Disease-Oriented Teams (DOTs)

The standard of care for cancer patients at the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) optimally involves a multidisciplinary team approach. The translation of laboratory discovery to clinical application is facilitated by multidisciplinary Disease Oriented Teams (DOTs).

DOTs are embedded in specific UWCCC Scientific Programs and provide a multidisciplinary translational infrastructure which fosters inter- and intra-programmatic interactions that address programmatic goals and also disease specific interests. Each DOT has a designated leader and participants include UWCCC Scientific Program members, research staff and other UW faculty.

DOTs meet regularly and interested laboratory research faculty are encouraged to actively participate. In this manner, the multidisciplinary patient care activities and their associated clinical trials research are integrated into the Scientific Programs in several meaningful and functional ways through UWCCC faculty participation and UWCCC administrative support.

DOTs review and prioritize their respective clinical research activity and provide ongoing planning for new investigator-initiated studies. Proposed studies must have the support of the DOT prior to submission to the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC).

Contact the DOT leader or program manager for more information, or view the DOT standing meeting schedule (NetID login required, link opens in new tab).

Disease Oriented Team	Leadership	Program Manager
1 S. Park	Saurabh Rajguru, MD	Jen Collins Lyndsey Deverman
Basket (phase II disease agnostic)	Mark Burkard, MD, PhD Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD	Jen Collins Lyndsey Deverman
Biospecimen	Joshua Lang, MD	Jen Collins Lyndsey Deverman
Brain and CNS	Ian Robins MD, PhD Steve Howard MD, PhD	Diana Trask
Breast	Kari Wisinski, MD Lee G. Wilke, MD	Tammy Koehn Renae Quale
CTD2	Ruth O’Regan, MD	Jen Heideman Kara Mattox
Chemoprevention	Howard Bailey, MD	Katina DeShong
Gastrointestinal	Dan Abbott, MD Dan Mulkerin, MD	Renae Quale
Genitourinary	E. Jason Abel, MD, FACS Glenn Liu, MD	Mary Jane Staab
Gynecologic	Ellen Hartenbach, MD Elisavavet Paplomata, MD	Claire Kostechka
Head & Neck	Paul Harari, MD	Heather Geye
Hematologic & BMT	Mark Juckett, MD	Carolyn Serpe Whitney Walters
Melanoma	Mark Albertini, MD	Tammy Koehn Renae Quale
‘OMA (Lymphoma & Myeloma)	Natalie Callander, MD	Carolyn Serpe Mitch Howard
Palliative Medicine	Kris Kwekkeboom, RN, PhD	Claire Kostechka
Pediatric Oncology	Kenneth DeSantes, MD	Jenny Weiland
Radiotherapy	Paul Harari, MD	Diana Trask
Skin Non-Melanoma	Gary Wood, MD	Heather Neils
Thoracic	Ticiana Leal, MD	Claire Kostechka Kasey Schneider
VA	Justine Bruce, MD Christopher Fletcher, MD	Jen Collins Lyndsey Deverman

Other Research Groups

Investigators and staff that are not part of an established UWCCC Research Group are known as “Other Research Groups” (ORGs). ORG data is managed by the CT Reporting Coordinator, who works with the research group to submit records to the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) for review.

Contact the CT Reporting Coordinator: ctreporting@uwcarbone.wisc.edu

Disease-Oriented Teams (DOTs)

Other Research Groups

Resources

Program Areas

Clinical Research Central Office