WCF Foundation Leadership -- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw --

FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP

President
Mahesh K. Shetty M.D; FRCR; FACR
Clinical Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief Physician, Woman's Place for
Breast Care
The Woman's Hospital of Texas,
Houston, Texas

Patron
Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairman & Managing Director
Biocon Limited
Bangalore, India

Trustees
Ron Somers
President
US-India Business Council
Washington D.C.

Linda Russell
CEO
The Woman's Hospital of Texas
Houston, Texas

Mrs. Janelle Freilich
Accounting Manager
BMC Software, Inc

Jennifer Garza
COO
St Joseph Medical Center

Mrs. Mona Parikh PHR, MBA
Sr. Human Resources Business
Partner

Mr Andrew Novarini
Senior Vice President
Bank of Houston

Kelli Cohen MD
General and Pediatric Radiologist

PROGRAM ADVISOR

Loretta A. Hanser
Director of Imaging Services
Mammography, CHP Radiology
Harris County Hospital District

Regional Directors
Mrs. Trishna Dey [Asia]
Ms. Esther Biira [Africa]
Dr Adhmer Longatto [S.America]
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MEDICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chair
Mahesh Shetty MD; FRCR;FACR
Clinical Professor of Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Members
Dr. Steve Sener
Former President
American Cancer Society

R. Sankaranarayanan
Chief of Cancer Screening Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer,
WHO
Lyon, France

Saraswati Sukumar MD
Barbara B.Rubenstein Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Britt-Marie Ljung, MD
Professor of Clinical Pathology,
Director of Cytopathology
UCSF, California

Dr Usha Menon MD; FRCOG
Professor and Director
Gynecological Cancer Research Center
UCL Elizabeth Garrett Institute of Women's Health
University College London

Dr Edmundo Mauad
Director
Barretos Cancer Hospital,
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Peter Dempsey MD; FACR
Professor of Radiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Terri Pustilnik MD
Gynecology Oncology of Houston

Dr Shalini Kulasingam
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Dr Diljeet K. Singh, MD, DrPH
Co Chair of MAC

Dr Wei Yang, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.R.
Associate Professor
Deputy Chairman, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Co-Chair and Director of Clinical Research

Dr Neerja Bhatla MD, FICOG
A/Professor, Dept of Ob-Gyn, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India,
Vice President, AOGIN,
Inaugural President, AOGIN-India,
Organising Chairperson, AOGIN 2010

Dr Jill Donnelly
Consultant Breast Surgeon
Herford Hospital, UK

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PUBLIC AWARENESS COUNCIL

Mrs. Susan Rafte
Chair of the PAC

Mrs. Sathya Saran
Co-chair,
Editor DNA,
Former Editor, Femina,
Mumbai, India

Ms. Lucy Noland
Co-chair,
News anchor,
KHOU-TV,
Houston

Sanaz (Sunny) A. Jansen
Mouse Cancer Genetics Program
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, Maryland

Dr. Kelli A. Cohen
MD, General and Pediatric Radiologist, Houston.

Kelli A. Cohen, MD, of Houston, is a general and pediatric radiologist. She has held numerous leadership roles in Texas medicine which include serving as a member of the Executive Board and chair of the Council of Specialty Societies for the Harris County Medical Society. Dr. Cohen has also served as a delegate to TMA.

She is a past President of the Houston Radiological Society. She participated for many years in the Interprofessional Drug Education Alliance teaching the medical ramifications of drug use to elementary school students. She is a member of the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital Committee.

Philanthropic service plays an important role in Dr. Cohen’s life outside the medical field as well. She is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Houston, and serves as a board member for several organizations, including the Huffington Center on Aging, Texas Medical Association Foundation, Nursing Advisory Council of the University of St. Thomas, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, Jewish Family Service, Houston Symphony, and Child Advocates.

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