Cancer Clinical Trials Office at the CU Cancer Center

The Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO) provides support to clinical investigators on all activities related to the successful conduct of clinical trial research.

Mission & Objectives:

The mission of the CCTO is to support the "develop" portion of the broader CU Cancer Center mission to discover, develop, and deliver breakthroughs in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention that improve cancer care. This is the cornerstone to translate basic science knowledge of the cancer process into clinically useful treatment for patients.

Support all aspects of clinical investigations including protocol development, patient recruitment and treatment, coordination of care with other clinical services
Perform all aspects of regulatory compliance and quality assurance
Facilitate CU Cancer Center investigator-initiated cancer clinical trials
Provide clinical trials education to investigators, research staff and clinic personnel
Provide fiscal and operational excellence leading to cost-effectiveness

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CCTO Leadership

Name	Role
Marie Wood, MD	Medical Director of Cancer Clinical Trials Office
Tiffany Colvin	Director of Clinical Research Operations
Jaime Becker	CCTO Program Coordinator
Gwendolyn Wade	Senior Clinical Research Manager
Mark Morrow	Senior Project Manager - Protocol Start-Up
Sherri Wilke	Senior Regulatory Manager

CCTO Team

Name	Title
Administration
Melanie Schwartz	Breast Cancer Clinical Research Manager
Robyn Swing	Breast Cancer Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Virginia Borges, MD	Lead
Radhika Acharya-Leon, MD
Gretchen Ahrendt, MD, Surgery
Anosheh Afghahi, MD
Jennifer Diamond, MD
Anthony Elias, MD
Peter Kabos, MD
Jose Mayordomo, MD
Elena Shagasultanova, MD
Dulcy Wolverton, MD, Surgery

Name	Title
Administration
Michael Wacker	GU Cancer Clinical Research Manager
Robyn Swing	GU Cancer Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Thomas Flaig, MD (Lead)
Brandon Bernard, MD
Elizabeth Kessler, MD
Simon Kim, MD, Surgery
Janet Kukreja, MD
Elaine Lam, MD
Paul Maroni, MD
Thomas Pugh, MD

Name
Administration
Melanie Schwartz	Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Research Manager
Max Clark-Rabinowitz	Gynecologic Cancer Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Brad Corr, MD	Lead
Jill Alldredge, MS
Kian Behbakht, MD
Saketh Guntupalli, MD
Carolyn Lefkowits, MD

Name
Administration
Cole Sprague	Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Research Manager
Paula Fisk	Senior Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD	Lead
Daniel Bowles, MD
Bryan Haugen, MD
Madeleine Kane, MD, PhD
Janice Kerr, MD
Jessica McDermott, MD

Name	Title
Administration
Cole Sprague	Lung Cancer Clinical Research Manager
Paula Fisk	Senior Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Ross Camidge, MD, PhD	Lead
Paul Bunn, MD
Robert Doebele, MD
Robert Meguid, MD, Surgery
John Mitchell, MD
Ali Musani, MD
Jose Pacheco, MD
Tom Purcell, MD, MBA
Christopher Scott, MD, Surgery
Erin Schenk, MD
Michael Weyant, MD, Surgery

Name	Title
Administration
Matthew Skoch	Melanoma Clinical Research Manager
Max Clark-Rabinowitz	Melanoma Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Karl Lewis, MD (Lead)
Rene Gonzalez, MD
Bradley Haverkos, MD
Theresa Medina, MD
Theresa Pacheco, MD
Matthew Rioth, MD,
William Robinson, MD, PhD
Ryan Weight, DO (HRH)

Name	Title
Administration
Ruth Winslow	POEMS Project Research Manager
Mark Morrow	POEMS Start-Up Project Manager

Physicians

Jennifer Diamond, MD (Clinical Research Director)

Victor Villalobos, MD, PhD (MOTT Lead)

Denise Damek, MD (Brain Lead)

Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD (Head and Neck Lead)

Wells Messersmith, MD (Phase 1 Lead)

Karl Lewis, MD (Melanoma Lead)

Christopher Lieu, MD (GI Lead)

Ross Camidge, MD, Ph.D. (Lung Lead)

Brad Corr, MD (Gyn Lead)

Kian Behbakht, MD

Daniel Bowles, MD

Sarah Lindsey Davis, MD

Jennifer Diamond, MD

Robert Doebele, MD

Anthony Elias, MD

Bradley Haverkos, MD

Elizabeth Kessler, MD

Elaine Lam, MD

Jose Mayordomo, MD

Theresa Medina, MD

Erin Schenk, MD

Breelyn Wilky, MD

Lia Gore, MD

Sunnie Kim, MD

Alexis Leal, MD

Jessica McDermott, MD

Jose Pacheco, MD

Daniel Pollyea, MD

Tom Purcell, MD, MBA

Name	Title
Administration
Matthew Skoch	Radiation Therapy Clinical Research Manager
Robyn Swing	Radiation Therapy Start-Up Project Manager
Physicians
Rachel Rabinovitch, MD (Lead)
Christine Fisher, MD
Sana Karam, MD
Brian Kavanagh, MD
Ryan Lanning, MD, PhD
Arthur Liu, MD, PhD
Sameer Nath, MD
Thomas Pugh, MD
David Raben, MD
Chad Rusthoven, MD
Tracy Schefter, MD

Tools & Resources

CU Campuses

CU Anschutz Medical Campus

University of Colorado Cancer Center

School of Medicine

Cancer Clinical Trials Office at the CU Cancer Center

Mission & Objectives:

CCTO Leadership

CCTO Team

Cancer Center (SOM)

Name	Role
Administration
Mark Morrow	Start-Up Project Manager
Ruth Winslow
Physicians
Breelyn Wilky, MD	Sarcoma Disease Site Lead
Anthony Elias, MD, PhD

Cancer Clinical Trials Office at the CU Cancer Center

Mission & Objectives:

CCTO Leadership

CCTO Team

Brain Cancer Team

Breast Cancer Team

Gastrointestinal Cancer Team

Genitourinary Cancer Team

Gynecologic Oncology Team

Head and Neck Cancer Team

Lung Cancer Team

Melanoma Team

Phase One Expansion/Molecular Studies (POEMS)

Radiation Therapy Team

Sarcoma

Cancer Center (SOM)