About FDA
Acute Leukemia Endpoints Panel
Panel Members
· FDA Representatives:
o Richard Pazdur, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
o Patricia Keegan, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
· ASH Liaison:
o Stanley L. Schrier, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
· NIH Representatives:
o Malcolm Smith, MD, PhD
National Cancer Institute
o Thomas A. Davis, MD
National Cancer Institute
· Industry Representative:
o Martine George, MD
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical
· Pediatric Acute Lymphoid Leukemia
o Chair: Sharon B. Murphy, MD
Children's Cancer Research Institute
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
o Joseph Gootenberg, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
o William L. Carroll, MD
New York University School of Medicine
o Malcolm Smith, MD, PhD
National Cancer Institute
· Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
o Chair: Richard A. Larson, MD
The University of Chicago
o Ann Farrell, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
o Susan O'Brien, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
o Jerald P. Radich, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
· Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia
o Chair: Franklin O. Smith, MD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
o Patricia Dinndorf, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
o Philip Breitfeld, MD
Duke University Medical Center
o Robert J. Arceci, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
· Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
o Chair: Martin S. Tallman, MD
Northwestern University Medical School
o Nancy Scher, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
o Stephen J. Forman, MD
City of Hope National Medical Center
o Elihu H. Estey, MD
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
o David Harrington, PhD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
· Acute Leukemia in the Elderly
o Chair: Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
o Daniel Rosenblum, MD
US Food and Drug Administration
o Richard M. Stone, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Additional Workshop Subcommittee Members Not Serving as Panelists
· Pediatric Acute Lymphoid Leukemia
o Stephen L. George, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
o Naomi Winick, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
o William E Evans, PharmD
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
o Susan L. Weiner, PhD
Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy
· Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
o Stephen L. George, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
o James W. Vardiman, MD
University of Chicago
o Charles Linker, MD
University of California
· Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia
o Donald Small, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins Hospital
o Todd Alonzo, PhD
University of Southern California
o Louis Leone, Esq.
Children's Oncology Group
· Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
o Cheryl L. Willman, MD
University of New Mexico
o Elisabeth Paietta, PhD
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
o Ernest Beutler, MD
The Scripps Research Institute
· Acute Leukemia in the Elderly
o Kenneth J. Kopecky, PhD
Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center
o James W. Vardiman, MD
University of Chicago
o Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
o Susan Stewart
BMT InfoNet
o Wolfgang Hiddemann, PhD, MD
University Hospital Grosshadern
Ludwig-Maximilians University







