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The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is proud to announce that we have been designated a Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Charity Partner! BCAN has been allocated 25 guaranteed entries for the 38th Annual Marine Corps Marathon to be held on October 27, 2013; an event that sold out in 2 hours and 41 minutes in 2012.
  • We are looking at building “Team BCAN” to not only run in the event and raise awareness for bladder cancer but to raise needed funds for fostering research and patient education. According to the Marine Corps Marathon, there is not a required qualifying time to participate in the event, but all runners should maintain at least a 14 minute mile pace. In order to become a member of “Team BCAN” and officially have a slot in this year’s race, you must be registered through BCAN.
  • No federal or Marine Corps endorsement is implied.
  • If you are interested in becoming a member of BCAN’s team or have any questions, please contact Larry Rzepka, BCAN’s Executive Director, at lrzepka@bcan.org.
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    BCAN’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is composed of distinguished leading academic urologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists working within the bladder cancer field, representing many of the major cancer centers in the U.S and Canada. All have made outstanding contributions in their own fields and we are proud to have their involvement on our behalf.

    The Board is currently chaired by Dr. Gary D. Steinberg, University of Chicago.  Prior SAB Chairpersons are indicated with an asterisk (*).

    Gary D. Steinberg, M.D., FACS, Chairperson
    University of Chicago
    Chicago, Illinois

    Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, M.D.
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York

    Jessie Au, Pharm.D., PhD
    Ohio State University
    Columbus, Ohio

    Dean F. Bajorin, M.D.
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York 

    Bernard Bochner, M.D.,
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York

    Sam Chang, M.D.,
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Michael Cookson M.D.
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Guido Dalbagni, M.D., FACS
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York

    Sia Daneshmand, MD
    USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Los Angeles, California

    Colin P.N. Dinney, M.D.
    MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Robert Dreicer M.D., MS
    Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Michael Droller, M.D.
    Mount Sinai Medical Center
    New York, New York

    Mario L Eisenberger, M.D.
    Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Matthew Galsky, MD
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    New York, New York

    Scott M. Gilbert, M.D., MS
    University of Florida
    Gainesville, Florida

    Mark L. Gonzalgo, M.D., PhD
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford, California

    H. Barton Grossman, M.D., FACS
    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Noah M. Hahn, MD
    Indiana University
    Indianapolis, Indiana

    Donna Hansel, M.D., PhD
    Taussig Cancer Center at Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, Ohio

    J. Stephen Jones, M.D., FACS
    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Ashish M. Kamat, M.D.
    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Larry Karsh, MD, FACS, CPI
    The Urology Center of Colorado
    Denver, Colorado

    Wassim Kassouf, MD
    McGill University
    Quebec, Canada

    Badrinath Konety, M.D., FACS, MBA
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Donald Lamm, M.D., FACS
    BCG Oncology
    Phoenix, Arizona

    David M. Latini, PhD
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, Texas

    Cheryl Lee, M.D., FACS*

    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Seth Lerner, M.D., FACS
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, Texas

    Yair Lotan, M.D.
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas

    Kevin Loughlin, M.D., MBA, FACS
    Brigham & Women’s Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts

    S. Bruce Malkowicz, M.D.
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    David J. McConkey, M.D., PhD.
    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    James McKiernan, M.D.
    Columbia University
    New York, New York

    Edward M. Messing, M.D., FACS
    University of Rochester Medical Center
    Rochester, New York

    Matthew I. Milowsky, M.D.
    UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Matthew Nielsen, M.D.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Michael O’Donnell, M.D., FACS
    Holden Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospital
    Iowa City, Iowa

    Michael Porter, M.D., MS
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington

    Raj S. Pruthi, M.D., FACS
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Jonathan E. Rosenberg, M.D.
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York

    Arthur I. Sagalowsky, M.D.
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas

    Mark Schoenberg, M.D., FACS*
    Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Shahrokh F. Shariat, MD
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University
    New York, NY

    William U. Shipley, M.D., FACR
    Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
    Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts

    Neal D. Shore, M.D., FACS
    Carolina Urologic Research Center/Grand Strand Urology
    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

    Eila Skinner, M.D.
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California

    Norm D. Smith, MD
    The University of Chicago
    Chicago, Illinois

    Mark Soloway, M.D., FACS
    University of Miami School of Medicine
    Miami, Florida

    Srikala Sridhar, MD
    Princess Margaret Hospital
    Toronto, Ontario

    Walter Stadler, M.D., FACP
    University of Chicago
    Chicago, Illinois

    Dan Theodorescu, M.D., PhD
    University of Colorado Cancer Center
    Denver, Colorado

    Steven Wong, M.D.
    UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California