Professor named committee chair-elect
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Charles L. Shapiro
Charles L. Shapiro, MD, has been appointed chair-elect for ASCO’s survivorship committee.
Shapiro is director of breast medical oncology at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
The appointment took effect in June. He will serve as chair-elect for 1 year, then serve as chair for a year.
Shapiro co-chaired ASCO’s task force on survivorship guidelines. His research interests include the development of novel treatments for breast cancer and treatment-related side effects of breast cancer, particularly the side effects young women experience during adjuvant chemotherapy.