ASTRO elects new officers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has announced the results of its recent election. These new officers will begin their terms at the society’s 53rd annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., which will be held Oct. 2-6.

The new board of directors members are:

• President-elect: Colleen A. Lawton, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee;
• Health policy vice-chair: Brian D. Kavanagh, MD, MPH, University of Colorado Denver in Aurora, Colo.;
• Research council vice-chair: Mary K. Martel, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

The new Nominating Committee members are:

• Nominating Committee of Academic Physicians
  Beth A. Erickson, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin;
  Robert L. Foote, MD, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
• Nominating Committee, Community Practice Physicians
  Gregg E. Franklin, MD, PhD, New Mexico Cancer Center in Albuquerque, N.M.;
  William R. Noyes, MD, MBA, Cancer Center of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D.
• Nominating Committee, Physicist
  James Balter, PhD, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
• Nominating Committee, Radiobiologist
  Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.

"I am confident these dedicated individuals will bring the same level of expertise and commitment to the society that our members and the patients they serve have come to expect," said Anthony L. Zietman, MD, ASTRO chair.