Healthcare Council

The Healthcare Council is an integral part of the Gilda's Club support system.  Council members are high profile leaders in the local healthcare community and have a special appreciation for the importance of social and emotional support for people living with cancer.  They regularly direct their patients to Gilda's Club as a critical supplement to medical care.        

Council members come from a variety of backgrounds including oncology, psycho-oncology, and other health-related fields.

Council members often share their healthcare expertise with Gilda's Club staff and board and participate in "Ask the Expert" program to help members better understand cancer.

Marcelle Abell-Rosen, M.D., M.P.H. Ney Alves, M.D.Mayda Arias, M.D.
Christina Austin-Valere, MSWYoav Barnavon, M.D.Luis R. Barreras, M.D.
Francisco E. Belette, M.D.Rashmi Benda, M.D.Seth Berkowitz, MSW, CCLS
David N. Bimston, M.D.Cassann N. Blake, M.D.Mark I. Block, M.D.
Andrea Blumberg, M.D.Bettye Bradshaw, MSW, LCSWAlfred H. Brandon, M.D.
Bernadette Brunetti, MSWFrederic Bushkin, M.D.Carmen Calfa, M.D.
Katharine Campbell, Ph.D., LCSWAldo Calvo, D.O.Roberto A. Cano, M.D.
Brian E. Cauff, M.D.Eric S. Chenven, M.D.Maria R. Ciccia, M.D.
Frank Cirisano, M.D.Jason Cleveland, D.C.Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D.
Teresa DeCesare, M.D.Pia Delvaille, ARNPPedro Diaz Pow Sang, M.D.
Gabriel Domenech, M.D.Robert B. Donoway, M.D.Talia Donenberg, M.S., CGC
David Drew, M.D.Marla W. Dudak, M.D.Lynn Edinoff, LCSW
Maricer Escalon, M.D.Lyle Feinstein, M.D.Cynthia Frankel
Elise Gates, M.H.C., C.R.C.E. Jason Gates, M.D.Janet Gerner, MSW, LCSW
Shelley GorenDaren D. Grosman, M.D., Ph.D.Martin Gutierrez, M.D.
Simon HahessyHoke T. Han, M.D.Iftikhar Hanif, M.D.
Jennifer Lynne Harper, M.D.Deborah Olin Heros, M.D.Linda Hughes, M.D.
Atif Hussein, M.D.Mohammad Jahanzeb, M.D.Peter S. Johnson, M.D.
Elisa JonesMarnie Kaplan, M.D.Cara S. Kondaki, LCSW, ACSW
Robert Kirsner, M.D., Ph.D.Sameet Kumar, Ph.D.Alexander Kushch, Ph.D.
Rogerio C. Lilenbaum, M.D.Trish Lira, CCLSJulie A. Long, M.D.
Joseph A. Lucci III, M.D.Jose Lutzky, MD, FACPReshma L. Mahtani, D.O.
Archana Maini, M.D.Aruna Mani, M.D.Maureen G. Mann, MS, MBA, FACHE
Nick Masi, Ph.D.Dr. Luis MendezHarry Moon, M.D.
Raja Mudad, MD, FACPNeil Nagovski, M.D.Phyllis Neimark, M.D.
Alan Nieder, M.D.Renato Ocampo, Jr., M.D.J. Matt Pearson, M.D.
Alejandra T. Perez, M.D.Ihor Pidhorecky, M.D.Alan Pierce, M.D.
Christina Pozo-Kaderman, Ph.D.Maria Helena Restrepo, M.D.David S. Robinson, M.D.
Hector Rodriguez-Cortes, M.D.Gary Rosenbaum, M.D.Rudolph Roskos, M.D.
Michel Samson, M.D.Linda Sapp, MSWMarcia Sapoznik, M.S.
Daniel S. Schoenwald, Ph.D.Amy Sear, A.P.Blaine T. Shatkin, M.D.
Jineal ShinnMichael Simon, M.D.Melissa Singer, M.D., MPH
Srinath Sundararaman, M.D., M.S.Pam Sutton, M.D.Cristiane Takita, M.D.
Elizabeth Tan-Chiu, M.D.Francisco Tarrazzi, M.D.Nicholas Tranakas, M.D.
Felicia TurnleyCharles Vogel, M.D.Bert Vorstman, M.D.
Michel Vulfovich, M.D.Linda Watson, B.A.Jonathan R. Weiser, M.D.
Frederick N. Wittlin, M.D.Mindy Michelle Williams, M.D.Aaron H. Wolfson, M.D.
Shazia Zafar, M.D.