Christopher Anker, MD

University of Vermont Medical Center

Dr. Chris Anker is a professor in the Division of Radiation Oncology at UVM. He is part of senior leadership at the UVM Cancer Center, working to develop and bring the best in clinical trials to patients throughout the region. He is co-author of several research studies detailing factors predictive of control for radiated brain metastases. Dr. Anker serves on multiple national committees contributing to clinical trial design including the National Cancer Institute Rectal-Anal task force, NRG Oncology and ECOG, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. For ECOG, he also led a team to publish consensus recommendations endorsed by the NCCN Melanoma Guidelines on how to avoid brain and other organ toxicity in patients receiving radiation and targeted drug combinations. In serving the ASTRO and American Radium Society guidelines committees, he helps define national standards in oncologic care.

Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD, FAAN

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair, Associate Member Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program

Adrienne Boire, M.D., Ph.D. is the Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. As a neuro-oncologist, she cares for patients with metastasis to the central nervous system (CNS), with particular focus on leptomeningeal metastasis. As a scientist, she runs a laboratory-based research program focused on leptomeningeal metastasis. Her team employs multi-omic analysis of human samples to identify cancer cell adaptations to the challenging microenvironment of the leptomeninges. Leveraging mouse models, in vitro modeling, and classical biochemical techniques, the team uncovers the mechanistic implications of these discoveries to understand the biology of the leptomeningeal space and establish novel therapies for leptomengingeal metastasis.

Amy Litterini, PT, DPT

Christine Lu-Emerson, MD          

UVM Medical Center Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program

Dr. Lu-Emerson received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Harvard University, and her MD from New York University. She completed an Internal Medicine Internship and a Neurology Residency at the University of Washington, Seattle, and a Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.  

Dartmouth Health

Elizabeth received her DNP in 2015 at Northeastern University. Elizabeth is an advanced practice nurse currently employed at Dartmouth Health as a nurse practitioner in the Gastrointestinal Program in the Dartmouth Cancer Center. She is the Director of Survivorship at DCC and leads the Distress Subcommittee. Elizabeth has over thirty years of oncology experience and has worked in a variety of practice settings in Vermont and New Hampshire, including radiation therapy and medical oncology.

Elizabeth has extensive clinical expertise and holds certification as an Adult Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, as well as an Advanced Oncology Nurse Practitioner and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse. Elizabeth is Chair of the NNECOS Nursing and Allied Health Professional Advisory Committee, and has led the OCN review course for NNECOS since 2015

Darshan Mehta, MD MPH

Massachusetts General Hospital; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School Medical Director, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital; Director, Office for Well-Being Center for Faculty Development Massachusetts General Hospital; Medical and Education, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital URL: www.oshercenter.org Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Nathan Simmons, M.D.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Interim Chief of Neurosurgery

Dr. Simmons attended medical school at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, completing his internship and residency at University of Virginia Health Services Center. 

Alissa A Thomas, MD

University of Vermont Medical Center Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences

Dr. Thomas is a practicing neuro-oncology at the University of Vermont Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. She is active as a clinician, clinical researcher, and medical educator, both locally at the University of Vermont and in national and regional professional societies. Dr. Thomas works in close collaboration with clinical colleagues in medical oncology, radiation oncology, neurosurgery, and palliative care to care for patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors throughout our region. She is the past president of the Northern New England Neurological Society, and an active member of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. Dr. Thomas's research focuses on interventional treatment trials for patients with malignant brain tumors and quality of life and supportive care studies for the brain tumor population.