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