Leadership

SIO’s leadership reflects the organization’s multi-disciplinary approach to integrative oncology. The organization is governed by a Board of Trustees, with officers and trustees, and an Executive Committee composed of the President, President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary and Immediate Past President. In addition, SIO maintains a Past Presidents’ Council, drawing on the extensive knowledge and insights of the organization’s leaders through the years.

• Executive Committee
• Board of Trustees
• Past Presidents
• SIO Organizational Chart

Executive Committee

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  Santosh Rao, MD

  President

  UH Connor Whole Health

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  Channing Paller MD

  President-Elect

  John Hopkins

   

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  Linda Carlson, PhD, RPsych

  Immediate Past President

  University of Calgary

   

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  Richard Lee, MD

  Treasurer

  City of Hope

   

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  Jodi MacLeod, BA

  Executive Administrator

  Wellness Writer and Patient Advocate

   

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  Eugene Ahn MD

  Vice President of Communications

  Loyola University/Cardinal Bernadin Cancer Center

   

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  Ana Maria Lopez, MPH, MD

  VP of Health Equity Inclusion and Belonging (HEIB)

  Jefferson Health, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

   

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  Gabriel Lopez MD

  Vice President of Governance

  MD Anderson Cancer Center

Board of Trustees

• Santosh Rao, MD

  President

  Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

• Linda Carlson, PhD, RPsych

  Immediate Past President

  University of Calgary

• Channing Paller, MD

  President-Elect

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Ana Maria Lopez, MD. MPH, MACP

  Vice President of HEIB

  Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University

• Jodi MacLeod, BA

  Executive Administrator

  Wellness Writer and Patient Advocate

• Eugene Ahn, MD

  Vice President of Communications

  Loyola University, Cardinal Bernadin Cancer Center

• Gabriel Lopez, MD

  Vice President of Governance

  MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Viraj Master, MD, PhD

  Emory University

• Eran Ben-Arye, MD

  Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

• Tara Berman, MD, MS

  Inova Fairfax Hospital

• Julie Deleemans, PhD

  University of Calgary

• Betsy Glosik, BS

  Patient Advocate

• Judith Lacey, MBBS, FRACGP, FAChPM

  Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Comprehensive Cancer Centre

• Leigh Leibel, MSc, C-IAYT, ACSM-CET

  Columbia University Medical Center

• Doreen Stein-Seroussi, MA, MPA, C-IAYT

  Independent Yoga Therapist

• Shelley Wang, MD, MPH

  MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Yufei Yang, MD

  Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Studies

• Hwa-Seung Yoo, MD (DKM), PhD

  Dunsan Korean Medical Hospital, Daejon University

• Iris Zhi, MD, PhD

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

• Susan Veleber DACM MS LAc

  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

• Moshe Frenkel MD

  University of Texas Medical Branch

• Smitha Mallaiah MD

  MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Santhosshi Narayanan, MD, FACP

  MD Anderson Cancer Center

• Jun Mao, MD, MSCE

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Past Presidents

• SIO Founding President, Barrie Cassileth, PhD, (2004),
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Retired) – In Memoriam
• David Rosenthal, MD (2005), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Debu Tripathy, MD (2006), MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Peter Johnstone, MD (2007), H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa
• Lorenzo Cohen, PhD (2008), MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Stephen Sagar , BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, FRCPC, DAB (2009), McMaster University
• Donald I. Abrams, MD (2010), UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
• Gary Deng, MD (2011), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Kara Kelly, MD (2012), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN (2013), Mind and Life Institute
• Heather Greenlee, ND, PhD (2014), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Suzanna Zick, ND, MPH (2015), University of Michigan Health System
• Jun Mao, MD, MSCE (2016-2017), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Lynda Balneaves, PhD, RN (2018-2019), University of Manitoba
• Ting Bao, MD, DABMA, MS (2020-2021), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Linda Carlson, PhD, RPsych (2022-2023), University of Calgary