Executive Leadership
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is led by Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS, Director, and a Director's Group, comprising Margaret A. Tempero, MD, Director of Clinical Sciences (and Deputy Director); Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD, Director of Population Sciences (and Deputy Director); Peter Carroll, MD, Director of Strategic Planning and Clinical Services; Lynda Jacobsen, Director of Administration; Daniel Pinkel, PhD, Director of Technology; and Eric Small, MD, Director of Investigational Therapeutics.

An Executive Committee additionally includes Associate Directors for Alliance Management (Teri Melese, PhD); Community Education and Outreach (Rena J. Pasick, DrPH); Health Care Disparities (Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD); and Professional Education (Martin McMahon, PhD. The committee also includes liaisons for Data Access and Confidentiality (Margaret Wrensch, PhD); Epidemiology (Elizabeth A. Holly, PhD, MPH); Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Laboratory (Joe W. Gray, PhD); Calif. Inst. for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) (Marc Shuman, MD); San Francisco Gen'l Hospital (Donald I. Abrams, MD); San Francisco State University (Mack Roach, MD); UCSF/Parnassus (Doug Hanahan, PhD); Veterans Affairs Medical Center (t.b.a.); Communications/Public Affairs (John Mugge); Development (Ann Carollo); Informatics (Taku Tokuyasu, PhD); and NCI Cancer Center Support Grant & Programs (Amy Barach).

Guiding the Executive Committee's work are advisory groups, including a Community Advisory Board, Institutional Advisory Board, and External Advisory Board.

Clinical Operations
A Clinical Cancer Center Governing Board, chaired by the Cancer Center director, comprises departmental chairs of clinical oncology programs at UCSF/Mount Zion, as well as representatives from the UCSF Medical Center, School of Medicine, and Medical Group. A Clinical Cancer Center Operations Group, which reports to the Governing Board, is responsible for day-to-day clinical operations and is chaired by Peter Carroll, MD.

Multidisciplinary Programs
Programmatically, the Cancer Center's work is concentrated among highly multidisciplinary areas, each of which includes lab scientists, clinical investigators, epidemiologists, and providers of patient care. Collaboration across disciplines ensures that insights gained in the lab can move quickly and effectively to cancer patients' bedsides. More about the Cancer Center's program areas can be found in our Research section.