Leadership
Lurie Cancer Center Leadership
Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD
Director
Maha H. Hussain, MD
Deputy Director
William Gradishar, MD
Deputy Director, Clinical Network; Chief, Hematology and Oncology
Kathleen J. Green, PhD
Associate Director, Basic Sciences Research
Vadim Backman, PhD
Associate Director, Research Technology and Infrastructure
David Cella, PhD
Associate Director, Prevention and Control Research
Marcelo Bonini, PhD
Associate Director, Education and Training
Melissa Simon, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
Sarki A. Abdulkadir, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Jeffrey Wayne, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Operations
Mary Mulcahy, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Operations
Aleksandar Zafirovski, MBA
Associate Director, Administration
Amy Heimberger, MD, PhD
Interim Associate Director, Translational Research