Chairs LOC SIOP 2026:

Chatchawin Assanasen, Co-Chair

Ann Marie Langevin, Co-Chair

 

Members Core Local Organizing Committee SIOP 2026:

Bryan Alsip, MD | University Health, Executive Vice-President, Chief Medical Director
Greg Aune, MD | UT Health, Co-Director, Mays Cancer Center Cardio-Oncology Center of Excellence, NCI Patient Advocacy Committee, NCI Council of Research Advocates
Leanne Embry, PhD | UT Health, COG Behavioral Science Committee Chair, ALTE07C1S Study Chair, NCI Symptom Management and Quality of Life Steering Committee, SEAPHO Executive Committee
Jose ( Manny) Esquilin, MD, MBA | MBA Methodist Children’s Hospital Medical Director, MCH, COG Principal Investigator
Eva Galvan, MD | UT Health, Mays Cancer Center
Allison Grimes, MD | UT Health, COG ACCL16N1CD Study Co-chair, CCDR Responsible Investigator
Myron Ignatius, PhD | UT Health, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, CPRIT Scholar
Ian Mitchell, MD | UT , Surgeon in Chiet, Pediatrics, University Health
Aaron Sugalski, MD | UT Health, Interim Divison Chief , Pediatric Hemtology, Oncology
Shafqat Shah, MD | UT Health, Co-Principal Investigator, Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigators Consortium, Responsible Investigator COG, Director, Neurofibromatosis Program
Brian Phillips, BA | UT Health, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Instistute, Senior Program Director
Samuel Pabon Rivera, MD, FAAP | FAAP UT Health, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Adjunct Faculty
Carl Queiros | Executive Director, Childhood Cancer International
Jaime Estrada, MD | President, Board Chair – Texas Doctors for Social Responsibility, Board Chair – AYA Cancer Foundation

Senior Advisors

Rebecca Jones, PhD | UT Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Assistant Director, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Assistant Director, Mays Cancer Center, Community Outreach and Engagement
Kate Lathrop, MD | UT Health, Mays Cancer Center, Director of Education, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Lisa Montoya, PhD | University of Texas at San Antonio, Vice Provost & Senior International Officer, Global Initiatives & International Services
Amelie G Ramirez, Dr.P.H. | UT Health, Population Health Sciences, Director Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference, Director Institute for Health Promotion Research
Manjeet Rao, PhD | UT Health, Deputy Director, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute
Gail Tomlinson, MD | UT Health, Co-Director, Population Science Program and Prevention, Distinguish Chair in Genetics of Cancer, Project Director – GRACIAS Texas Genetic Risk Assessment Study, COG Liver Tumors Sub Committee

Regional Advisors

Anurag Agrawal, MD | American Cancer Society, Vice-President of Global Cancer Support
Michelle Hermiston, MD | UCSF, SEAPHO Executive Committee, Clinical Director Immunotherapy Program, Associate Director Global Cancer Program, UCSF
Helen Diller, MD | Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Scott Howard, MD | University of TN Health Science Center, Professor, CEO, Resonance, Former Secretary General, SIOP
Winston Huh, MD | Sanofi, Global Safety Officer
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD | St. Jude’s Executive Vice-President, Global Director, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Eric Sandler, MD | Nemours Children’s Clinics, Mayo School of Medicine, Chairman of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Neuro-Oncology, Co-Director, Vascular Anomaly Program
Wade Kyono, MD | Hawaii Pacific Health – Principal Investigator COG

Nursing Committee

Linda Abramovitz, RN | UCSF, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, Global Cancer Program Faculty, UCSF, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lizza Hernandez, RN | UT Health, Mays Cancer Center Pediatric-Oncology
Debra Kent | UT Health, Mays Cancer Center, Director, Cancer Survivorship
Shelby Sandoval, RN | Servier, Co-Chair, SIOP Global Health Network Nursing Working Group