Senior Leaders
Gary Schwartz, MD
DirectorCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterVice Dean for OncologySchool of MedicineGertrude Donnelly Hess MD Professor in Oncology ResearchEmail: gks37@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1994
J. Alan Diehl, PhD
ChairDepartment of BiochemistrySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of BiochemistrySchool of MedicineDeputy Director for Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jad283@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0268
Theodoros N. Teknos, MD
Clinical ProfessorDepartment of OtolaryngologySchool of MedicinePresidentUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer CenterDeputy Director for University HospitalsCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of PharmacologyDepartment of OncologySchool of MedicineChairTaussig Cancer InstituteCleveland ClinicDeputy Director for Cleveland ClinicCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: adjeia2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.0840
Afshin Dowlati, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineDivision of Hematology and OncologySchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Clinical ResearchCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: axd44@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.1228
Ruth Keri, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Basic ResearchCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: kerir@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.1323
Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, MD, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Translational ResearchCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCancer Genomics and Epigenomics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: maciejj@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.5962
Jason A. Mears, PhD
Graduate Program DirectorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineAssociate DirectorTraining and EducationCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jam348@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3348
Cynthia Owusu, MD, MS
Associate ProfessorHematology and OncologySchool of MedicineAssociate DirectorAcademic and Organizational ExcellenceCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: cynthia.owusu@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.7670
John Pounardjian, MBA
Associate Vice PresidentAssociate Director for AdministrationCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: hxp125@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0846
Stephanie Schmit, PhD, MPH
Associate Staff and Vice ChairGenomic Medicine InstituteCleveland ClinicAssociate Director for Cancer Population SciencesCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: schmits3@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.3173
Jacob Scott, MD, DPhil
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineAdjunct Associate ProfessorDepartment of PhysicsSchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Data SciencesCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jgs25@case.edu
Derek J. Taylor, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biochemistry and Department of PharmacologySchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Shared ResourcesCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: djt36@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0684
Erika S. Trapl, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineDirectorPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineAssociate Director for Community Outreach and EngagementCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramEmail: erika.trapl@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0098
Executive Committee
Nathan A. Pennell, MD, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineDeputy Associate Director for Clinical ResearchCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberImmune Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: penneln@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.9282
Quintin Pan, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of OtolaryngologySchool of MedicineSpecial Advisor to the DirectorCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterDirectorPilot Funding and Scientific InvestmentsCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterCo-LeaderMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: quintin.pan@UHhospitals.org