NTRK Experts
We are extremely grateful to a world-leading group of experts, familiar with NTRK gene fusions, who have generously volunteered as medical advisors to the NTRKers.
United States
George Demetri, MD
Director of Sarcoma Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Alexander Drilon, MD
Chief, Early Drug Development Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
David S Hong, MD
Deputy Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Sandra Montez, RN
Research Nurse Supervisor
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Francis Worden, MD, Professor
Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Head and Neck oncology, thyroid and adrenal Cancers
University of Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Noah Federman, MD
Director, Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program
UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica, California
Ted Laetsch, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Director, Developmental Therapeutics Program
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Steven Waguespack, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Latin America
Fernando Santini, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology
Hospital Sírio-Libanês
São Paulo, Brazil
Europe
Jo Ballot
Clinical Research Manager
Cancer Clinical Research Trust
Dublin, Ireland
Antoine Italiano, MD, PhD
Head, Early Phase Trials and Sarcoma Units
Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, France
Ulrik Lassen, MD, PhD
Head of Oncology, Translational Research
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Demark
Ray McDermott, MD, PhD, MBA
Clinical Professor in Medical Oncology
St Vincent’s University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Jesus García-Foncillas Lopez, MD, PhD
Director of Oncology
University Hospital “Fundación Jiménez Díaz”,
Madrid, Spain
Patrick Pauwels, MD, PhD
Professor in Molecular Oncopathology
Antwerp University
Antwerp, Belgium
Francois Doz, MD, MS
Professor, Pediatrics
Paris Descartes University
Deputy Director, Clinical Research and Innovation
Curie Institute
Paris, France
Cornelius Van Tilburg, MD
Senior Physician, Pediatric Oncology and Hematology
Head, Early Phase Clinical Trials
KiTZ Clinical Trial Unit
Heidelberg, Germany