We are a committed group, extremely dedicated to our mission. GRACE is honored to work with distinguished faculty from all over the world.
James P. Stevenson, MD, is currently a Staff Physician at the Cleveland Clinic where he serves as Vice-Chairman of the Taussig Cancer Institute Department of Hematology and Oncology.
Dr. Stevenson received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. He is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA and completed his internship in medicine at the University of...
Janet Freeman-Daily is a writer, science geek, and lung cancer patient/activist. She received a diagnosis of advanced non-small cell lung cancer in May 2011 which became metastatic despite chemotherapy and radiation. After learning about genomic testing and precision medicine in online patient communities, she joined a clinical trial for ROS1-positive lung cancer and has had no evidence of disease...
John Cherol was diagnosed in January 2016 with Stage IV EGFR+ lung cancer at the age of 28. He started Gilotrif (afatinib) and acquired resistance after 14 months. Luckily a blood test showed he developed the t790m mutation and he started Tagrisso in April of this year. He’s also been treated for nine brain mets with Gamma Knife at the Cleveland Clinic.
John is a graduate of Youngstown State...
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
Karen Reckamp, MD, MS, is Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center (COHCCC). She received her medical degree from University of Chicago, and her master’s degree in Clinical Investigation from UCLA. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and a Hematology/Oncology...
Kathryn Sefcek, MHA has been at the Cleveland Clinic for 6 years and currently serves as a 4th Angel Program Coordinator at the Taussig Cancer Institute managing the day-to-day operations of the 4th Angel Mentoring Program, a patient/survivor, and caregiver support program. Kathryn possesses over 15 years of experience in healthcare coupled with a Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Ohio...
Dr. Kavitha Ramchandran is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine – Division of General Medical Disciplines and Division of Oncology at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. She received her Doctor of Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine in San Francisco, California and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Oncology, and Hospice and palliative medicine.
Dr. Mary Cianfrocca is Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert, AZ.
Dr. Cianfrocca was previously on the faculty in the division of hematology and oncology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She attended the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete her residency at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical...
Dr. Pinder is a medical oncologist and specialist in lung cancer and mesothelioma at the renowned H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, where she is an Assistant Member, involved with direct patient care and clinical research. After training at Stanford for medical school, Dr. Pinder did her internship and residency in general medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She then...