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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

JESSIE AU, M.D., PhD
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

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

Arie Belldegrun, M.D., FACS
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, California

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

DEBORAH A. BRADLEY, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center

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

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

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

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

Yves Fradet, M.D., FRCSC
Universite Laval
Quebec, Canada

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

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

Michael Jewett, M.D., FRCSC, FACS
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

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

Donald S. Kaufman, M.D.
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts

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

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

MATTHEW I. MILOWSKY, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

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

RAJ S. PRUTHI, M.D., FACS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

JONATHAN E. ROSENBERG, M.D.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

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

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

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.
University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California

David C. Smith, M.D., FACP
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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

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

Dan Theodorescu, M.D., PhD
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

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