Led by Executive Director Susan Domchek, MD, the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center is home to researchers, physicians and genetic counselors who are leaders in the field of hereditary cancers. Dedicated to eradicating BRCA-related cancers, the Basser Center builds upon the strengths of the Abramson Cancer Center’s formidable cancer genetics, vaccine research, and oncology programs.
Basser Center Leadership:
- Susan Domchek, MD, Executive Director
- Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, Director of Gynecologic Cancer Research
- Roger Greenberg, MD, PhD, Director of Basic Science
- Katherine L. Nathanson, MD, Director of Genetics
- Beth Stearman, MPH, Administrative Director
Internal Advisory Board:
- Chair - Glen Gaulton, PhD, Vice Dean and Director, Center for Global Health
- Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, Director, Abramson Cancer Center
- Deborah Driscoll, MD, Chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Lynn Schuchter, MD, Chief of Division of Hematology Oncology
External Advisory Board:
- Alan Ashworth, PhD, Director of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Olivera J. Finn, PhD, Distinguished Professor at University of Pittsburgh, Departments of Immunology and Surgery
- Judy Garber, MD, MPH, Director of Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Andrew Godwin, PhD, Deputy Director of the University of Kansas Cancer Center
- John Petrini, PhD, Chair of the Molecular Biology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute
Clinical Staff:
- Angela Bradbury, MD
- Kara Maxwell, MD, PhD
- Kim Reiss-Binder, MD
- Payal Shah, MD
- Dana Clark, MS, LCGC
- Jessica Ebrahimzadeh, MS, LCGC
- Robin Herzog, CRNP
- Jessica Long, MS, LCGC
- Danielle McKenna, MS, LCGC
- Kimberly Molinari, CRNP, MSN
- Jacquelyn Powers, MS, LCGC
- Kelsey Spielman, MS, LCGC
Administrative Staff:
- Anna Arutyunova, Clinical Research Assistant
- Jamie Brower, Research Project Manager
- Samm Deighan, Social Media Coordinator
- Rhonda Kitlas Gillette, Research Project Manager
- Patricia Lafferty, Program Coordinator
- Susan Lee, Clinical Research Assistant
- Courtney Newsome, Outreach Coordinator
- Stacy Pundock, Clinical Research Coordinator
- Heather Symecko, Associate Director of Clinical Research