Patient Advocates Committee

The Patient Advocates Committee ensures that the IASLC addresses the informational needs of the public, advocates and patients living with lung and thoracic cancers. This committee also comprehensively addresses the educational and related needs of the public as an important constituency in the work of the association.
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Overview

The IASLC, and this committee especially, works to ensure that the patient's voice and needs are not overshadowed by the science behind daily patient care. By ensuring that all of the society materials include information vital to patients, in terms that resonate with the physicians, hopefully daily care is high quality and sensitive.

Chair of Committee

Shani Shilo
Shani Shilo
2023 to present

Disparities in Care Addressed

Disparities Figure

2021-2023 Roster

Shani Shilo
Israel
The Israel Lung Cancer Foundation
Committee Chair
Jill Feldman
United States
EGFR Resisters
Past Chair
Merel Hennink
Netherlands
Longkanker Nederland
Deputy Chair
Jhanelle Gray
United States
Moffitt Cancer Center
Board Liaison
Sara Lindsey Patton
United States
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
Staff Liaison
Hiroaki Akamatsu
Japan
Wakayama Medical University
Committee Member
Dave Bjork
United States
Research Evangelist
Committee Member
Stefano Cafarotti
Switzerland
Regional Hospital of Bellinzona and Valleys
Committee Member
Fredrick Chite Asirwa
Kenya
International Cancer Institute
Committee Member
Caleb Egwuenu
Nigeria
Move Against Cancer Africa
Committee Member
Ivy Elkins
United States
Committee Member
Jill Feldman
United States
EGFR Resisters
Committee Chair
Andrea Ferris
United States
LUNGevity Foundation
Committee Member
Daichi Fujimoto
Japan
Wakayama Medical University
Committee Member
Jane Kerr
Australia
Lung Foundation Australia
Committee Member
Peter Kneuertz
United States
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Committee Member
Nabanita Mandal
India
Narikeldaha Prayas
Committee Member
Drew Moghanaki
United States
Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Committee Member
Patricia Mondragon
Mexico
Respirando con Valor AC
Committee Member
Amy Moore
United States
LUNGevity Foundation
Committee Member
Kim Norris
United States
Lung Cancer Foundation of America
Committee Member
Cecilia Pompili
Italy
University of Leeds
Committee Member
Christine Qiong Wu
Canada
University of Manitoba
Committee Member
Toshiyuki Sawa
Japan
Gifu Municipal Hospital
Committee Member
Catherine Shu
United States
Columbia University Medical Center
Committee Member
Elaine Shum
United States
NYU Langone Medical Center
Committee Member
Christina Sit
Canada
Lung Cancer Canada
Committee Member
Paul Wheatley-Price
Canada
University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
Committee Member
Satoko Yamaoka
Japan
ARUN
Past Chair

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