The Cancer Committee is the designated multidisciplinary body for the administrative oversight, development, and review of cancer care services at Stony Brook Medicine. The Committee communicates directly with the Hospital’s medical board, and its activities and recommendations directly impact programs. Members include physician representatives from the medical, surgical, diagnostic, and clinical areas along with representatives from supporting services involved with the care of patients with cancer. Its composition must include board-certified physicians from surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, diagnostic radiology, and pathology, along with a cancer liaison physician, clinical research manager, pain control/palliative care specialist, and representatives from Hospital administration, nursing, social services, cancer registry, and quality assurance. In 2010, a permanent member representing the American Cancer Society joined, and representation from the medical oncology community physician continued. Committees and work groups meet on Cancer Leadership, Cancer Quality Service, Tumor Board and Cancer Conferences, and Community Outreach and External Relations.
The Cancer Committee is charged with providing leadership to plan, initiate, stimulate and assess the institution’s cancer-related activities, in accordance with the Commission on Cancer requirements for cancer program accreditation. Stony Brook Cancer Center is accredited at the level of Academic Comprehensive Cancer Program and has maintained continuous program accreditation since 1986.
2024 Cancer Committee Membership
Physician Members | Specialty/Committee Role | CoC Status |
Ghassan Samara, MD Paula Denoya, MD (Alternate) |
Surgery Cancer Committee Chair |
Required |
Paula Denoya, MD Deborah Nagle, MD (Alternate) |
Surgery Cancer Liaison Physician (CLP) |
Required |
Tahmeena Ahmed, MD Karen Bai, MD (Alternate) |
Pathology | Required |
Valmore Suprenant, MD | Diagnostic Radiology | Required |
Amna Sher, MD Alison Stopeck, MD (Alternate) |
Medical Oncology Cancer Conference Coordinator |
Required |
Lea Baer, MD | Hematology/Oncology Ca Registry QA Coordinator |
Required |
Kartik Mani, MD Alexander Stessin, MD (Alternate) |
Radiation Oncology | Required |
Michael Moskovitz, MD Grace LaTorre, MD (Alternate) |
Palliative Care | Recommended |
Laura Hogan, MD Rina Meyer, MD (Alternate) |
Pediatrics | Recommended |
William Burke, MD | GYN Oncology | Recommended |
Non-Physician Members | Department/Committee Role | CoC Status |
Megan Aiello, MPA, RN Julia Mischo, RN/OCN (Alternate) |
Cancer Services Administration Cancer Program Administrator |
Required |
Ryan Washington, MPA Jaclyn Frizalone, RN (Alternate) |
Clinical Trial Coordinator | Required |
Susan McCarthy, LCSW, MS, CCM Fatima Calle, MSW (Alternate) |
Social Work Psychosocial Services Coordinator |
Required |
Denise M. Martorana, RN, MSN, MS Joleen Werder, RN, BSN (Alternate) |
Continuous Quality Improvement Quality Improvement Coordinator |
Required |
Patricia Doty, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, OCN Taylor Andrews, RN, BS, BMTCN (Alternate) |
Oncology Nursing | Required |
Xuan Barzilay, MBA, CTR Rosa Hammer, CTR (Alternate) |
Cancer Registry Ca Registry QA Coordinator (Alternate) |
Required |
Joseph Giglio, DPT Mike Taylor, DPT (Alternate) |
Physical Medicine | Required |
Clare Moran, DNP, FNP, RN | Survivorship Program Coordinator | Required |
Patrick Dineen, MD, MBA Linda Mermelstein, MD, MPH |
Community Outreach and Engagement Office | Recommended |
Gwen Goldstein, MS, CGC Arun Sam, MS (Alternate) |
Genetics | Recommended |
Jennifer L. Fitzgibbon, MS, RD, CSO, CDN Samanthe Preuss, MS, RDN, CDN (Alternate) |
Cancer Center Nutritionist | Recommended |
Christina Faber, MS, RDN, CDN | Cancer Support Services | Recommended |
Andrew W. Dees, Reverend Amy Karriker, Reverend (Alternate) |
Chaplaincy | Recommended |
Kim Lyktey Carolyn Ottawa (Alternate) |
Healthcare Teleservices | Recommended |
Ryan O’Connor, RPH | Pharmacy | Recommended |
Barbara Messeder | American Cancer Society | Recommended |