ACS Health & Medical Content Team

Senior Vice President, Health & Medical Content
Megan Wessel, MPH

Managing Director, Patient Content
Tracy Wyant, DNP, AOCN, CHPN, GERO-BC, EBP-C, CPPS

Managing Director, External Content
Maria Cabrera, MPH 

Medical Editor
Rick Alteri, MD

Associate Medical Editors
Barbara Lubejko, MS, RN
Danielle Robertson, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, OCN

Managing Editor, Medical Content
Kirsten Eidsmoe

Copy Editor
Beverly Greene 

Editor, Spanish Translations
Rafael Delfin-Davis



ACS Reviewers/Subject Matter Experts

Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS
Chief Patient Officer

William Dahut, MD
Chief Scientific Officer

Laura Makaroff, DO
Senior Vice President, Prevention & Early Detection

Marjorie Lynn McCullough, SCD, RD
Senior Scientific Director, Epidemiology Research

Alpa Patel, PhD
Senior Vice President, Population Science

Debbie Saslow, PhD
Managing Director, HPV & GYN Cancers

Robert Smith, PhD
Senior Vice President, Cancer Screening

Tracy Wiedt, MPH
Managing Director, Health Equity

Kristen Sullivan, MPH, MS
Director, Nutrition and Physical Activity

External Reviewers

Jaffer Ajani, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Yesid Alvarado-Valero, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ana Aparcio, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ehab Atallah, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital

Michelle Azu, MD
Columbia University Medical Center

Joey Bahng, MD
Emory University, Department of GYNOB

Peter Leif Bergsagel, MD
Mayo Clinic

Andrea L. Braden, MD, IBCLC
Emory University School of Medicine

Robert E. Brannigan, MD
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Lynne Brophy, MSN, PGMT-BC, APRN-CNS, AOCN
The Ohio State University

Carlton G. Brown, PhD, RN, AOCN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Zenith Healthcare Solutions

Joan M. Bull, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School

Mindy Christianson, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Christina S. Chu, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

H. Joachim Deeg, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Tobias Else, MD
University of Michigan Health System

Hossein Gharib, MD, MACP, MACE
Mayo Clinic

Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD, FACS
University of California, San Francisco

Barbara L. Grant, MS, RDN, CSO, FAND
Saint Alphonsus Cancer Institute

Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Carolyn M. Johnston, MD
Clinical Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Health System

Eric Jonasch, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Sunil Krishnan, MD, FACP
Mayo Clinic

Maria A. Lopez-Olivo, MD, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Michael Mair, RN, BSN
Dignity Health Cancer Institute

Marco Maricevich, MD, FACS
Baylor College of Medicine

Laura Marshall, BSN, RN
Independent Consultant

Holli Martinez, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN
University of Utah Health

Laurl Matey, MSN, RN, CHPN
Independent Consultant

Sarah McCarthy, PhD, MPH, LP
Mayo Clinic

Gretchen A. McNally, PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital

Julie R. Nangia, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

Loretta J. Nastoupil, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Christian J. Nelson, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Mary S. Newell, MD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Jeffrey Olson, MD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Ruth O'Regan, MD
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center 

Lindsay L. Peterson, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Adan Rios, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School

Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Julie H. Rowe, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School

Victor Santana, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Steven A. Schroeder, MD
Smoking Cessation Leadership Center - University of California, San Francisco

Daniel Mark Siegel MD, MS
SUNY Downstate and Brooklyn VA Hospital

Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, MD, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Angeline Ti, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Emory University School of Medicine

Carlos A. Torres-Cabala, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Miriam B. Vos, MD, MSPH
Emory University & Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta

Jun Zhang, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist