institution, even on a national level.

Chair: Dr. Stephanie Dudzinski

Members: Dr. Emmanuel Jnr. Amoateng, Dr. Matthew Brown, Dr. Betsy Crosswhite, Dr. Isabella Dreyfuss, Dr. Orlando Feliciano, Dr. Eliane Garlock, Dr. Holly Grace, Dr. Diala Hamade, Dr. Marshall Harrell, Dr. Phillip Michael Jenkins, Dr. Adam Kessel, Dr. Joseph Kwon, Dr. Forrest Kwong, Dr. Miriam Jayne Lane, Dr. Isaac Lasko, Dr. Joan Lee, Dr. Rahul Mali, Dr. Muhammad Khizar Memon, Dr. Ria Mulherkar (Past Chair), Dr. Jane Pearce, Dr. Simran Alexandria Polce, Dr. Yulia Romalis, Dr. Eileen Samuel, Dr. Jayavignesh Sekar, Dr. Jeffrey Shogan, Dr. Sabi Shrestha, Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, Dr. Roman Travis, Dr. Alberto Vera, Dr. Emily Vonderhaar-Meister

SEALs Committee (RadOnc Leaders)

SEALs (Sharing Excellence Among Leaders) supports Leaders in Radiation Oncology (admins, nurses, therapists, dosimetrists, physicists, and other practice leaders) through education and networking.

Chairs: Ms. Christine Bloom and Ms. Tracy Gabor

Past Chair: Mr. James Sinicki

Committee Members: Ms. Yolanda Duffey, Dr. Nadeem Khan, Ms. Laura Krukowski, Mr. Brian Lally, Ms. Sarah Lowitz, Ms. Martha Mychkovsky, Ms. Renu Sharma, Dr. Linda Veldkamp

Volunteer

Ready to volunteer for committee service? New volunteers will be considered when current Committee Roster terms have been completed at the next Annual Meeting.

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