Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Leadership

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is led by a director, a deputy director, a chief executive officer and team of associate center directors representing all aspects of the Center. A Cancer Clinical Enterprise Committee oversees strategy and decision-making for the clinical operations of the center. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is also guided by a volunteer community Board of Overseers and external scientific advisory board.

• Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D.
  Director
  B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Molecular Oncology
  Professor of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, and Otolaryngology
• Lauren Hackett, M.P.A.
  Executive Director for Administration
• Michael N. Neuss, M.D.
  Chief Medical Officer

Associate Center Directors & Other Key Leaders

• Carlos Arteaga, M.D.
  Leader, Breast Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence
  Donna S. Hall Chair in Breast Cancer
  American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor
  Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
• Dan Beauchamp, M.D.
  Associate Director for Clinical/Translational Programs
  John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery
  Chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences
  
• Bill Blot, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Cancer Prevention, Control and Population-based Research
  Professor
• Robert Coffey, M.D.
  Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
  Prof Med (GI/Med Oncology) & Cell and Developmental Biology
  
• Carol Eck
  Administrator, Cancer Patient Care Center
• Debra L. Friedman, M.D.
  Interim Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
  Interim Director, Vanderbilt Childhood Cancer Program
• Scott Hiebert, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Basic Research
  Professor
  
• Beth Jones, M.A.
  Executive Director of Development
• Mark Kelley, M.D.
  Director, Division of Surgical Oncology
• Mark Magnuson, Ph.D.
  Director, Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology
  Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
  Professor of Medicine
  Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
• Arnold Malcolm, M.D.
  Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
• Susan Mills
  Associate Director for Cancer Center Support Grant Administration and Research Initiatives
• Ann Richmond, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Research Education
• Xiao-Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D.
  Associate Director of Global Health
  Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
  Professor of Medicine (Epidemiology)
  
• Sandi Studans, B.A.
  Assistant Director, Strategic Marketing
• Anne Washburn, M.P.H.
  Associate Director for Patient and Community Education